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Register for June 16
Register for June 23
Register for June 30
Register for July 7
Register for July 14
Instructor: Arnold Chien
Date: Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am
Price: $20 per class for Arboretum members, $25 per class for non-members
Location: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
Advance online registration is required. No drop-ins. Masks are not required but recommended.
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques. There are 10 levels of form to advance. Combining this advanced physical routine with Tai Chi’s rich thinking, students will benefit lifelong health, achieve mental superiority and enjoy high level combat skills.
Master Chien is the founder of Kinetic Tai Chi and 2014 Kung Fu Master of USC Pacific Asia Museum. In 2013 he became the first instructor to teach Tai Chi at the legendary Gold’s Gym, Arcadia, CA. Chien’s heavy focus on the principle of softness to conquer hardness has helped students to achieve not only the physical limitations, but their mental ones as well, thereby reach the ultimate level of “soft as silk and hard as steel”.

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SOLD OUT!
Teddy bears will once again take over the event lawn and everyone is invited to picnic with their stuffy companions. Grab your favorite stuffed animal and join our celebration of the beginning of summer while enjoying music, crafts, storytelling, and a fun photo op. Bring your own picnic or pre-order picnic boxes from the Peacock Café. Don't forget your blankets, lawn chairs, and umbrellas.
Attention Members! The availability of free adult tickets is based on membership level.
Online registration is required and includes admission to the Arboretum and access to all activities.
***Please note this event is geared toward children.
The Peacock Cafe will be taking pre-orders for boxed meals for an
additional fee. Please reserve event tickets before placing food orders. Orders are closed,
For questions, call the Membership Department at 626.821.3233.
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Step into the shady sanctuary of our gardens’ lush foliage and learn to release tension in your mind and body. Yoga has been celebrated for millennia for its ability to improve circulation, build mobility and flexibility, and support physical and psychological balance. Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Please bring your own yoga mat.
Advance online registration is required. Sorry no drop-ins. We ask all unvaccinated individuals to please wear masks. Please arrive 10 minutes before class to ensure you have time to check in! Refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the class due to tardiness.
Brie Wakeland received her 200 hour yoga instructor certification in Rishikesh, India. She has practiced privately for 16 years and has taught in group settings since 2013. Recently she became certified to also teach children through both Yoga for Youth and Zooga Yoga. Brie also just finished her advanced 300 hour yoga teacher certification through Wanderlust Hollywood in the summer of 2020! Her mission is to help each individual find a yoga practice that works best for them.
Questions? Please call the Education Department at 626.821.4623 or email at education@arboretum.org.
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*For beginner levels
*Open subject (paint what inspires you)
*All materials provided including Acrylic and Oil H20 (non-toxic and water soluble)
6-Week Saturday Session: June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16 SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30am-12pm
Price: members $50/non-members $70
4-Week Saturday Session: August 6, 13, 20, 27 SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30am-12pm
Price: members $40/non-members $60
*Minimum age limit is 12 years old. Must be accompanied by a participating adult who is also registered for the class.

To learn more about other art classes
CLICK HERE
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Instructor: Irena Stathis
Date: June 18
Time: 10am-12pm
Price: $30 members, $35 non-members
Location: at the Arboretum
A fun exploration into the world of botanical beauty! We will take a holistic approach to natural skincare as we discover ways to incorporate the helpful qualities of plants into your beauty routine. Our discussion will include how to make hair rinses and facial steams and which herbs are best for different skin types. Participants will prepare and apply their own four-part botanical facial - composed of a softening floral scrub, deep-cleansing mineral masque, aromatic toner, and botanical infused cream. Come be inspired to create your own herbal day spa with plants found in the garden.
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[post_content] => Join us at the Arboretum to take your oil painting to the next level. Under the coaching of Ron Pettie, you will learn skill building exercises, watch demos, and develop your individual artistic expression while completing 2-3 paintings.
*For intermediate levels
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*All materials provided including Acrylic and Oil H20 (non-toxic and water soluble)
6-Week Saturday Session: June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16 REGISTER HERE
Time: 12:30-3:30
Price: members $70/non-members $90
4 Week Saturday Session: August 6, 13, 20, 27 REGISTER HERE
Time: 12:30-3:30
Price: members $50/non-members $70
*Minimum age limit is 12 years old. Must be accompanied by a participating adult who is also registered for the class.

