Thursday, 28 June 2012

Huntington Botanical Garden

During our trip to California we spent an afternoon at the Huntington Botanical Gardens at San Marino. The first thing I had to lay my eyes on was the Rose Arbour. My husband has agreed to build me an arbour in the new garden and I wanted to be sure he understood the scope of the project.



He required a tranquil spot to regain his equilibrium so we headed for the Japanese garden. I hadn't been a big fan of Japanese gardens but OMG I am now.


I didn't say anything but a bridge has been added to the garden structure list. Now needing some distraction myself we enjoyed the sights and scents of the herb garden.



More Huntington adventures in the next post....
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  1. Casa Mariposa29 June 2012 at 21:07

    I'm a CA native and there are so many beautiful gardens there to enjoy. San Francisco has an incredible Japanese Garden, too. I love how serene Japanese gardens are.

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  2. Sue Catmint5 July 2012 at 05:07

    Huntington Gardens looks very varied and impressive - I look forward to the next lot of adventures - and the future arbour and bridge!

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    1. Susan5 July 2012 at 08:27

      My husband says the building of the rose arbour will be his romantic gesture right up there with the gardens for QE1.

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  3. Jennifer5 July 2012 at 06:48

    Gardens like this are so inspirational aren't they? I always come home with a few new ideas. There looks like there was lots to fuel your plans for a rose arbor.

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    1. Susan5 July 2012 at 08:30

      Planning a new garden is wonderful for letting the imagination run wild. At some point I have to do a serious pruning of my ideas list, however as you point out, there are always new things to add.

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