However, building even a small stone wall on your own property would be tedious work. She shows how stones can become elegant vases or bowls as well as whimsical creatures and castles. She gives tips for working with tools such as chisels and drills, which are needed to complete some of the projects. However, some projects are as simple as tossing some stones in a bowl. There will be bulbs, shrubs, herbs, fall flowering perennials, spring bloomers and more.
Admission is free.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens is at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Every Saturday in October, beginning at 10 a.m. today, the welcome mat will be out. Pacific Design Center is located at 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. Through her enlightened eyes we see deer feeding, hummingbirds hovering and ladies in moonlit gardens wearing tiaras sparkling with real fireflies. Ackerman revels in the idea of a garden as much as the actual project and along the way she shares snippets of romantic thoughts by poets such as Robert Frost and Rudyard Kipling.