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The Huntington Gardens

The Huntington in San Marino. Each pick a garden and lead your group on a tour of it.

Look at the map and each secretly pick one garden to lead everyone through: the spiky Desert Garden, the Japanese Garden with its moon bridge, the Chinese Garden's pavilions and lake, or the Rose Garden. Give your best tour-guide pitch for why yours is the best. Finish in the art galleries to find The Blue Boy. The photo to get: you in your favorite spot of the day.

  • Date or adventure
  • Half day
  • Easy
  • Over $60
  • Outdoors
  • Daytime

Good with friends, family, and kids

Check before you go: opening hours and tickets

Ask about discounts: seniors, military and veterans, and students

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, near Pasadena1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108
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Kids' version

Garden explorer! Find each thing.

  1. A giant spiky cactus
  2. A curved bridge
  3. A fish in a pond
  4. The boy in the blue painting
  5. A selfie in your favorite garden!

Checked October 2026

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About this place

Railroad tycoon Henry E. Huntington founded the Huntington in 1919 on his estate. Today the gardens cover more than 120 acres, and the library holds treasures like a Gutenberg Bible.

The Blue Boy, painted by Thomas Gainsborough around 1770, was bought in 1921 for a record price and is the museum's most famous painting. The Desert Garden is one of the oldest and biggest collections of cactus and succulents in the world, and the Chinese Garden is called Liu Fang Yuan, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance. Tickets are timed, so book ahead.

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