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Puya with a pink stem and pink and blue flowers.
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Now Blooming: Puyas

March 15, 2025–May 15, 2025

See these highly uncommon and spectacular, long-arching inflorescence blooms in deep jewel tones, flowering for a short time in the Desert Garden.

A juniper bonsai tree with red bark and exposed bleached-white trunk on a black backdrop.
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30th Annual Bonsai-a-Thon

Feb. 22, 2025–Feb. 23, 2025

Southern California bonsai masters share their passion for the art form in this exciting annual event that includes exhibits, demonstrations, prize drawings, a bonsai marketplace, and a live auction.

A young person holds a drawing on paper while standing in front of a poster filled with colorful illustrations of sea creatures.
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Drawing Workshop: Drawing for the Planet

Tue., Nov. 12, 2024

Create portraits of some of the amazing species that inhabit The Huntington and the surrounding region with artist Jane Lee McCracken. This intergenerational workshop is suitable for adults and children 5 and up.

Map of Kings County, California, with an outline of Tulare Lake.
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The Other California: Land, Loss, Labor, Liberated Futures along Phantom Shores

Wed., Oct. 16, 2024

Join Alison Hirsch, associate professor at USC and the Shapiro Center for American History and Culture Fellow, who will explore the history and future of Tulare Lake, which reemerged after multiple atmospheric rivers hit California in March 2023.

A cyanotype imprint of leaves over a handwritten letter.
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Shapiro Center Webinar: Nineteenth-Century Nature and Contemporary Photography

Tue., Oct. 8, 2024

Contemporary voices in the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” bring forward questions of environmental history to the present. The conversation will cover such topics as land extraction, human influence on plants, environmental injustice, immigration, photographic technologies, and reparative histories.

Overhead view of a table with an accordion style book and various crafting supplies.
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Family Workshop: Accordion Books

Sat., Sept. 21, 2024

Learn how to make an accordion-style artist book, featuring your own panoramic drawings or written compositions. This workshop is perfect for bookbinding beginners and no prior experience is needed.

A cyan-tone book cover with an image of a rickshaw driver and a passenger posing for a photo in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, with white text that reads “Hollywood, tourism, and the making of a Chinese American community, Performing Chinatown, William Gow.”
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Performing Chinatown: A Conversation with William Gow & Bill Deverell

Tue., Sept. 10, 2024

Join Professor William Gow as he discusses his new book, “Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community,” with William Deverell, historian and founding director of ICW.

Deep red blooming Corpse Flower.
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Now Blooming: Corpse Flower

July 10, 2024–July 31, 2024

Following on the stinky heels of Odora, the Corpse Flower Scentennial is getting ready to release its pungent scent. Both plants are on view now for a limited time in The Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science. Watch the livestream, check the growth progress chart, and plan your visit.

Five people posing for camera, some holding small plants.
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K-12 Educator Saturday Workshop: Maintaining School Gardens over the Summer

Sat., June 22, 2024

Learn how to maintain your school garden during the summer break with expert advice from Andrew Lepore, Career Technical Education agriculture teacher.

Lily blossom sprinkled with water droplets
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Now Blooming: Water Lilies and Lotus

June 15, 2024–July 31, 2024

Admire the colorful beauty of aquatic flowers in the Chinese Garden, Lily Ponds, and the North Vista and Celebration Garden fountains.

Solid-color rose drawings of different colors surround the text "An Evening Among the Roses."
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An Evening Among the Roses

Fri., June 7, 2024

The 10th annual An Evening Among the Roses is a chance to recognize and celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer members of the community for their many contributions to The Huntington.

Faded black and white photo of train tracks running through a narrow canyon.
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Continental Reckoning: A Conversation with Elliott West and Megan Kate Nelson

Fri., May 24, 2024

Join author Elliott West in a conversation with historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist Megan Kate Nelson about West’s sweeping new book, “Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion.”

A yellow and pink graphic with a large tropical flower and a map with a white ship sailing from California to Hawaii.
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Sip of History: Tiki 101

Thu., May 16, 2024

Explore the history of libations and Western fantasies of faraway lands in this educational and hands-on mixology class.

Illustration of birds in a tree.
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Second Sundays: The Birds and the Trees

Sun., April 14, 2024

Explore the curiosities behind the birds and the trees in The Huntington’s collections through art-making and talks with experts at this free event for visitors of all ages.

A person holds a small box with a lid, inside there is text on an orange background and objects glued in a diorama.
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Evening for Educators: Betye Saar (6–12 Grade)

Thu., April 11, 2024

Explore the art of Betye Saar, connect with peers, and participate in a hands-on art-making activity.

A person holds a small box with a lid, inside there is text on an orange background and objects glued in a diorama.
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Evening for Educators: Betye Saar (K–5 Grade)

Mon., April 8, 2024

Explore the art of Betye Saar, connect with peers, and participate in a hands-on art-making activity.

The Alcatraz Island Prison exterior, with a lush succulent and cactus garden below.
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In the Gardens of California’s Prison Landscape

Thu., Nov. 9, 2023

Author and horticulturist Elizabeth Lara explores how horticulture has factored into the prison landscape, and the relationships between plants, people, and places defined by histories of violence.