The Huntington Library, Museum, and Gardens in Los Angeles now have a first-rate Chinese as well as a Japanese Garden. Tammy and I visited both several weeks ago, and they reminded us of pleasant times in Claude Monet’s Water-lily Garden in Giverny, France in 2008. All three are superb, but in dramatically different ways, that reflect much about the cultures that gave rise to them. Read More
Living and Writing in the Natural World
A Tale of Three Gardens
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Apr 02, 2014 9:31 AM EDT
I'll have to visit the Huntington gardens next time in LA.
Heather
- Heather
Apr 07, 2014 8:20 AM EDT
seeing such gardens
such wind blown stone
such flowers and waters of grace
this suchness this energy
this opening enveloping space
- aj in Kyoto
Apr 24, 2014 6:55 PM EDT
Thanks, Ray, for a sophisticated primer on garden viewing and their cultural contexts. Like you, I long for the kind of encounter for which these gardens were designed originally: a leisurely, lengthy, and perhaps even solo experience of their subtle and dramatic beauties. Next time you're in the East Bay, you'll have to check out Blake Garden in Kensington.
- John
Nov 13, 2015 9:08 AM EST
I have enjoyed a number of these places myself. I am glad to see that you are still active, and enjoying life. The picture of Holly touched my heart, as she did so many years ago. You were a great biology professor, and your family was always wonderful to be around. Take care.
- Robert B.