707 Tiverton Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
34.06689782,-118.44164521
About
The newest entrance to the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden was made possible by a generous donation from Morton La Kretz, real estate developer, philanthropist, and UCLA alumnus. The new entrance to the seven-acre botanical garden is the first step in a series of renovations to increase the garden’s visibility, upgrade its infrastructure, improve its accessibility for the disabled and make it an increased focal point for visitors to UCLA. La Kretz remembers, as a UCLA undergraduate, gathering "swampy" water from the garden for a biology class experiment. Years later, he traveled to Costa Rica on a popular field-study tour led by renowned scientist and horticulturist Mildred Mathias, for whom the garden is named and who served as its director from 1956 to 1974.
Located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Charles E. Young Drive South and Tiverton Drive.