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New! Summer Friday Night Forest Bathing
Advance online registration is required for Forest Bathing. Sorry no drop-ins. We ask all unvaccinated individuals to please wear masks. If you are interested in requesting a specific guide, please contact the Education Department at education@arboretum.org.
Inspired by the Japanese practice of
shinrin yoku, Forest Bathing has been scientifically proven to boost immune strength, reduce stress, and improve cognitive functioning. But beyond these physiological changes, Forest Bathing also offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the natural world. By slowing down and carefully observing with all our senses, we may begin to notice incredible things that may have eluded us for our whole lives. In escaping the rapid pace of our daily routines, we may find unparalleled beauty in the moment and in doing so, relax into the beauty all around us.
On your walk, a certified guide will offer a series of guided invitations to assist you in finding your own authentic way of interacting with the land at the Los Angeles Arboretum. There’s no right or wrong way to do it and it’s great for all ages; just come and be yourself. It’s all welcome in the forest.
*
Please arrive 10 minutes before class to ensure you are not left behind! Refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the walk due to tardiness.
Click here for Full Moon Forest Bathing
Click here for Morning Forest Bathing
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Join The Arboretum's first-ever Parent & Me program!
SUNDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17
REGISTER HERE
6 WEEK SERIES: July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, [No Class 8/28], Sept 4th
REGISTER HERE
9:15am-10:15am
TUESDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES: June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12
REGISTER HERE
6 WEEK SERIES: July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23
REGISTER HERE
9:45am-10:45am
REGISTRATION FEES ARE PER PERSON:
Members: $110 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $220; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
Non-Members: $120 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $240; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
*Each child and each adult participating requires a registration fee.
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click here. To create an account
click here.
ACORNS & OAKS is a unique, homegrown, parent-child educational program that is rooted in whole-child philosophy & developmental play. Designed to provide outdoor, nature-based learning experiences for babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5, the goal is to help our little acorns grow into mighty oaks! Acorns & Oaks fosters parent and child bonding through tactile play with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. The program provides little ones with a natural environment in which to practice and further develop all growing abilities, particularly gross/fine motor, cognitive, and social-emotional skills. It also offers parents and caregivers the much-needed time to socialize and relax in a beautiful setting. The program is mixed-age for a “family learning” style, and siblings are warmly encouraged. All domains of development are nourished through intentional teaching and hands-on learning. A simple curriculum, group singing, & nurturing tactile play offer the perfect growth experience. Sessions offer direct contact with nature, crafts, songs, stories, and sensory integration. Acorns & Oaks is led by Betsy Edelberg, founder of Playgroup Los Angeles. Acorns & Oaks is mixed age for a family learning style, and siblings are welcome. Questions? Please contact Brooke Applegate at brooke.applegate@arboretum.org

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[post_content] => Explore oil painting against the rich backdrop of the Arboretum gardens. Under the coaching of Ron Pettie, you will learn skill building exercises, watch demos, and develop your individual artistic expression while completing 2-3 paintings.
En plein air is a French expression that means “in the open air.” It is used by artists to describe the art of outdoor painting, capturing landscapes and views in natural light.
*For all levels
*Use the Arboretum gardens as inspiration
*All materials provided including Acrylic and Oil H20 (non-toxic and water soluble)
6-Week Sunday Session: June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17 SOLD OUT
Time: 12:30- 3:30 pm
Price: members $50/non-members $70
4-Week Sunday Session: August 7, 14, 21, 28 SOLD OUT
Time: 12:30- 3:30 pm
Price: members $40/non-members $60
*Minimum age limit is 12 years old. Must be accompanied by a participating adult who is also registered for the class.

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Join The Arboretum's first-ever Parent & Me program!
SUNDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17
REGISTER HERE
6 WEEK SERIES: July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, [No Class 8/28], Sept 4th
REGISTER HERE
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TUESDAY SESSIONS:
6 WEEK SERIES: June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12
REGISTER HERE
6 WEEK SERIES: July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23
REGISTER HERE
9:45am-10:45am
REGISTRATION FEES ARE PER PERSON:
Members: $110 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $220; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
Non-Members: $120 per person (1 adult + 1 child = $240; additional siblings, etc. require another ticket)
*Each child and each adult participating requires a registration fee.
