[Total: 0   Average: 0/5]You must sign in to vote The UC Botanical Garden is a non-profit research garden and museum for the University of California at Berkeley, having a notably diverse plant collection including many rare and endangered plants. Established in 1890, the Garden, which is open to the public year round, has over 13,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, cultivated by region in naturalistic landscapes over its 34 acres. Among the thousands of rare wild plants, the Puya raimondii is one of the more spectacular in a rare garden bloom. Already 19 ft tall and growing from a seed planted Nov. 16, 1990. Video Rating: / 5