Join us for a Tour
of the Internationally Recognized
Edwin & Frances Hunter Arboretum at Palomar College
and the Cactus & Succulent Garden
January 11, 2025
9am-11am
April 12, 2025
8am-10 (plus some bird identification)
Meet us at the entrance near the entrance stone (see photo below) at
the north end of Lot 5.
Find an interactive map of the San Marcos Campus here:
https://www.palomar.edu/about/san-marcos-campus/
Admission to the Arboretum is FREE
Open to the public from one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset.
We are located at 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069
A Parking permit is required, but may be purchased online using the ParkMobile app ($1/hour)
· Use Zone # 7514 for visitor spaces
For more information, visit Palomar’s Parking & Procedures
A map of the main trails in the Arboretum garden is available here, but please know that our entire campus is part of the Arboretum. Wander, wonder and enjoy the amazing collection of plants that are on display.
The main trails of the Arboretum are Wheelchair Accessible.
Listing of Garden Themes Currently On the San Marcos Campus
We are proud of our colleague, Professor Emeritus Wayne Armstrong, who has amassed an enormous amount of botanical information and other natural phenomena for which he is world-renowned. This information includes a thorough discussion of the plants and history of the arboretum.
This information can be found on his website, Wayne’s Word.
For the latest online articles and information from Wayne’s Word on the interesting plants at Palomar College, head here.
In 2015, the Palomar College Arboretum was renamed Edwin and Frances Hunter Arboretum at Palomar College. Click Here for more information.
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