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With its tidy beds of colorful flowers and leafy plants, the Herb Garden might not look like a classroom. But, in fact, that's precisely what it is. It's where school children discover where the minty flavor in their toothpaste comes from and where salsa gets its kick.

Ten years ago, on Father's Day weekend in 2004, the Helen and Peter Bing Children's Garden made its debut. As we mark this milestone anniversary, a look back at how the garden came into being seems fitting.

The book had a sheepskin cover, and mold was growing on the sheepskin. Robert Hooke, a pioneering microbiologist, slid the cover under one of the world's first microscopes. Mold, he discovered, consists of "nothing else but several kinds of small and variously figur'd Mushroms."

If California Chrome wins the Belmont Stakes this weekend, he will become the first California-bred racehorse to win the Triple Crown. And if he succeeds, it will be his second triple of 2014, following three big wins at Santa Anita Park

Fifty years ago today the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp on what would have been John F. Kennedy's 47th birthday. It features a pair of images: on the left is the eternal flame at Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery

For those who enjoy both gardening and cooking (not to mention eating), cultivating an herb garden can be one of life's most rewarding pleasures. Being able to add freshly snipped chives to a buttery baked potato or some aromatic rosemary

In a small upstairs room in the Huntington Art Gallery, you will find the secret of how to turn common metal into gold. Or an example of Renaissance Sudoku. Or one of the earliest uses of subliminal advertising.

There are so many reasons to thank Mary Robertson for her several decades of distinguished service at The Huntington, and many of them have been emphasized in the various celebrations of her achievements that have taken place here since her retirement in August 2013