The Huntington would like to invite applications for Urban Ecosystem Agriculture, a train-the-trainer course to be held between September 3, 2011 and January 21, 2012. This series is designed to empower Master Gardeners and garden educators with a practical knowledge base of techniques
This Sunday, American History TV (C-SPAN 3) will broadcast "The Presidency: Thomas Jefferson and Alternatives to Slavery," a program that picks up where Laura Voisin George left off in her Huntington Frontiers article
Unless you live under a piece of asphalt, you already know that this coming weekend in greater Los Angeles has been billed as Carmageddon. From Friday evening to Monday morning, a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 will be closed
Preliminary weather forecasts were looking iffy for the final launch of the space shuttle program, but they didn't keep thousands of people from showing up at the Kennedy Space Center in anticipation of a successful final countdown.
Henry E. Huntington must have loved the Fourth of July, because when it came to flag-waving, he went to great lengths (and heights) to show his patriotic spirit. The grand old flagpole that he purchased in 1909 is 148 feet of solid Douglas fir, cut from a single tree.
If you love dry-climate succulent plants, this event is for you. The Cactus and Succulent Society of America will present its national show and sale on Saturday and Sunday, July 2–3, 2011 at The Huntington
One of the French rooms in the Huntington Art Gallery just got a little fancier. Arranged among paintings like the Knitter Asleep by Jean Baptiste Greuze and The Country Dance by Jean-Antoine Watteau are 19 ceramic works
Ecologically informed methods of urban agriculture can make your life easier and create a healthier, more diverse garden. Two techniques you might want to implement are to add native plants that attract pollinators
Ecologically-informed methods of urban agriculture can ease workload and create a healthier, more diverse garden. Attracting pollinators with native plants and interplanting herbs with fruit trees are just two examples.
Another post in a series about Mr. Huntington's Garden by the botanical director of The Huntington.