Descanso Events
After-hours and daytime events with programs designed to connect garden visitors of all ages to nature. Join us for festivals, immersive installations, music, workshops, tours, and more.
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Cultivate: LA Local
April 26 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Included with admission or membership
Don’t miss Cultivate: LA Local on April 26 from 4:30–7pm with live music, dancing, refreshments, and engaging experiences in nature that will connect you more deeply to the world around you.
The event is free with admission or membership, no registration required.
Schedule:
Theodore Payne Foundation
- Learn about fire prevention, habitat gardening, and native plants with the Theodore Payne Foundation! Check out their amazing traveling seed museum
- Location: El Portal in the California Garden
- 4:30–7pm
Poetry Reading
- Featuring Traci Kato-Kiriyama and Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson
- 4:30–5:30pm & 5:45–6:45pm
- Location: Amphitheater
California Garden tour with Austin Kreuger
- Experience the beauty of the California Garden with Descanso Gardens horticulturist Austin Kreuger
- Times: 4:30–5:15pm & 5:30–6:15pm
- Location: Meets at Center Circle
Hands-on Activity
- Stamp a California native wildflowers seed packet
- Location: Main Lawn
- Have a drink in the Rose Garden bar and enjoy a mix of classic hits and contemporary songs by our popular guest DJs
- 4:30–7pm
- Location: Rose Pavilion
