Friday, May 19, 2023
First thing today was a visit to the
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, where we saved on admission with our Tyler Arboretum membership. Beginning as Aleupkigna (the place of many waters) for the indigenous people (c 500 BCE), then as a 1771 mission under the Spaniards, the land became a ranch (c 1840). Rancho Santa Anita was rich with water sources. When it was subdivided in 1947, 111 acres were purchased and the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum was established.
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Echium wildpretii/Tower of Jewels with
Bougainvillea glabra in the background (KSS) |
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| Tower of Jewels detail |
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Pavo cristatus/Pea Fowl/Peacock
cries could be heard at our hotel last night (KSS) |
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| General view of the Aloe Trail |
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| Calodendrum capense/Cape Chestnut Tree blooms |
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Celebration Garden has several niches to show
examples of local garden designs |
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Garden For All Seasons started in 1972 as a flower
and vegetable garden, and now has fruit trees |
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| We recognized the Eriobotrya japonica/Loquat fruit |
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| Whimsical posts at the Garden For All Seasons |
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| Eucalyptus deglupta/Rainbow Gum Tree (KSS) |
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| The "rainbow" bark of the Rainbow Gum (KSS) |
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| Tamiko with a sprawling Opuntia sp/Prickly Pear (KSS) |
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| Prickly pear flowers (KSS) |
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| Sylvilagus audubonii/Audubon's Cottontail |
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Epiphyllum/Orchid Cactus variety in
the Epiphyllum Collection |
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Begonia nelumbiifolia/Lilypad Begonia in
the Tropical Greenhouse |
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| Kent on the head of the serpentof the Serpent Trail |
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| Serpent Trail through the Australia Garden (KSS) |
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Callistemon citrinus ‘Little John’/
Dwarf Bottlebrush |
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Xanthorrhoea quandrangulata/
Lofty Grass Tree (KSS) |
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| Passiflora caerulea/Blue Passionflower |
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| California Native Habitat |
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| Eschscholzia californica/California Poppy |
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Two elderly Asian women strolling in the garden,
just like in Japan (KSS) |
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Meyberg Waterfall (1968-1969) as a memorial for
Manfred Meyberg, owner of Germain Seed Company,
and a California Arboretum Foundation Trustee |
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| Well in the formal Herb Garden (1955) |
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Centaurea cyanus/Bachelor's Button or Cornflower has
medicinal uses and is found in the Herb Garden |
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| Coach Barn (c 1879, by Albert A Bennett in Queen Anne style) |
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“Tally Ho” carriage (1876)was used for pleasure,
hence the lunch picnic basket |
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| Stalls in the Coach Barn |
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| There is also a "Queen Anne" Doghouse |
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Citrus sinensis 'Valencia'/Valencia Orange
Tree; the base of the trunk shows
evidence of being grafted (KSS) |
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The Rose Garden (1956); note the very tall palm trees:
Washingtonia filifera/California Fan Palms |
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| Rosa 'WEKspitrib' (2009) is a climbing hybrid tea rose (KSS) |
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| Roas 'Eden' (1985) is also a climbing rose |
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| Boat ramp on Baldwin Lake |
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Queen Anne Cottage (1885-1886, by
Albert A Bennett, the father of the fourth
wife of Elias Jackson Baldwin, who
had the cottage built as a guest cottage) |
Elias "Lucky" Baldwin purchased the Santa Anita Ranch in 1875. He deepened the lake to use as a reservoir. for the water that came from an artesian belt under the property. In 1880, Baldwin imported peafowl from India.
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| Bignonia callistegioides/Violet Trumpet Vine |
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The Violet Trumpet Vine grew halfway up
this California Fan Palm; note
Kent & Tamiko standing at the bottom |
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Baldwin Lake with the Queen Anne Cottage on the far shore;
this property and the lake featured in over 100 movies |
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| Tai chi with folding fans |
Next: The Huntington Scott Galleries of American Art.
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