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'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings

BBC  

'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings John Brett, 1856. 'Reverence for nature' The exhibition also highlights the pioneering environmental work of the lesser-known US scientist, inventor and women's rights advocate Eunice Newton Foote, whose 1856 publication Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays in The American Journal of Science and Arts, …

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Smell that? A rare corpse flower is about to bloom at the Huntington
5 months, 1 week ago

Smell that? A rare corpse flower is about to bloom at the Huntington

LA Times  

This corpse flower dubbed, “Allan the Amorphophallus,” is one of four that bloomed last year at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Over time, the staff has developed ways to coax the plants into blooming every two to three years, said Brandon Tam, associate curator of the Huntington’s orchid collection. Curator Brandon Tam stands next to a blooming …

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Instagram influencers have found a new beauty spot to ruin
7 months, 1 week ago

Instagram influencers have found a new beauty spot to ruin

The Independent  

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The Huntington was gifted four major paintings this year. They fit like a glove
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Huntington was gifted four major paintings this year. They fit like a glove

LA Times  

Four significant paintings were donated to the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in 2023. One room away, David Hockney’s “Tree on Woldgate, 6 March” is installed between two celebrated landscape paintings by John Constable. One is the diminutive “Salisbury Cathedral From the Bishop’s Grounds”, an imposing Gothic church seen framed through trees — a painting known in several …

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9 launches in L.A. that will keep the holiday drip edging toward overdrive
1 year ago

9 launches in L.A. that will keep the holiday drip edging toward overdrive

LA Times  

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy Aerial view of Luna Luna in Moorweide park. Select pieces available in stores December 9 and online December 13. golflefleur.com Slauson Saturdays powered by Supervsn Since October, Supervsn has been hosting a monthly party known as “Slauson Saturdays.” The free event takes place at the flagship store in Windsor Hills and features guest DJ sets, food …

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Zoos and botanical gardens find Halloween programs are a hit, and an opportunity
1 year, 2 months ago

Zoos and botanical gardens find Halloween programs are a hit, and an opportunity

Associated Press  

Slithering snakes and fluttering bats. “Fall is a celebration of the natural world, so Halloween and botanical gardens are an organic pairing,” says Michaela Wright, manager of interpretive content at the New York Botanical Garden, where October is “Fall-o-Ween.” The garden’s Halloween offerings began with a haunted greenhouse tour about 50 years ago, she says, “and it continues to evolve …

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Zoos and botanical gardens find Halloween programs are a hit, and an opportunity
1 year, 2 months ago

Zoos and botanical gardens find Halloween programs are a hit, and an opportunity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Fall is a celebration of the natural world, so …

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A rare corpse flower is set to stink up the Huntington with the smell of dead rats 🤢🐀
1 year, 3 months ago

A rare corpse flower is set to stink up the Huntington with the smell of dead rats 🤢🐀

LA Times  

People view the corpse flower at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. Another rare corpse flower is set to bloom any day now at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, unleashing its notoriously pungent odor into the conservatory. Tam said he’s concerned with how the changing climate will disrupt life cycles as plants “try to …

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He was bit by the ‘orchid bug’ and now manages one of the world’s largest collections
1 year, 4 months ago

He was bit by the ‘orchid bug’ and now manages one of the world’s largest collections

LA Times  

“Gardens are gateways to cultures,” said Brandon Tam, associate curator of the orchid collection at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, as he unlocked the door to one of the Huntington’s orchid collection greenhouses on a hot afternoon in July. “That was when I got bit by the orchid bug,” Tam said, noting that he …

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The rich legacy of Bengaluru’s flower power
1 year, 4 months ago

The rich legacy of Bengaluru’s flower power

The Hindu  

It’s that time of the year again when colourful blooms attract people to Bengaluru. Independence Day is here, and Bengaluru’s Lalbagh is presenting its 214th flower show, which this year is designed as a tribute to Karnataka’s second Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah. In the book Bangalore’s Lalbagh a Chronicle of the Gardenand the City, author Suresh Jayaram says that the …

