Enjoy the beautiful escape of Descanso Gardens in nearby La Canada with two (2) family passes, worth $25 each.

The 150 acres that form Descanso Gardens today had never been developed when E. Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, purchased them in 1937.

Boddy cleared the land and built an elegant two-story  mansion of 22 rooms, designed by architect J. E. Dolena of Beverly Hills. This mansion overlooks 25 acres of live oak forest and a camellia-lined driveway. Boddy named his estate "Rancho del Descanso," which means "ranch of rest" in Spanish. He also purchased an additional 440 acres north of the original property, whose mountain streams provide fresh spring water for the Gardens today.