Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Huntington Gardens

Nestled in the heart of San Marino, California, is the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. The Library houses an impressive collection, but you can opt just to visit the gardens. Go for a pleasant stroll, for a reasonable fee. It is such a vast expanse of greenery, that one can spend an entire day here.

 

A grand entrance welcomes you

 

Here, you will find 12 types of gardens… each with a different style. It is nearly impossible to see all of them in one day. Here are the ones I visited….

 

 

Beautiful succulents at The Desert Garden

 

Sitting by the Lily Ponds. Even if it wasn’t the season for Lilies, it was still picturesque

 

Even the pathways between gardens provide a scenic route

Almost anywhere you glance is picture perfect

 

A bamboo grove…just one of the many pretty walkways

 

An all-natural trellis…from here you have a view of the Japanese garden

 

The Japanese Garden

 

Traditional wooden bridge

 

 

 

The Rose Garden

 

 

Romantic walkways…

 

 

An impressive facade reminiscent of European architecture

 

A statue-lined pocket of the rose garden

 

An intricately carved fountain set amidst the backdrop of the Gallery’s columns

 

This is definitely the kind of park you can keep coming back to, that in fact, they even offer memberships. I would love to go back and see the Library, the Galleries, and the other gardens. We wanted to try out the Tea Room and the other dining areas they had within the park, but we got so caught up with the place, that before we knew it, the park was closing! Well it gives me a reason to come back!

For more information, you can visit their website: http://www.huntington.org/

 

 

 

Photos by Missy Castro & Rose Sisante