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Award Winning Surf Motel & Gardens Offers Garden Tour Package

Garden enthusiasts are offered a special accommodation package that includes free passes to the acclaimed Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Four nearby gardens may be toured. Package is offered by the Surf Motel & Gardens in Fort Bragg, CA on the beautiful Mendocino coast.

Fort Bragg, CA (PRWEB) June 5, 2009 -- For those who love beautiful gardens, the Surf Motel & Gardens (http://www.surfmotelfortbragg.com) is offering a three-day, two-night stay, and two tickets for the acclaimed Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, for $150.98.

The Surf Motel & Gardens, winner of the City of Fort Bragg mayor's 2008 landscaping award, is located near the junction of Highways 20 and 1, just a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean. Call 800-339-5361 to book a reservation or to get more information.

The 47-acre Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (http://www.gardenbythesea.org) included in the package, is the only public botanical garden on the ocean, featuring plants from around the world, coastal pines, rhododendrons, Dahlias, heritage roses, and fern-covered bluffs. Birding is popular in the gardens with interpretive signs along the trails.

Four Other Nearby Gardens to Visit:

Just a few miles from the Surf Motel & Gardens are four special garden nurseries that can be explored:

Hortus Botanicus (hortusb.com) - is known for its exotic plants and carnivores, from Venus Flytraps to Nepenthes Raja, which grows large enough to trap and eat small monkeys in its native habitat. With lush grounds and a pond with running water, this is a perfect place for a picnic.

Celeri & Son - (fortbragg.com/blog/2008/11/weird-and-wonderful-nurseries-killer-plants-and-all/) Jim and Frank Celeri have hand raised more than 100 varieties of rhododendrons with 20,000 plants spread across their beautiful ranch. Bring a lunch and enjoy the tranquility.

Simply Succulents (mendocinofun.com/gardens) - with more than 35,000 plants, owner Rella introduces visitors to a whole new world of beautiful and hardy plants that survive and thrive in the harshest climates, from zero to more than a 100 degrees.

Digging Dog Nursery Digging Dog Nursery (diggingdog.com) in Albion, south of Fort Bragg, has been featured in Martha Stewart Living and other magazines, newspapers and social media sites. Visits are by appointment only.

The Surf Motel & Gardens is a member of the Automobile Club of America (AAA). To book a reservation, or for more information, call 800-339-5361.