Come explore, play and create with us under the oaks on the Main Lawn. Families with young children (age 2–5 years old) will enjoy doing arts and crafts and nature exploration together each month.

No registration required, free with admission or membership.

Meander through the Japanese Garden with the accompaniment of acoustic music during our extended summer hours. Enjoy a drink from the Tea House bar in this new twelve-week series.

The Camellia Lounge is open from 4:45–6:30pm, Fridays through Sundays from June 2– August 27*.

Entry to the Camellia Lounge is included with admission, no reservations required.

*Please note that the Camellia Lounge will be closed on August 20

See the full music lineup here:
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Friday–Sunday: August 18–19 (Closed August 20) | Fang Fang Xu- Cello

A doctorate in cello performance from the USC and having performed with Pacific Symphony, USC Thornton Symphony, LA Phil, and LA Chamber Orchestra, Fang Fang’s cello playing is a favorite at Descanso.

Friday–Sunday: August 25–27 | Philip Graulty– Guitar

Philip Graulty is a Los Angeles-based guitarist and composer whose unique approach to the guitar is informed by myriad styles including classical guitar, contemporary jazz, and country blues.

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Meander through the Japanese Garden with the accompaniment of acoustic music during our extended summer hours. Enjoy a drink from the Tea House bar in this new twelve-week series.

The Camellia Lounge is open from 4:45–6:30pm, Fridays through Sundays from June 2– August 27*.

Entry to the Camellia Lounge is included with admission, no reservations required.

*Please note that the Camellia Lounge will be closed on August 20

See the full music lineup here:
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Friday–Sunday: August 18–19 (Closed August 20) | Fang Fang Xu- Cello

A doctorate in cello performance from the USC and having performed with Pacific Symphony, USC Thornton Symphony, LA Phil, and LA Chamber Orchestra, Fang Fang’s cello playing is a favorite at Descanso.

Friday–Sunday: August 25–27 | Philip Graulty– Guitar

Philip Graulty is a Los Angeles-based guitarist and composer whose unique approach to the guitar is informed by myriad styles including classical guitar, contemporary jazz, and country blues.

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This class is sold out

Join artist Virginia Hein for a sketch walk through the gardens on Thursday, August 3 from 5–6:30pm. This class is designed as an introduction to quick location sketching and each participant is given a small panorama sketchbook and waterproof pen (included in class price). Bring a spirit of curiosity, play and experimentation.

$40 for members/$45 for non-members, materials are included. Advance registration required.

Image: © Virginia Hein

Sung in English, this hour-long adaptation of an opera based on the Brothers Grimm tale is ideal for audiences of all ages and is free with admission to Descanso.

POP’s production of Hansel and Gretel has been praised by Opera News as “fresh, imaginative, witty, and imbued with a keen sense of both rhyme and rhythm.”

Free with admission, no reservations required. No assigned seating, seats are first come, first served.

Schedule:

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Friday–Sunday, August 4–6 | Amphitheater | 5:30–6:30pm

Sunday, August 6 | Amphitheater | Additional show at 3:00-4:00pm

Come enjoy a special education series put on by Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy this summer. Each day will have a hands-on learning activity in the morning and a panel discussion in the late afternoon.

Free with admission to the garden or Descanso Gardens membership, no registration required.

Schedule:

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Saturday, August 5

10–11:30am | Public event and presentation: Monarchs + Milkweed (including native milkweed plant giveaway)

4:30–6pm | Public expert panel discussion: Make Your Backyard a Native Habitat Refuge!

About Living in a Wildlife Corridor

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Take a journey through the extensive network of wildlife corridors in Northern Los Angeles in Living in a Wildlife Corridor, an interactive exhibit created by the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy being hosted in Descanso Gardens’ Boddy House, June 3–October 1, 2023.

Discover how these corridors connect islands of open space and how you can help protect and enhance them. Through the lens of talented wildlife photographers and camera trappers, via the paintbrushes and canvasses of local artists, and through the stories and wisdom of the Tongva people who have stewarded this land for millennia, you’ll see our wild surroundings from an entirely new perspective.

Image: Mother of Lions © Robert Martinez, courtesy of Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy

Come enjoy a special education series put on by Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy this summer. Each day will have a hands-on learning activity in the morning and a panel discussion in the late afternoon.

Free with admission to the garden or Descanso Gardens membership, no registration required.

Schedule:

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Saturday, August 5

10–11:30am | Public event and presentation: Monarchs + Milkweed (including native milkweed plant giveaway)

4:30–6pm | Public expert panel discussion: Make Your Backyard a Native Habitat Refuge!

About Living in a Wildlife Corridor

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Take a journey through the extensive network of wildlife corridors in Northern Los Angeles in Living in a Wildlife Corridor, an interactive exhibit created by the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy being hosted in Descanso Gardens’ Boddy House, June 3–October 1, 2023.

Discover how these corridors connect islands of open space and how you can help protect and enhance them. Through the lens of talented wildlife photographers and camera trappers, via the paintbrushes and canvasses of local artists, and through the stories and wisdom of the Tongva people who have stewarded this land for millennia, you’ll see our wild surroundings from an entirely new perspective.

Image: Mother of Lions © Robert Martinez, courtesy of Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy

Sung in English, this hour-long adaptation of an opera based on the Brothers Grimm tale is ideal for audiences of all ages and is free with admission to Descanso.

POP’s production of Hansel and Gretel has been praised by Opera News as “fresh, imaginative, witty, and imbued with a keen sense of both rhyme and rhythm.”

Free with admission, no reservations required. No assigned seating, seats are first come, first served.

Schedule:

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Friday–Sunday, August 4–6 | Amphitheater | 5:30–6:30pm

Sunday, August 6 | Amphitheater | Additional show at 3:00-4:00pm

Sung in English, this hour-long adaptation of an opera based on the Brothers Grimm tale is ideal for audiences of all ages and is free with admission to Descanso..

POP’s production of Hansel and Gretel has been praised by Opera News as “fresh, imaginative, witty, and imbued with a keen sense of both rhyme and rhythm.”

Free with admission or Descanso Gardens membership, no reservations required. No assigned seating, seats are first come, first served.

Schedule:

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Friday–Sunday, August 4–6 | Amphitheater | 5:30–6:30pm

Sunday, August 6 | Amphitheater | Additional show at 3:00-4:00pm

Sung in English, this hour-long adaptation of an opera based on the Brothers Grimm tale is ideal for audiences of all ages and is free with admission to Descanso.

POP’s production of Hansel and Gretel has been praised by Opera News as “fresh, imaginative, witty, and imbued with a keen sense of both rhyme and rhythm.”

Free with admission, no reservations required. No assigned seating, seats are first come, first served.

Schedule:

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Friday–Sunday, August 4–6 | Amphitheater | 5:30–6:30pm

Sunday, August 6 | Amphitheater | Additional show at 3:00-4:00pm