| In The city of Arcadia California, right | | | | paddlewheel boat in the same lake. |
| next door to Pasadena you will find The | | | | Undaunted, television's original |
| Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic | | | | "Fantasy Island" lowered a pontoon plane |
| Garden, a beautiful and peaceful 127 | | | | by helicopter onto Baldwin Lake and |
| acre botanical garden and historical | | | | propelled it across the water to |
| site jointly operated by the Los Angeles | | | | disembark visitors to Mr. Roark's island |
| Arboretum Foundation and the Los Angeles | | | | paradise. For Alex Haley's "Roots II", |
| County Department of Parks and | | | | Baldwin Lake became Kunta Kinte's river |
| Recreation. The Arboretum is located | | | | home in Africa." |
| across from the Santa Anita Race Track | | | | Don't just peek through the windows of |
| is at 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, | | | | the Arboretum's Queen Anne Cottage, come |
| CA, 91007. It is open daily from 9:00 am | | | | inside to see the historic Treasures! |
| - 5:00 pm; admission closes at 4:30. | | | | The cottage, with its marble terrace, |
| Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for | | | | Victorian furnishings and treasures |
| seniors (62 and over), $5 for students | | | | provides a charming opportunity for the |
| with ID, and $2.50 for children 5- 12. | | | | whole family. |
| Children under 5 and members are | | | | Take the tram or walk through the |
| admitted free. Unlike most attractions | | | | gardens, spend the day being mesmerized |
| these days, parking is free. | | | | by all of the well tended plants, |
| In the middle of the Arboretum sits the | | | | flowers, flowering trees, cacti, |
| four acre Baldwin Lake which has been | | | | succulents and the abundant wildlife |
| used in filming numerous movies and | | | | (The Arboretum is famous for it's |
| television shows. "Johnny Weissmuller | | | | roaming peafowl.). The rose gardens |
| swam in LASCA Lagoon/Baldwin Lake for | | | | alone are worth the visit. Stop and |
| three decades as Tarzan and later Jungle | | | | watch a wedding or see a commercial |
| Jim. A local news story reported that | | | | being filmed. Take your kids to the |
| he, in fact, set an unrecorded Olympic | | | | Discovery Node constructed out by Tule |
| swim record when a cage of crocodiles | | | | Pond, you'll find a variety of new |
| was accidentally opened during filming | | | | activities for children of all ages to |
| (Weissmuller beat the crocs to the lake | | | | enjoy and explore. Eat at the Peacock |
| shore). Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and | | | | Cafe. Sit down on a bench or under a |
| Dorothy Lamour took up a month-long | | | | tree, relax and feel your cares floating |
| watery Baldwin Lake residence in homes | | | | away. |
| on stilts for the filming of Road to | | | | Visit the gift shop where you can buy |
| Singapore in 1939, the same year the | | | | plants, gardening books, photographs, |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,/Madeleine | | | | paintings and other items (the prices |
| Carroll film Safari managed to sink a | | | | are very inexpensive.). |