The Daily News, News Break, BeeCityUSA, Newstrawl, and Gardening Channel. In 2004 and prior years the garden's hosted The Twilight Garden Party, a fundraising event hosted at the gardens that included wine tasting, jazz music, a scientific and natural history illustrations, a raffle and appetizers. The event featured artists: Sharon Belkin, botanical and wildlife artist, Mor Benhillel, Carola Gorin, botantical artist, Diana Hall, botanical artist, Fred Kuretski, photographer, Sue Kuskmae, botanical artist, Janice Sharp, botanical artist, Norma Smallbone, natural historian, Melanie Symond, graphic designer, Floria Teng, botanical artist, and Leslie Walker, botanical artist. The event exhibitors included: Armstrong Garden Center, Kellogg's Garden Supply, Matador Community Credit Union, and San Fernando Valley Audubon Society. California State University Northridge offers a wide variety of courses surrounding the use of the gardens. These courses are available to students and facility. The garden itself is available for free access to all but the course allows students to generate research projects in biology, plant biology, plant morphology, plant physiology and entomology. CSUN Today has written the following about the Botanic Garden: "CSUN’s Botanic Garden is operated by the university’s Department of Biology and serves as a field site for botany, entomology, photography, painting and other classes. In addition to geographically themed plantings and a butterfly garden, the garden also features greenhouses where noteworthy botanical specimens are grown." The garden also offer free academic tours for K-12 and college students. Tours are typically 20-40 minutes, but can be arranged for a longer tour time. Group sizes are recommended to fewer than 20 peoples. The garden also is usable as an event site for weddings, private parties, filming for TV, commercial use, and music videos. Pricing is unknown, as well as features in any of these event areas. See also California Native Plant Society List of botanical gardens in the United States Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Natural landscaping Sustainable landscaping Wildlife garden Xeriscaping References External links Official CSUN Botanic Garden website CSUN Campus Map Botanical gardens in California Botanic Garden Northridge, Los Angeles Parks in Los Angeles Parks in the San Fernando Valley