Abstract

In 1950, the decision was taken to relocate Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden from its original site—Mrs. Susanna Bixby Bryant's ranch in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County—to today's Claremont location in eastern Los Angeles County. The move reflected a wish to align the founder's mandate to "foster scientific research and public welfare" by seeking affiliation with the Claremont Colleges. The change enabled it to train graduate students in botany and related fields and draw more visitors to a garden devoted to native California plants. Accounts describe how the new site was adapted to its purpose, including the construction of the administrative building, design of the plantings, and staff and faculty recruitment.

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  • Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso Part of the Botany Commons, and the Horticulture Commons

  • Because of the remoteness it was difficult to carry out fully the mandate of the indenture which stated "that scientific research may be fostered and public welfare may be promoted ... ." In establishing the botanic garden Mrs Bryant could perhaps foresee that the time might come when it would be desirable to make certain changes, and in the indenture provisions were made for "the removal of the botanic garden and herbarium from said real property to some other location ... ."

  • In the months immediately following Mrs Bryant's death the Board of Trustees met frequently to discuss the ways in which Mrs Bryant's wishes could best be carried out within the limits prescribed by the Trust Indenture

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Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso Part of the Botany Commons, and the Horticulture Commons. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California Late in 1948 preliminary negotiations were underway between the members of the botanic garden's Board of Trustees and representatives of Claremont College.

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