Message from abarker

[Anonymous]

I agree, the Japanese Garden at the Huntington is a very special place that I have enjoyed my whole life. The newly opened Chinese garden is beautiful too with all of it's Chinese stone work and architecture. I have a trip planned to the Huntington Gardens in January for my second grade class. The students will first participate in a lesson on plants and their many uses. There will be docents leading the lesson. After the lesson, you are allowed to stay at the gardens and tour on your own. I plan on taking my student to the Japanese & Chinese gardens to look for inspiration to write poetry, such as Haiku. The students will have note pads to sketch and take notes at what they see. From the beautiful bridges and koi pond,s to the flowers, stones and bonsai trees, I think my students will gather a lot of inspiration for their poetry writing back at school.