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click here. To create an account
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Check later for July Registration
Instructor Email: cbaltayian@yahoo.com
Date: 4 week session – June 7, 14, 21, 28
Price: $275 members, $295 non-members for 4 week session
Botanical Art Supply List
These classes will be exploring color pencil, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on various papers, vellum and other surfaces. The emphasis will be on plant observation, drawing, composition, color theory and matching, and medium techniques. Come join us for an open studio experience to practice and perfect techniques.

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Advance online registration is required. Sorry no drop-ins. The Arboretum grounds close at 5pm. Yoga in the Garden is an after hours class. Check in at least 10 minutes before class begins at the Green Gate up the stairs by the Main Entrance. Because this is an after hours class, there will not be any staff available to unlock the gate and refunds will not be granted to registered guests who miss the class due to tardiness.
Step into the shady sanctuary of our gardens’ lush foliage and learn to release tension in your mind and body. Yoga has been celebrated for millennia for its ability to improve circulation, build mobility and flexibility, and support physical and psychological balance. Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Please bring your own yoga mat.
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About This Event
Learn oil painting in the comfort of your own home with Art Coach Ron Pettie. This Zoom session includes personal coaching, demos, and skill building exercises. All materials provided including photos, oil H2O, and acrylic paint if you live within the San Gabriel Valley. A kit containing equipment and materials (paints, brushes, canvases, instruction booklet, and Zoom codes) can be picked up at the Arboretum after registering. This class is virtual. A Zoom link will be e-mailed to registered participants 24 hours before class begins.
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30pm
6-week session :
June 1, 8,15, 22, 29, July 6 REGISTER HERE
members $35/non-members $55
4 week session: August 10, 17, 24, 31
REGISTER HERE
members $25/ non-members $45
Please contact Ron Pettie for class inquiries at ronpettie@gmail.com.
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[post_content] => The Arboretum Library's book group explores the portrayal of western North American landscape in fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry, letters, graphic novels, etc. The group generally, but not always, meets the last Wednesday of the month in the Arboretum Library or out on the Arboretum grounds, pandemic, weather and sunlight permitting. When the weather is good and disease rates are low, the group will meet outside in appropriate places in the gloriously, beautiful grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden with
appropriate social distancing and masking. The group leader will decide each month whether the meeting will be in-person or on Zoom.
The group uses a modified version of the
Shared Inquiry™ method developed by the
Great Books Foundation. The discussion is greatly enhanced if the chosen book of the month is read, although we welcome those who just want to listen. Let the host know you only want to listen. New participants are always welcome!
Click
here to see the questions already asked for this year's past books and check out the history of the book club by hovering on the
tab and see all the previous years and books to explore.
For more information and to be added to the e-mail reminder list about the Community Book Discussion Group, please contact, Arboretum Librarian Emeritus, Susan Eubank, at Susan.Eubank@Arboretum.org. You must RSVP to Susan for the discussions you would like to attend.
June 22, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Home Ground: Language for An American Landscape edited by Barry Lopez & Debra Gwartney , San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2006.

Barry Lopez asked 45 poets and writers to define terms that describe America's land and water forms -- phrases like flatiron, bayou, monadnock, kiss tank, meander bar, and everglade. The result is a major enterprise comprising over 850 descriptions, 100 line drawings, and 70 quotations from works by Willa Cather, Truman Capote, John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, and others. Carefully researched and exquisitely written by talents such as Barbara Kingsolver, Lan Samantha Chang, Robert Hass, Terry Tempest Williams, Jon Krakauer, Gretel Ehrlich, Luis Alberto Urrea, Antonya Nelson, Charles Frazier, Linda Hogan, and Bill McKibben,Home Ground is a striking composite portrait of the landscape. At the heart of this expansive work is a community of writers in service to their country, emphasizing a language that suggests the vastness and mystery that lie beyond our everyday words.
