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Descanso Gardens is an urban retreat of year-round natural beauty, internationally renowned botanical collections and spectacular seasonal horticultural displays. Visit for a stroll, a concert or a class — there are so many ways to explore.
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Join the thousands of people who support Descanso Gardens through an annual membership. Members enjoy many benefits, including discounts at the Descanso Café and the Gift Shop, class discounts and members-only events.
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There's always something to see at Descanso Gardens. Whether you love lots of colorful spring bloom, winter camellias or the year-round majesty of our oaks, check out what's in bloom at different times of the year.
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With its variety of settings – from the Oak Lawn to the manicured grounds of the Boddy House – Descanso Gardens is the perfect place for your special event, and it's just minutes from downtown Los Angeles, as well as the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys.
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Descanso favorite Ensemble Shakespeare Theater returns on Saturday and Sunday, October 20, 21, 27 and 28 with a family-friendly retelling of your favorite Halloween stories. Enjoy a selection of stories that are funny, surprising, and slightly spooky. Kids (and grown-ups) are encouraged to come in costume!
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Bring your little owlets 2 and older for an enchanting nature-themed story time at Nature’s Table!
Four Fridays from October 26–November 16. Meets in the Harvest Garden.
Garden Sprouts is a grownup and child (ages 2-4) class where the seeds of love for nature are planted and nurtured. Children and adults participate in storytime, songs, hands-on nature, science, art, and gardening activities, as well as prepare a healthy snack together. All activities are designed specifically for children’s fine and gross motor skills & social development.
$40 members; $48 nonmembers; Pre-registration required. Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center or by phone at (818) 949-7980.
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In conjunction with the Sturt Haaga Gallery exhibition La Reina de Los Ángeles, native plant expert Nicholas Hummingbird will give an in depth talk about native plants and their traditional uses. Hummingbird will discuss how Native Californians’ intrinsic relationship with the environment has for centuries included a lifestyle of conservation, botany, art and stewardship. After the talk, guests are invited to visit the California Natives garden and Oak Woodland to see the plants discussed by Hummingbird.
$25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Pre-registration required. Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center or by phone at (818) 949-7980.
This event is presented with support from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The mission of the Metropolitan Water District is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high-quality water to meet present and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way.
Descanso favorite Ensemble Shakespeare Theater returns on Saturday and Sunday, October 20, 21, 27 and 28 with a family-friendly retelling of your favorite Halloween stories. Enjoy a selection of stories that are funny, surprising, and slightly spooky. Kids (and grown-ups) are encouraged to come in costume!
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