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	Horticulture Internship 2021 Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch & Garden has partnered with the Southern California Horticultural Society (SCHS) to offer the 2021 Horticulture Internship. With the support of the Linda Pomerance Internship Grant, the internship is a fantastic opportunity for a student to gain hands-on horticultural experience at a public garden and historic site. The application deadline is May 31, 2021. Download application details> Cottonwood Internship 2021 - Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising An Internship Opportunity for CSULB students. Rancho Los Alamitos seeks a temporary, part-time Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising intern to support our organization’s marketing and fundraising endeavors from June 2021 into fall 2021. Download application details>

Open Wednesday through Sunday, 1-5PM by reservation

Rancho Los Alamitos is open by reservation Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

For a map of the areas open for visitors to tour, please click here. Restrooms are located in the Rancho Center.

Before you visit, please reserve a free ticket for a 60-minute, self-guided tour. Make reservations online or send an email to Reservations@RanchoLosAlamitos.org with the time you wish to visit and the number of people in your group (10 people maximum)

When you arrive, please stay at your car until your reservation time and then check-in at the station in the parking lot.

During your visit, please adhere to the following etiquette:

Images of gardens at Rancho Los Alamitos

Rancho Los Alamitos - Site Etiquette

Protect yourself and others from COVID-19

Face masks must be worn over the nose and mouth at all times. All visitors over 2 years old must wear a face mask.
Maintain physical distance of 6 feet or more from volunteers, staff, and other visitors.
Stay on pathways and continue in one direction.
Make use of sanitizing stations and avoid touching your face.
Stay home if you are sick or have been exposed to COVID-19.

Help us care for this historic site

Please do not climb on our trees or the roots of the Moreton Bay Fig trees. Please don’t walk in plant beds or pick flowers or fruit.
Refrain from touching the animals or climbing on fences, structures, and farm equipment.
No food is allowed.
Smoking and vaping are not permitted.
Do not litter. There are trash cans located throughout the site.

Support Our Educational Mission Every gift helps us connect our community with rich history, compelling stories, and authentic connections to California's past.

Images of sheep, horse, goats and rooster at RLA

RLA is proud to participate in the 2021 Long Beach Gives program

During the Long Beach Gives citywide fundraising campaign, individuals and organizations come together across the city of Long Beach (and beyond!) to invest in our community. When we give, we take a proactive step toward creating the society we desire. Last year, our friends and supporters raised over $15,000 for the Rancho during the Long Beach Gives 2020 campaign. We need your help to reach our goal of raising $20,000 in 2021. Stay tuned for more information about how you can help the Rancho through Long Beach Gives.

For a list of dates that the Rancho will be closed to the public, please click here.

Rancho Los Alamitos, the “Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods,” is a Long Beach City Landmark and is twice listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Rancho has a continuous history of habitation that stretches back for more than 1500 years and reflects the many people who have called it home – from the first people, the Tongva, to the Spanish and Mexican colonists, right up to the Yankee farmers of the mid-twentieth century. The 7½-acre site includes four acres of nationally significant historic gardens, a ranch house (1790-1933), and a restored barnyard of the early 20th-century working ranch. Read more >

Children and adults alike are fascinated and delighted when touring the spacious historic site, communing with nature in the lush gardens and visiting with the farm animals (horses, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, and rabbits) in the barns area. Admission and parking are free. The Rancho is open to the public by reservation from Wednesday-Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Guests enter at the Bixby Hill residential security gate at the intersection of East Anaheim Road and Palo Verde Avenue. Admission and parking are free.

Inspiring a sense of community while educating and engaging visitors with our rich history, our compelling stories and our authentic connections to California’s past.