“[The book is] a glossary of terms used to describe the landscape of North America... ‘but the writers’ intent was not to be exhaustive, let alone definitive.’ [Introduction] Instead, the aim was, in the windswept language of landscape writing, to name ‘the things we’ve picked out on the land,’ names we’ve held on to ‘to make ourselves abiding and real.’...Literature, or something like it, hovers over the project like an impending storm... ‘What many of us are hopeful of now, it seems, is being able to gain — or regain — a sense of allegiance with our chosen places...,’ [Introduction]” — Robert Sullivan,
New York Times, December 3, 2006
July 27, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, New York; London: A.A. Knopf, 1930.
ISBN: 9780593311905
“Raymond Chandler ...once said: ‘Hammett is all right. I give him everything. There were a lot of things he could not do, but what he did, he did superbly.’ He added, in a summary that helps define Hammett’s achievement: ‘He was spare, frugal, hard-boiled, but he did over and over again what only the best writers can ever do at all. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.’ He also gave his characters a distinctive language and convincing motivations in a genre that had grown stereotyped, flaccid and uninvolving.”--Robert McCrum, The Guardian
A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time.. A Vintage Books Special Edition features an introduction by James Ellroy. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.
August 31, 2022
Burning Patience by Antonio Skármeta; Katherine Silver (Translator), New York : Pantheon Books, 1987.
ISBN: 9780394750330
“Set in Chile in the early 1970s, [the book] traces the growth from innocence to experience of Mario Jimenez, a young postman whose sole duty is to deliver mail to [the poet] Pablo Neruda, the most famous citizen of Isla Negra, a tiny fishing hamlet. Neruda … bolsters Mario's romantic involvement with beautiful Beatriz by teaching the postman the magical, metaphorical language of poetry...This imaginative, amusing and ultimately ominous story depicts the perennial and uneven struggle between raw power and poetry.— Publishers Weekly [Made into the movie Il Postino.]
September, 28, 2022
Julia Morgan: an Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect by Victoria Kastner, San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2021.
ISBN: 9781797205632
The book, which features gorgeous, full-color images of Morgan’s designs, also reveals much about her Paris education, her family life, her attitudes and her passions. By the end of Kastner’s book, Morgan feels close and dear. And we also understand how this prolific architect, who designed 700 buildings in her lifetime, could fade into obscurity after her death in 1957. Kastner’s book was 30 years in the making — it’s an exhaustive historic record that taps thousands of Morgan’s own letters (she saved everything), interviews with family and friends and Kastner’s own exposure to Morgan’s work. — Gina Gotsill,
Bay City News Foundation
This new biography--featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout--introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual. Julia Morgan was a lifelong trailblazer. She was the first woman admitted to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first licensed to practice architecture in California. Over the first half of the 20th century, she left an indelible mark on the American West. Of her remarkable 700 creations, the most iconic is Hearst Castle. Morgan spent thirty years constructing this opulent estate on the California coast for the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst--forging a lifelong friendship and creative partnership with him. Together, they built a spectacular and unequalled residence that once hosted the biggest stars of Hollywood's golden age, and that now welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This compelling biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences. Morgan's friendship with Hearst, her passion for California's landscape, her struggles with familial dementia, and her devotion to architecture reveal her to have been a singularly brilliant and determined artist.
October 26, 2022
Artful Lives by Beth Gates Warren. Los Angeles, Calif: J. Paul Getty Museum, ©2011.
ISBN: 1606060708
“One of the more hidebound notions about American art is that modern art photography was strictly an East Coast phenomenon, and that Los Angeles represented a cultural backwater...[The author’s] groundbreaking study of...icons Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, thoroughly debunks this falsehood. [The] exhaustively researched tome reveals how Weston’s work greatly matured during the 1920s in the semi-rural Tropico, now southern Glendale. ...Warren saw Weston as a complex figure, with as many shortcomings as lasting creative triumphs. ’I admire his work tremendously,...but he could be duplicitous and manipulative. He was extremely ambitious and driven. He had to support a family, after all.’”— Kirk Silsbee,
Los Angeles Times
This captivating biography reveals the previously untold love story of Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather. Both were photographic artists at the center of the bohemian cultural scene in Los Angeles during the 1910s and 1920s, yet Weston would become a major Modernist photographer while Mather, who Weston ultimately expunged from his journals, would fall into obscurity. The book reveals how they and their entourage sought out the limelight as the Hollywood film industry came of age. Based on ten years of research and illustrated with extraordinary images, some never published, this history has a captivating range of characters, including Charlie Chaplin, Imogen Cunningham, Max Eastman, Emma Goldman, Tina Modotti, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Carl Sandburg. The lively text brings to life the ambiance of this exciting time in Los Angeles history as well as its darker side. Artful Lives exceeds any previously published account of this key period in Weston's development and reveals Mather's important contribution to it, making it an essential reference in Weston studies.
