tripledigitken
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Huntington Gardens
We recently visited the Huntington Gardens in San Marino, CA for the first time. It is a world class Botanical Garden with sections of the facility
devoted to regions of the world. The desert section has an unbelievable selection of plants, many found in Baja.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
[Edited on 6-28-2007 by tripledigitken]
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DianaT
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Love the pictures! Also, looks like it was a nice day in San Marino----blue sky and all.
When I lived not too far from there, I went there often---a great place to be.
Diane
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Ahh...the Huntington Gardens...lots of great memories there, thanks for showing the pics!
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Thanks Ken,
I was there a couple years ago. The cactus and succulent gardens are spectacular. The famous Blue Boy in the library is over-rated, the spoiled brat!
Beautiful photos.
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Russ
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Use to sneak in there almost 50 years ago. It was impressive then must be a awesome now. Thanks for the flash back!
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Beautiful photos Ken. The Huntington is the Great Barrier Reef of desert gardens. The history of how he used his rail lines to transport exotic
succulents and cacti from around the world is fascinating.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Use to sneak in there almost 50 years ago. It was impressive then must be a awesome now. Thanks for the flash back!
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We used to sneak into the Arboretum in Arcadia, ---another nearby place with great plants.
Ken,
With the wonderful way you photograph plants, you should visit the Arboretum---and Descanco Gardens also not far away.
Diane
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Paula
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Thanks for the pictures Ken! I especially love the aloe... it looks deceptively soft!
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tripledigitken
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thanks,
Mexitron, bajadogs, Russ , danaeb, and Paula for the kind words. I hoped some Nomads might get motivated to go and see this spectacular collection of
plants. Not just Desert Plants but a huge variety. The Japanese Zen garden is wonderful also.
Diane, I wasn't aware of the two gardens you mentioned. Next time we go to the Hunington we will check them out. Thanks for the tip.
Ken
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Diane, I wasn't aware of the two gardens you mentioned. Next time we go to the Hunington we will check them out. Thanks for the tip.
Ken
[Edited on 6-29-2007 by tripledigitken] |
The Arboretum in Arcadia was the old Lucky Baldwin Estate---
Besides the great gardens, there are hundreds of peac-cks there.
Descanso Gardens is in La Caņada---think you would enjoy both, and then we all get to enjoy more of your great pictures. 
Diane
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Nice photos of a lovely place! 
My lovely wife  who was born in San Fran and lived in San Diego for 20
years used to always tell me there was no reason to go to LA :mad her reference to
everthing north of Camp Pendleton).:moon: That was until I took her to, among other places, Huntington Gardens & Descanso!
Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley we visited the Huntington Gardens on a regular basis. In fact when relatives came in from the mid west every
summer it was on the list along with Disneyland of places to see along with Descanso. My grandparents moved to La Caņada in 1930, bought a house for $
19,999.00 that was a few blocks from what became Descanso Gardens. We would walk down and play hide and seek on Sundays after church. Over the years I
spent many a weekend day strolling the grounds with both my grandparents. Lots of beautiful plants and lots of great memories.
http://www.descansogardens.org/site/
The LA Arboretum in Arcadia is another great place to visit. When I was in grade school it was one of the much anticipated yearly field trips, along
with the Cabrillo Museum in San Pedro. Whenever we head up to the track at Santa Anita we make sure to cruise on over there. Last time we happened to
stumble on a plant show put on by the local Bonsai society and there was a man who had a Redwood Bonsai tree that was about two feet tall and as big
around as my arm, he said it had been in his family for over 50+ years and he was always worried that he would somehow kill it. It was amazing.
LA's the place, baby! 
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This is all fine and good, but I have fonder memories of Busch Gardens!!!! Whatever happened to that?
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