Best free public gardens - from Sunset

This month's Sunset magazine has a short list of the best free public gardens in the West, including:

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden(Claremont, California)

Bellevue Botanical Garden (Bellevue, Washington)

The Gardens at Heather Farm (Walnut Creek, California)

Desert Demonstration Gardens (Las Vegas, Nevada)

We have friends who live quite close to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, but have never made a visit. It is defnitely on our list of things to do, so maybe this will give us the extra impetus to finally take the time to check it out.