She also encouraged the company and the University of California to establish UCI on a portion of the vast Irvine Ranch. She also enjoyed life's simple pleasures, including wildflowers, which she collected as a child during rounds with her physician father. In her last years, she and her daughter founded The Irvine Museum, which is dedicated to California Impressionism. The UCI Arboretum, which propagates more than 200 endangered species of flora, is on Campus Drive just past Jamboree Road. Visiting hours for the botanical garden are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Admission is free.
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