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Think of a wild forest. What does a person need to do for an undisturbed wild forest to grow? Well, mostly just stay out of the way. A forest does not need to be fertilized, because the cycle of plant growth and decay provides the nutrients needed to maintain productivity.

Freezing temperatures are a rare occurrence in San Marino, but when they hit they can be devastating to some of the plants in the botanical collections, including many rare cacti and succulents.

Many visitors ask us, "What's the best time of year to see the botanical gardens?" Some people favor spring for the first big display of roses, others prefer summer for the water lilies and lotus blooms.

Welcome to the first post on the salad factory, an experiment to see if in both quantitative and qualitative terms, container gardening is "worth it." It is an easy to set up, relatively inexpensive grid of plastic storage tubs

Christopher Slatoff is a figurative sculptor who works in bronze, just like Giovanni Battista Foggini, Corneille van Clève, and the other artists featured in the exhibition "Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection."

With the launch of the Blog, I wanted to take the chance to thank everyone who helped make last weekend's public launch of the Huntington Ranch such a great two days. This includes all of our speakers, participants, caterers, and staff at the Huntington.

Charles Bukowski's raw, easy, and simple style challenged the literary and cultural establishment, forging a deep bond with his readers and subjects — prostitutes, drunks, gamblers, and others struggling to survive in an unforgiving world

American author and humorist Samuel L. Clemens, better known by his popular pen name "Mark Twain," was born Nov. 30, 1835, making this year his 175th birthday.