May 19, 2010

Huntington Library & Gardens

I recently went to one of my favorite places to go in Southern California - the Huntington Library, Art Collections,and Botanical Gardens

 I spent most of the day walking the beautiful gardens, and because of the Spring rains I knew the Desert Garden would be especially beautiful.  It was a pretty day - quite warm, but not too hot.  And, there were flocks of wild parrots throughout the gardens - lots of chatter.  I couldn't get any good pictures of the parrots. 





The shade gardens were at least 10 degrees cooler than the desert garden.




































The bonsais were spectacular in person - made me want to give it a try too.




3 comments:

carole brungar said...

Just wanted to say thanks for dropping by my blog! Hopefully we will get to do a class together some time.
Pleased I called in, great photos! :)

Pam said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I had the pleasure of visiting the Huntington Library and Gardens with my "Calif" sister a few years ago. It is so beautiful.

Interesting that you spend your summers in Ky. We spend 6 weeks each spring and fall. (My DH is a hunter and this is the perfect time) We spend our summers in AZ. It's hot but we have D-back season tickets and granddaughters who are out of school.

Love blog and will be back to read previous posts.

Marva Plummer-Bruno said...

Oh how cool!!! I'd love to be able to see that! Those bonzai trees are amamzing!!! And the architecture is wonderful!!! Marva