WEEKEND FESTIVALS SPRING HAS SPRUNG AT DESCANSO.The Spring Festival of Flowers, the most colorful time of year at Descanso Gardens Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre botanical garden and historical site located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. Situated in a natural “bowl” in the San Rafael Hills, this calming, urban retreat is just 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. , is here. The eight-week event, starting Saturday at the peaceful 160-acre botanical garden botanical garden, public place in which plants are grown both for display and for scientific study. An arboretum is a botanical garden devoted chiefly to the growing of woody plants. , offers fragrance, dazzling colors, music and mirth as Mother Nature brings to bloom thousands of fresh flowers. Descanso is home to countless tulips and daffodils, late-blooming camellias, perfumed lilacs, iridescent ir·i·des·cent adj. 1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage. 2. poppies, irises, roses and much more. SPRING FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS: Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (visitors are encouraged to arrive by 4:30 p.m.) $7 general, $5 senior/students, $2 children 5 to 12. Kids under 5 free. Tram $3. Enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. Railroad $2 (Saturdays and Sundays). Free parking. (818) 949-4200; www.descansogardens.org/site. Also happening this weekend: FESTIVAL OF THE ORIENT: A passport to musical and cultural diversity including song, arts and dance workshops. Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. Museum Courtyard, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Parking $7. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. (310) 440-7300; www.getty.edu. VINTAGE POSTER FAIR: Rare posters on display. Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Blvd., West Hollywood. 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. $10 daily or $15 for two-day pass. (800) 856-8069; posterfair.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (children at Descanso Gardens) |
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