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Garden with standing water in the foreground, a large rock next to the water ,and a one-room structure with a curved roof on a hill above the water.

Chinese Garden

A Garden for Scholarship, Relaxation, and Human Connection

A garden with plants in the foreground and a building in the background

Japanese Garden

The Japanese Garden is one of the oldest gardens at The Huntington. It was started over a century ago and has undergone a great deal of change over the past 100 years.

A hill in a garden. At the base of the hill are rocks, spherical green and yellow succulents, and purple flowers. On the hill are succulents with bright orange flowers. At the top of the hill are tall trees.

Desert Garden

Over the past 100 years, gardeners have transformed the Desert Garden into a 10-acre expanse with over 2000 species of succulents and desert plants.

Color illustration of a plant with large green leaves and small flowers. Above the plant is a close up of a brown cylinder.

A Curious Herbal

In creating and publishing her scientific illustrations, Blackwell made important contributions to the medical field.

Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem.  A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.

Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname

Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology

A field of orange lilies.

Lily

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lilies and explore how different artists have been inspired by lilies.

A pink lotus flower with fish swimming in the background.

Lotus

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lotuses and explore how different artists have been inspired by lotuses.

Black line illustration of a plant viewed through a magnifying glass.

Decomposition Investigation

How do plant parts decompose and how does decomposition support plant growth? Make observations of plant matter at different stages of decomposition and make inferences about cycles of matter in ecosystems.