In addition to the captivating structures I wrote about earlier, The Huntington Library and Garden near Pasadena, CA is a very well kept botanic garden. Many of the plants are exotic ornamentals, with collections from Mexico, South America and South Africa, among many others. One of my favorite gardens is the Desert Garden, because of the bright cactus blooms, and the sensuous lines of the the agave. Here’s another shot of an agave from The Huntington:
Agave, San Marino, CA, April 2009
Amazingly beautiful and simple subjects often pop out at you when you least expect it. My wife had been to The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens near Pasadena with a friend, and the next weekend, we took a Sunday afternoon outing over there. Not only do they have some amazing texts in their collection–including a first edition of “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin and hand-written correspondence by Albert Einstein–but a diverse and beautiful botanic garden as well.
I recently shared some of my bamboo images from the garden, but here are a couple of photos of a Japanese Tea Room in another section of the grounds. I was particularly drawn to the clean geometric lines of these rooms.
Japanese Tea Room I, The Huntington, San Marino, CA, April 2009
Japanese Tea Room II, The Huntington, San Marino, CA, April 2009
