Bargain hunting in Southern California

Gardens

The Huntington is free the first Thursday of each month (see the accompanying museum story), but if you find yourself in Arcadia on the third Tuesday of the month—and really, why wouldn't you?—you can stop and smell the roses at the Los Angeles County Arboretum (pictured) without paying the usual $7. www.arboretum.org -- Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer