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After-hours and daytime events with programs designed to connect garden visitors of all ages to nature. Join us for festivals, immersive installations, music, workshops, tours, and more.
Join us for a walking tour to learn about Descanso’s historic camellia collections and the little-known stories behind many of the camellias currently in bloom. Tour meets at Center Circle on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 11am. Included with admission or membership, no reservations required.
Please note that this tour has been postponed to Saturday, Jan. 27 Join us on Jan. 20 from 11am–noon for a walking tour. Learn about Descanso’s historic camellia collections and […]
Join us on Jan. 27 from noon–1pm for a walking tour. Learn about Descanso’s historic camellia collections and the little-known stories behind many of the camellias currently in bloom. Included […]
Summer in SoCal is the season of snakes, but don’t be scared, be smart! Join Natural History Museum Senior Manager of Vertebrate Living Collections, Leslie Gordon, for a meet and […]
Make your own art piece and learn more about the Japanese Edo period on Saturday, July 6 at the Boddy House. Participants will explore the Inspired by Edo national student […]
Join us for an informative talk on California native butterflies with Diana Nightingale on Saturday, July 20. After the talk, Diana will lead a search for butterflies within the garden. […]
Descanso Gardens is a birding hot spot! Join naturalist Thania Jacqueline Bejarano for this bilingual (English/Spanish) program to get started on your birding journey on Saturday, August 10. We’ll first meet in the Courtyard at 9:30am, head into a classroom to learn some birding basics, and then it's off to the gardens to observe birds […]
Please note that this class is sold out Learn Kokedama, the centuries-old Japanese art of growing plants in a moss-covered soil ball, with us on Thursday, August 15. Led by […]
Want to learn how to identify plants? Join Autumn Ayers, our Garden Records and Collections Manager, to learn how to recognize the plants around you on September 21 from 10–11:30am. This class is geared towards new learners. It starts with an indoor presentation covering terms and then a walk to learn some basic species found […]