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Opinion: Is Los Angeles a paradise? A guide to the guidebooks that claimed it was
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: Is Los Angeles a paradise? A guide to the guidebooks that claimed it was

LA Times  

After decades of enthusiastically giving Los Angeles tours to out-of-town friends and family, and even co-authoring a walking guide to the city, I’m all too aware that things have changed. “Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels” is a 2011 University of California Press repackaging of the 1941 Federal Writers Project volume. In its …

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The Huntington’s renovated 1911 tea room reopens after a three-year closure
1 year, 7 months ago

The Huntington’s renovated 1911 tea room reopens after a three-year closure

LA Times  

If man caves existed in the early 20th century, then American railroad tycoon Henry Huntington had one of the finest. On Wednesday that very same building will reopen as the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens’ thoroughly renovated Rose Garden Tea Room. The Shakespeare Pavilion at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens’ new Rose Garden Tea Room. …

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Botanical gardens and life on earth
1 year, 8 months ago

Botanical gardens and life on earth

The Hindu  

On this Earth Day, we should celebrate the recent decision of the Tamil Nadu government to establish a large botanical garden in the State as an important and welcome piece of news. These patrons of botanical gardens not only funded but also oversaw botanical collections; a beautiful garden was an important metric of one’s prosperity and eclectic administration. Between the …

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How artist Mercedes Dorame shares pieces of her Tongva heritage across L.A.’s public landscapes
2 years, 5 months ago

How artist Mercedes Dorame shares pieces of her Tongva heritage across L.A.’s public landscapes

LA Times  

If land can be said to contain history, a repository of all that occurs on its surface, then the granite boulder I find myself scrambling over on a very warm Tuesday morning could be said to be one of its important archival artifacts. “The powdered pigments and cinnamon,” says Dennis Carr, the Huntington’s chief curator of American art, who organized …

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6 intriguing things to know about the stinkiest corpse flower in L.A. before it blooms
2 years, 6 months ago

6 intriguing things to know about the stinkiest corpse flower in L.A. before it blooms

LA Times  

What do gym socks, a portable potty and a dead rat have in common? “Kids love it — even adults love it,” said Brandon Tam, the Huntington’s botanical curator. “Ultimately, they all come in because they want to smell something really stinky.” Brandon Tam, the Huntington’s botanical curator, measures the plant from a ladder. “It takes a team of five …

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Ticket to whimsy: What’s behind popular seasonal train shows
3 years, 1 month ago

Ticket to whimsy: What’s behind popular seasonal train shows

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Many holiday-season train shows were canceled or limited to fewer visitors last year because of the pandemic, but this year the popular attractions are back at botanical gardens, conservatories and elsewhere around the country. “It’s magical because people love to picture themselves in these small landscapes, with displays of greenery hiding whimsical elements surrounding the models of …

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L.A.’s biggest — and smelliest — corpse flower is about to bloom. Here’s how to see it
3 years, 5 months ago

L.A.’s biggest — and smelliest — corpse flower is about to bloom. Here’s how to see it

LA Times  

The Huntington’s most recent corpse flower is its biggest — and potentially its smelliest — one yet. Last year’s corpse flower was livestreamed on YouTube, but this year will be different as the Huntington, like most museums and botanical gardens in Los Angeles, has reopened to full capacity. This year’s tropical plant, affectionately called “Stankosaurus Rex,” is not only unique …

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The Huntington Library has a history of inequity. Can it pivot toward inclusivity?
3 years, 8 months ago

The Huntington Library has a history of inequity. Can it pivot toward inclusivity?

LA Times  

Beneath every robber baron’s graceful mansion seems to lie a graveyard of questionable deeds. Christina Nielsen, director of the Huntington’s art museum, sits before “The Landmark,” a bronze sculpture by artist Enrique Martinez Celaya. “I remember having lunch with my dad, a Mexican immigrant with an eighth-grade education, at the Huntington,” recalls historian Natalia Molina, who is researching the Huntington’s …

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