The Botanical Gardens at the Huntington

by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery and Don Normark

Book Overview

The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, are a remarkable showcase of exotic plants from all over the world, and this lavishly illustrated volume depicts many of the most unusual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810963167
• ISBN13: 9780810963160
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great souvenir and resource for the gardens

I visited the Huntington Museum in Pasadena last July not expecting all that much but was most impressed. I particularly enjoyed the scope and variety of their botanical gardens and so bought this book to remind myself of what I'd seen and also to learn more about the background of the gardens and how they came to be.I was disappointed in no respect. The book provides historical photographs as well as an account of how Henry Huntington both earned his wealth and used it to establish this marvelous place. It goes on to provide sumptuous photographs of all parts of the gardens, covering both what's there and how they were established. Detail on the desert section and the Japanese section (my two favorites) were particularly appreciated. My only quibble is that a chapter on the notable trees is saved for the end, rather than covering the trees along with the location they belong to. This seems rather odd but is a minor note.All in all, this book is a splendid souvenir and resource for the gardens of Huntington.

This is not a review but a correction.

As author you have listed the photographer instead of the writer. The author should be Walter Houk, as you will discover on the title page.