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Lakeside Park and Garden Center, Oakland

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Lakeside Park and Garden Center

666 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA
510-238-3208
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Ranked #19 of 42 attractions in Oakland
4.5 of 5 stars 4 Reviews
Description: One of the best public gardens in the state offers Japanese, Polynesian, and many other types of gardens.
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“Quiet and Accessible”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 December 2012

Just a few steps off busy Grand Ave. past the elaborate and now-defunct fountain, Lakeside Park and Garden Center offers lunchtime solitude or a late afternoon lesiurely beauty stroll. Filled with specimen trees and lovely, varied garden collections, for plant and flower lovers, it's a must. If you are a collector, the Garden Center features iris, orchid and other sales... More

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“A hidden gem”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 October 2012

The gardens are amazing - you wouldn't know they were there. As you wander around every corner you come on some new surprise - the banzai building, the palm tree grove, etc.

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“good for walk”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 March 2012

garden center is very, very nice. didn´t see Fairyland though.

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“Rose Garden is Prime!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 December 2011

You can't go wrong here. You really feel the spirit of Oakland by traveling through its park and gardens.

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