Lately I’ve been hanging out lots at Huntington Gardens, mainly because I scored treasured readership privileges at their Library. It’s a lovely place to write as everyone is intent on their work, and the grounds…Lord God, the beauty. One recent morning I went to 8:15 Mass at Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua, then motored on over. […]
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND GARDENS
DECEMBER AT HUNGTINGTON GARDENS

What is it about this time of year that fills us with so much joy and makes us so sad at the same time?
THE HUNTINGTON DESERT GARDEN

The Huntington Gardens and Library in Pasadena boasts what is widely considered one of the world’s premier collections of desert plants. The famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx called it “the most extraordinary garden in the world,” period. You can learn more, among other places, in Desert Plants: A Curator’s Introduction to the Huntington […]