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California Plants

Sun., May 6, 2018

Author Matt Ritter, professor of botany at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, takes readers on a visual “tour” through the state’s most iconic flora in a lecture based on his new book, California Plants.

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Designing with Palms

Sat., May 5, 2018

Jason Dewees discusses how the sensory appeal of palms, along with their beautiful diversity, earn them a place in well-designed gardens.

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News Release - Blue Boy Conservation Exhibition Set to Open Sept. 22

Thu., May 3, 2018

The exhibition "Project Blue Boy" will open at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Sept. 22, 2018, offering visitors a glimpse into the technical processes of a senior conservator working on the famous painting as well as background on its history, mysteries, and artistic virtues.

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The Name of the Rose

Wed., May 2, 2018 | Manuela Gomez Rhine

An old Hollywood crowd graces bed number 15 North in The Huntington's Rose Garden. 'Ronald Reagan' and 'Nancy Reagan' naturally stand together, with 'Ginger Rogers' to one side, 'Dick Clark' on the other, and 'Lucille Ball' and 'Cary Grant' nearby.

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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Two Italian Renaissance Paintings to Complement its “Madonna and Child in Glory”

Tue., May 1, 2018

The Art Collectors' Council of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has purchased two panel paintings by Italian Renaissance master Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507). Saint Ansanus and Saint Anthony Abbot, made in about 1470, originally formed the lower third of an altarpiece

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Radiant Beauty

Wed., April 25, 2018 | Linda Chiavaroli

E.L. Trouvelot made one big mistake in his life: releasing, by accident, moths he was studying into the woods near his home in Medford, Massachusetts in the 1860s. This error, which had dire consequences for North America's hardwood trees

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Every Picture Tells a Story

Wed., April 25, 2018

Richard White uses images shot by landscape photographer Jesse White to explore California’s story.

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Video - Radiant Beauty: E. L. Trouvelot’s Astronomical Drawings

Wed., April 25, 2018

A rare set of exquisite lithographs depicting the pastel drawings of planets, comets, eclipses, and other celestial wonders by artist/astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827-1895) are highlighted in the focused exhibition “Radiant Beauty: E. L. Trouvelot’s Astronomical Drawings.”