Please note that the Tea Blending Workshop with Emily Han is sold out.

Learn all about tea at this workshop with herbalist, educator and author, Emily Han. Enjoy a sensory tasting activity, explore tea blending principles and learn to incorporate herbs and botanicals for flavor, aroma, color, and therapeutic effects. Choose from an array of ingredients to craft your own custom tea blend to take home.  

$35 members, $45 non-members. Advanced registration required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Please note that Sketching on Location is full.

Join artist Virginia Hein in this four-week art series to learn to sketch the varied landscapes of Descanso using a variety of media. Meets on four Saturdays from February 1–22 at Minka in the Japanese Garden.

$90 members, $120 non-members. Registration required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Image: © Virginia Hein

Please note that Garden Sprouts is full.

Meets on four Fridays from February 7–28.

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 story time, 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 and social development.   

$40 members; $48 nonmembers. Advanced registration required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Please note that Morning Yoga is canceled through March 31.

For other morning sessions, see our Wednesday, March 11 and Friday, March 13 classes. Click here for the evening yoga session on Wednesday, March 11.

Eight-week morning yoga session starting Monday, March 9. Includes a 25-minute fitness walk and 60-minutes yoga practice. $116 for eight-week session. Advance registration and minimum enrollment required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center, or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

MEMBERS ONLY.

Please note that Morning Yoga is canceled through March 31.

Eight-week morning yoga session starting Wednesday, March 11. Includes a 25-minute fitness walk and 60-minutes yoga practice. $116 for eight-week session. Advance registration and minimum enrollment required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center, or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

MEMBERS ONLY.

Please note that Evening Yoga is canceled through March 31.

Eight-week evening yoga session starting Wednesday, March 11. Includes a 25-minute fitness walk and 60-minutes yoga practice. $116 for eight-week session. Advance registration and minimum enrollment required.

Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center, or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

MEMBERS ONLY.

Please note that Morning Yoga is canceled through March 31.

Eight-week morning yoga session starting Friday, March 13. Includes a 25-minute fitness walk and 60-minutes yoga practice. $116 for eight-week session. Advance registration and minimum enrollment required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center, or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

MEMBERS ONLY.

Please note that Kintsugi Workshop is canceled.

Learn this centuries-old practice by breaking, then repairing your own ceramic dish at this workshop. The finished piece can be displayed as art. Defined as “to repair with gold,” kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with a mixture of compound and gold powder. As a philosophy, kintsugi has similarities to wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect.

$30 for members, $40 for non-members. No experience necessary, all materials provided. Ages 12 and up. Advanced registration required. Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Please note that all Beginner Tai Chi sessions have been canceled through March 31.

For the Advanced Tai Chi session beginning Wednesday, March 25 click here.

This ten-week Beginner Tai Chi session meets on Tuesdays from March 24 to June 9. There will be no class on Tuesday, May 12 or Tuesday, May 19.

$125 members, $155 nonmembers. Advanced registration required. Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

Please note that this program is non-refundable.

Please note that all Advanced Tai Chi sessions have been canceled through March 31.

This ten-week Advanced Tai Chi session meets on Wednesdays from March 25 to June 10. There will be no class on Wednesday, May 13 or 20.

$125 members, $155 nonmembers. Advanced registration required. Register online here, in person at the Descanso Gardens Visitor Center or by phone at (818) 949-7980.

Please note that this program is non-refundable.