For those looking to chill out, you’ll be all about the wildlife preserve where plants and animals run free—just like your mind as you’re meditating during lunch hour. Read more.
This six-and-a-half acre beauty in the middle of the bustling San Fernando Valley consists of three gardens in one: a rock garden, a water garden and a tatami mat teahouse surrounded by a tea garden. Read more.
Ten and a half acres just northwest of downtown and across the 110 freeway, this little hidden green island in the middle of Echo Park has walking trails, streams and even an amphitheater in a grotto. Read more.
You can stroll the grounds of the manse with its tumbled stone architectural columns and rose arbors, all blossoming under towering palms along the rolling lawn. Read more.
It’s basically impossible to be sad in here, so treat yourself to a breezy midday interlude amid outsider art. Read more.
It’s a serene little slice of shade where people speak in hushed tones while the hustle and bustle of downtown fades away. Read more.
This teensy little slice of real estate right in the middle of the Venice Canals area is split between a play structure and a little duck pond where you can hang with some new fowl friends. Read more.