November 30, 2022 ON ZOOM
Grass by Joe C. Truett; Harry W. Greene (Foreword by).Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010.
ISBN: 0520258398
“[...The book] consists of twenty short essays, ...which blend several narrative elements [including] the author['s]... own evolution in understanding the ecology of grasslands, and his journey of discovery from childhood... [H]e delves deep into the ecology of Western America, ...revealing the enormous complexity of the interaction of humans with the Grass family that stretches far into our primal past ... and how many ways we are still tethered to their ecology... I especially appreciated the thoughtful passages on ranching in the West--how utterly marginal it has always been, and how important it remains as an appropriate land use... The chapter about the black footed prairie dog was my favorite--...on this ubiquitous, seemingly abundant and yet very threatened creature...". — Panayoti Kelaidis,
Goodreads.com
Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands. In a richly drawn, anecdotally driven narrative, Joe C. Truett, a grasslands ecologist who writes with a flair for language, traces the evolutionary, historical, and cultural forces that have reshaped North American rangelands over the past two centuries. He introduces an intriguing cast of characters--wildlife and grasslands biologists, archaeologists, ranchers, and petroleum geologists--to illuminate a wide range of related topics: our love affair with turf and how it manifests in lawns and sports, the ecological and economic dimensions of ranching, the glory of cowboy culture, grasslands and restoration ecology, and more. His book ultimately provides the background against which we can envision a new paradigm for restoring rangeland ecosystems--and a new paradigm for envisioning a more sustainable future.
December 28, 2022 ON ZOOM
Always Coming Home by Úrsula K. Le Guin; Margaret Chodos (Illustrator); Todd Barton (Composed by); George K. Hersh (Contribution by). New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
ISBN: 9780060155452
“...Le Guin is among the ... most respected American writers who regularly set their narrative in the future to force a dialogue with the here and now... [The book] is a slow, rich read, ...a liberal utopian vision, rendered far more complex ... by a sense of human suffering. ...The novel is about an imaginary people living in a far distant future on the Pacific coast. As a native of Berkeley, Calif., who lives in Portland, Ore., Mrs. Le Guin obviously knows her fictional territory. Moreover, if anyone is the world's greatest authority on the Kesh, it's the author, since she invented them. .”—Samuel R. Delany,
New York Times
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Register for June 16
Register for June 23
Register for June 30
Register for July 7
Register for July 14
Instructor: Arnold Chien
Date: Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am
Price: $20 per class for Arboretum members, $25 per class for non-members
Location: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
Advance online registration is required. No drop-ins. Masks are not required but recommended.
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques. There are 10 levels of form to advance. Combining this advanced physical routine with Tai Chi’s rich thinking, students will benefit lifelong health, achieve mental superiority and enjoy high level combat skills.
Master Chien is the founder of Kinetic Tai Chi and 2014 Kung Fu Master of USC Pacific Asia Museum. In 2013 he became the first instructor to teach Tai Chi at the legendary Gold’s Gym, Arcadia, CA. Chien’s heavy focus on the principle of softness to conquer hardness has helped students to achieve not only the physical limitations, but their mental ones as well, thereby reach the ultimate level of “soft as silk and hard as steel”.

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The
Peacock Bar is back by popular demand and we've added live music this summer! Every Friday night beginning at 5pm, enjoy cocktails and tasty treats on the Peacock Café Terrace.
Arboretum members save $2 off specialty drinks (Sapphire Peacock, Plumeria Passion and Micheladas) during
Happy Hour 5-6pm. Garden entry is free for members.
