Landscaping at The Huntington

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7 years ago

I took pics yesterday:

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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b

7 years ago

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Love the Huntington! We spent an afternoon there, last time I was out visiting family in Santa Monica & I never got to see the desert garden. There's so much there - including the wonderful art & architecture, I think I could happily spend a week. Thanks for sharing all those pics!

& I have some of those sansevierias too = )

Flowers smell heavenly, but the scent only comes out in the evening here.

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Original Author
7 years ago
This is where the above pics were taken, it's quite a large area with lounge furniture.

Now, the Desert Garden:
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7 years ago
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The secret to success here is to plan your visit. Go to their website and download the map and visitor guide. Plan how you are going to walk through the garden, because it's a lot of walking and it can be hot. Avoid backtracking. Prioritize so you don't waste time looking at things which don't interest you. I do recommend the Conservatory for sure, Pinkie and Blue Boy in the Huntington Gallery. You can enjoy the A/C there too. As you look at the map, you will see the cactus and palm gardens are on your left after you pass through the entrance buildings. This is a good place to start. (As you enter the cactus garden, be sure to watch for the cactus greenhouse on your left.) You will walk through the cactus garden to its farthest point from the entrance, then you can walk to the right on a road around that end of the garden. Honestly, there isn't much to see there and it's a long walk; I would recommend turning around back through the cactus garden and continuing on to your points of interest that way. Comfortable shoes, maybe a hat and water. Arrive when they open, and on a day they are open. California Cactus Center is a really interesting place to visit as well, as a previous poster mentioned. It's a nursery, not a botanical garden. Here's a picture I took in the cactus greenhouse some time ago: Here is a link that might be useful: Huntington Lib. visitors' guide
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I feel lucky because apart from the greenhouse at that one nursery I told you about, there just aren't many to be found (apart from laurentii and zeylanica, plus a Hahnii or two). Even one C&S show/sale had not a single one (for sale) and only 2 plants in the show! But, you know, one or two here and there adds up (right Katrina?).
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NextObsession?
Original Author
7 years ago
A few more from "the dome"
Katrina
7 years ago
WOW...Just wow! What a sight to behold
GreenLarry
7 years ago
Fantastic. And a nice Aralia in the first pics!
barbmock
7 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing. What a wonderful place!
enterotoxigenic000
7 years ago
Absolutely beautiful.
vitorama
7 years ago
Killer cool! What a spectacular place! I would get lost there for hours. Do you know what Sans that is in your second post, second picture down? There's three plants that look like hunky, junky vases? I must have one!
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Original Author
7 years ago
If they are the ones blooming I seem to remember them as aethiopica.

It's one of my favorite places to go, amazing desert garden, rose garden, Japanese garden with house from Japan, Chinese garden, huge palm collection, beautiful art gallery...arts&crafts decorative art exhibit, it takes 2 hours to browse just the gift shop. Even the parking lot has trees and shrubs that are striking.
Katrina
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Maybe I can convince my husband we should come there on vacation. It sounds like an awesome place to visit. I'm sure we can find a Veterans Museum for him to get lost in. Are plants always for sale?
Katrina
7 years ago
Nevermind...just went to the website!
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Original Author
7 years ago
Katrina, if you drive out here, you have to pass through Arizona, hint, hint. Arid Lands Nursery, B&B Cactus Farms....Down San Diego way is Grigsby Nursery. There's a big inter-club show coming up in August, plus one in Anaheim near the end of July with 20 vendors. We have a Navy ship Battleship Iowa in the Port of Los Angeles. We have a very large VA Center/Hospital in West LA and across the street the military cemetery. There is also an American Military Museum just outside of LA, in El Monte, I don't know much as I've not been there. But there is a Civil War Drum Barracks museum not far from the battleship and at certain times of year various battle reenactments, etc. Fort Tejon is about an hour north of LA. The adobe where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed ending the war with Mexico for Alta California is just across the street from Universal Studios Hollywood. Maybe stay in Long Beach and take in the Pacific Ocean experience, from there you can drive up to Pasadena to The Huntington, Old Town Pasadena (very cool restaurants, architecture, shops), and LB is a good jump off to San Diego or Vista more accurately (not as far south as SD) where the Sans are grown. SD has some nice tall ships, as does Dana Point. I can probably get you passes for The Huntington, save you some $$.
Katrina
7 years ago
...mind.blown...We'd need 2 weeks. 1 for him and 1 for me! Maybe that's something i can seriously work on. I've always wanted to cross the Golden Gate Bridge (I have this weird thing for awesome bridges) and we've discussed a CA trip a few times. He lived in SD for a while back in his military days. Thanks for that info. If this ever pans out you'll be hearing from me!
Mary978
7 years ago
"Plant Heaven"
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Original Author
7 years ago
Katrina, the only thing most people are not prepared for is this is a BIG state and things are spread out, plus we have traffic, so getting to and fro takes time and patience. The drive from SF to LA is gorgeous along the coast, you can check the travel times on Google now. Some of the best fruit & veggies in the world is grown around SF and sold at the Ferry St. Market (farmer's), then there is Cannery Row & the Aquarium in Monterey, the vineyards, olive groves, lavender fields, Santa Maria tri-tip BBQ & pinquito beans (only in SM), missions, Spanish Colonial architecture, Hearst Castle, Channel Islands National Park, Catalina Island, the biggest redwoods in the world (Sequoia National Park), Anza Borego National Park (desert canyons with bighorn sheep)...and a few Sansevieria.