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Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside of China. Filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture, the landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre garden.
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As a whole, the house is a classic exercise in the emerging Mediterranean style of early 20th-century Californian architecture. In 1905, railroad and real estate magnate Henry Huntington commissioned engineer E. S. Code to translate his own simple sketch of what he wanted into a buildable design.
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Limoges Elite footed- (gold & white with pink roses) compote dish & others bowls, oyster plates, custard cups & saucers (purchases at LA’s Parmelee Dohrmann). English Wedgewood (a huge full course set of over 100 pieces), Pattern? Wedgewood has many different styles, white & gold, blue lustre with gold, gold & blue with pink roses, & white plates with a ribbed rim. I found this important & detailed information from a large inventory book of the H.
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If Laguna Hills and Rancho Santa Margarita opt into the plan, the two cities would share the second case worker. Mercy House has contracted with Mission Viejo to provide homeless outreach services for the city since 2019. Mercy House case workers offered face-to-face engagement with unhoused individuals on the city’s streets to provide immediate assistance with food, hygiene products and other basic needs as well as housing and shelter referrals. Suzhou gardens were never static spaces, and neither is Liu Fang Yuan. Soloist musicians offer recitals in the garden every Wednesday. Chinese opera troupes periodically perform excerpts from beloved works of theater.
The Huntington Botanical Gardens Herbarium (HNT) was founded in the 1960s by Myron Kimnach, director of the Botanical Gardens from 1962 to 1986. It is a depository of mostly exotic plant specimens used in research and teaching. These specimens serve as documentation for research projects and as resources for plant identification. California is home to more than 125 species of buckwheat (Eriogonum), many of which flourish in cultivation, adding beauty and attracting wildlife to gardens.
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Spaces—such as bathrooms, many of the bedrooms, private sitting rooms, and the servants’ wing—were largely lost when the gallery opened to the public in 1928, a year after Henry Huntington’s death. Since then, the collections have grown enormously and now contain many great works of art of the Italian, French, and Netherlandish schools, as well as a broader range of British art and design. The Huntington Art Gallery currently displays approximately 1,200 objects of European art from the 15th to the early 20th century. When the finishing touches were put on Henry Huntington’s San Marino villa in 1911, it was proclaimed one of the finest in Southern California, as well as a major achievement by architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey. In addition to 130 acres of themed gardens, The Huntington has significant holdings of botanical living collections, including orchids, cycads, and bonsai, examples of which may be found throughout the grounds.
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Highlights include a first-floor small library, the room originally designed as Mr. Huntington’s den, where he could meet with visitors or business callers without bringing them into the private rooms. Though richly decorated, the large library was also a functional space; Huntington spent many hours reading there. The small and large drawing rooms were for entertainment, furnished with 18th-century French decorative art objects and British portraits. These spaces were planned for recreational moments—for playing cards, conversation, or listening to music. Small Office – Mr. Henry “Edwards” Huntington’s – “Small Library” or “Office” was a room that represented some of the Huntington’s travels. It was decorated with a rich red flare with red satin damask curtains; maybe this was a nod to Mr. Huntington’s own Pacific Electric Company in Los Angeles.
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A week before St. Valentines Day 1914, Mrs. Huntington purchased 12 white & red band petit sugar bowls with 2 handles & a lid; red & white. French Chocolate mousse or Creme brulee or Creme Custard (which was popular in the 1920’s). A lovely surprise for her guests in a cute lidded bowl/vessel on one of her pretty gold & white plate.
In 1903, Henry E. Huntington purchased the property – “San Marino Ranch” by Pasadena, CA. He was married to his 1st wife at the time, Mary Alice Huntington. “Edwards” (HEH) & MaryAlice lived in a mansion on Jackson Street in San Francisco with 3 their grown daughters (Elizabeth, Clara, & Marion, & one son, Howard Huntington). Mary Alice & her daughters refused to move down to Southern California. The Camellia Collection, recognized as an International Camellia Garden of Excellence, includes nearly eighty different camellia species and some 1,200 cultivated varieties, many of them rare and historic. The Rose Garden contains approximately 1,200 cultivars (4,000 individual plants) arranged historically to trace the development of roses from ancient to modern times.
In addition the gallery also hosts different exhibitions of photography throughout the year including those about different social and political subjects. The program will consist of two outreach staff members, similar to what Mercy House has been offering. Mission Viejo is considered the primary city and would receive a full-time case worker.