Not a member? Join now to enjoy the garden 364 days a year!
Non-members must
purchase tickets online in advance.
The
Peacock Café will be offering a new cheese & charcuterie box and other specialty items. The charcuterie box is only available by
special pre-order here during Twilight. Tables and chairs are limited, blankets are encouraged.
Please note: No outside food and beverages will be allowed during Twilight evenings.
Live Music
June 24 – Marcus Love
July 1 – Calypso Pirates
July 8 – David Holguin and Friends
July 22 – Marcus Love
August 12 – Calypso Pirates
August 26 - David Holguin and Friends
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Time: 5:30-7pm
Price: $15 members, $20 non-members
REGISTER HERE
The Arboretum is home to a huge diversity of wildlife big and small. In this night hike, families will learn all about the critters that call the Arboretum home! Engage in the unique opportunity to watch as daytime critters head to bed and the night time animals come out. Learn about the lives and habitats of our fascinating urban wildlife and practice different techniques that scientists use to observe wild animals. Most importantly, we will find out how us, as community members, can help scientists make LA a better home for the critters that live here.

*Children under 12 months are free, but are still required to register
*Please arrive 10 minutes early for check in! Because this is an after hours event, late arrivals will not be allowed to join and will not be offered a refund.
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Friday, June 24th
Time: 7:30-9pm
Price: $20 members, $25 non-members
REGISTER HERE
This month’s night hike will take us through the garden on one of the shortest nights of the year as we explore the myths, legends and magic surrounding the plants in the garden. Throughout this hike we will hear folklore from around the world and find the plants that those stories revolve around. How did these stories arise and what about these humble plants sparked the human imagination? How does the folklore around these plants still shape the way we see the world today?

*Please arrive 10 minutes before class to ensure you have time to check in! Due to the nature of the class, late arrivals will not be allowed to join and will not be offered a refund.
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January is Member Appreciation Month. Our month-long member celebration is returning with special offers throughout the month of January!
To thank members for their tremendous year-round support, the Arboretum is offering complimentary Wellness Classes. Below is a list of programs being offered with detailed information about each class. Online advance reservations required.
*One wellness class per member, you must be an active member during the time of the class. Classes limited to 15 and masks and social distancing required. Please not classes may be canceled due to public health concerns or mandates. For questions please call the membership office at 626.821.3233.
Tuesday Jan 19, 11am
Whole Family Yoga with Blaire
In this gentle, all-levels yoga series, we explore a nature-based theme each week with a correlating technique. Themes include Earth, Air, Mountains, and Fire. Immersed in the Arboretum’s natural tranquility, we will use our imaginations to deepen our body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself while working on our grounding, calming, focus, and concentration.
Thursday Jan 21, 9am
Yoga with Brie
Our gentle all-levels Garden Yoga program accesses the Arboretum’s natural tranquility to deepen your body’s capacity to heal and strengthen itself. Wednesday and Friday evenings 6-7:15pm.
Friday Jan 22, 4pm
Sound Bath with Jacinto
A sound bath is a meditative experience where participants are ‘bathed’ in sound waves through the use of deeply resonant acoustic instruments like singing bowls and gongs.
During a sound bath session, participants can experience a sense of awe at the sheer physicality of the singing bowls’ acoustic resonance, leading to a gradual release of tension and a meditative state of mind. As the session ends, participants can experience a restorative reset, subtler awareness of their body in its surroundings, mental clarity, and joy.
Tuesday Jan 26, 8am
Forest Bathing with Ben
Take time Saturday morning to awaken your senses to yourself and all beings. with a Forest Bathing walk. Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku, the walk has been scientifically proven to boost immune strength, reduce stress, and improve cognitive functioning. Forest Bathing also offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the natural world.
Thursday Jan 28, 9am
Tai Chi with Arnold
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques.
Gift Shop Member Double Discount Days
Friday and Saturday, January 8 & 9
Don’t miss this exclusive Members-only event! Arboretum members save an additional 10% on regular price merchandise, for a total of 20% OFF!
Arboretum Benefactor members enjoy an additional 5% OFF, for a total of 25% OFF!
(Excludes non-tax/food items and previously marked down items.)
