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The Arlington Garden is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) botanical garden, located in Pasadena, California. It is Pasadena's only dedicated free public garden. It is Pasadena's only dedicated free public garden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The garden was designed by Mayita Dinos ; planting was first begun in 2005.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, known as The Huntington, [a] is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington in San Marino, California, United States.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in California is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
These days, camellias are probably best known as museum flowers in Southern California, part of renowned collections at Descanso Gardens and the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanic Gardens.
The gardens also serve as the home for summer concerts featuring the Pasadena POPS, [3] under the direction of Principal POPS Conductor Michael Feinstein. [4] In addition, the gardens are home to a flock of peafowl which are the descendants of the first group of birds imported by Baldwin from India. The peafowl is a symbol of the city of Arcadia.
The Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden is a Japanese garden located at 270 Arlington Drive in Pasadena, California. The garden was designed and built over seven years starting in 1935 when Charles and Ellamae Storrier Stearns hired first generation immigrant, and Japanese landscape designer, Kinzuchi Fujii.
The Pasadena Symphony, founded in 1928, offers several concerts a year at the Ambassador Auditorium and the Pasadena Pops plays at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The Civic Center also holds a few traveling Broadway shows each year. Boston Court Performing Arts Center, opened in 2003, is near Lake and Colorado.
The Pasadena Symphony was founded in 1928 as the Pasadena Civic Orchestra by Reginald Bland. From 1936 to 1972, Dr. Richard Lert served as Music Director and Conductor. Virginia Gregg played double bass in the orchestra at this time before starring on the radio.