Members Morning and Complimentary Coffee
Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17
Members enjoy complimentary coffee during members-only hour at the Peacock Café.
Our evening concerts on select Fridays in July and August begin this Friday, July 19, when Streetlight Cadence opens the series with its alternative folk pop. Bring family and friends for picnicking and children’s crafts. Doors open at 5, concert at 6pm. $8 general public; $4 children 5-12; Arboretum members free. Presented by MonteCedro.
After the Fires, the Forest Recovery Project is a visual documentary of the devastating Station Fire of 2009, which destroyed a quarter of the mature trees in the Angeles National Forest and homes along the lower flanks. The 10-year project by Corina Roberts records the loss and comeback of the forest. The exhibit is on view in the Library; members free; included in admission.
Children ages 5-11 will enjoy their summer exploring and learning about nature. We get children outside and away from screens to observe and explore wildlife in a natural setting. The Nature Camp runs from June 3 through August 5. Full session, daily and extended care available.
The New York Times provides a wonderful read about tree as “giant organic recording devices. The oldest can tell ancient stories about our world — and even galactic events.” Labs around the world are involved in the data gathering. Read all about it.
Looking for early nursery catalogs for the region of Southern California? The Arboretum Library has catalogs going as far back as the late 1800s that are still applicable for today’s horticulturalists. During your visit to the Arboretum, members and non-members of the garden are always welcome to browse our nursery catalogs in our library’s collection!
“Germain Seed Co.” (1907)
Hello, folks! The Arboretum Library’s catalog now has social networking features, including Facebook and Twitter, so that you may share any library material(s) you have found in the catalog, with your friends. Also be sure to check out and “like” the Arboretum’s Facebook page.
A delayed start to this year’s blooms because of the much-need, extended rains is worth the wait! The pink trumpet trees are arguably the most spectacular blooming trees in the Arboretum’s collection. They punctuate the landscape here with their solid canopies of vibrant, almost hot-pink blooms. The tree, Tabebuia impetiginosa, is a South American native that produces its brilliant display of color in typically from early winter through spring. Tabebuias initiate bloom soon after most or all their leaves suddenly drop. This often leaves the tree covered only in its clustered trumpet-shaped pink blooms–a sight that takes eyes not used to such a brilliant display some time to get used to. It is almost impossible not to see them as they compete with the peacocks for the eyes of the Arboretum visitors. The Arboretum helped introduce Tabebuia impetiginosa and other related species into the horticultural market during the 1970’s, including an apricot-colored hybrid between Tabebiua impetiginosa and chrome-yellow flowered Tabebuia chrysotricha.
The Arboretum Library has many journals and periodicals that cover a range of horticultural topics. These journals include articles about individual types of plants, including one that's been seen around a lot more recently – the açaí. You've probably seen this ingredient in all sorts of products at the grocery store, but I didn't know much about the plant, or even how to pronounce it (it's AH-sigh-EE, apparently). This article touches on several interesting aspects of the açaí: the history and cultural significance (including traditional uses for this type of palm), modern research into possible health benefits and the impact and future of cultivation of the açaí palm.
Stop by the library and check out this article and look over some of the many others in the periodical collection.
Engels, Gayle. “Acai: Euterpe oleracea.” Herbalgram, no. 86 (May-July 2010): 1-2. Print.
The Arboretum Library has many journals and periodicals that cover a range of horticultural topics. These journals include articles by members of the Arboretum staff.
The article “Lessons Learned: Managing Biological Invasion on Hemlock Hill (Massachusetts)” by Richard Schulhof (CEO of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden) in the journal Ecological Restoration details the challenges faced by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston by an invasion of Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). This introduced pest has been decimating hemlocks in the south and east. It was detected at the Arboretum in Boston in 1997 and they spent the next decade trying to mitigate the effects of the infestation and save their important stand of hemlock trees in an era of rapidly changing information. This article talks about what decisions they had to make and what were their main questions and concerns.
Stop by the library and check out this article and look over some of the many others in the periodical collection.
Schulhof, Richard. “Lessons Learned: Managing Biological Invasion on Hemlock Hill (Massachusetts).” Ecological Restoration 28.2 (June 2010): 129-131. Print.