December Garden News
Plant of the Moment: Calliandra haematocephala or Pink Powder Puff. Native to South America and Mexico, this tropical plant does well in our arid ...
LA as Subject Archives Bazaar
The LA as Subject Archives Bazaar is going virtual and will be hosted online on 10/17. You can view all of the virtual exhibitor booths ...
Meet the Interns: Taryn McMillen
Name and Title: Taryn McMillen, Getty Marrow Curatorial Intern 2020 Education info: I studied art history at California State University, Long Beach, and graduated ...
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
In honor of National Diversity Week 2020, we are proud to share our recently adopted Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) statement. In 2018, ...
Plants and Birds of the Moment
The Heliotropum (Heliotrope) is looking beautiful this month. In Adobe Days, Sarah Bixby Smith lists the plants she remembers from Temple’s garden. She ends ...
The Artisan Collection & Legacy Collection
The Rancho Los Cerritos museum shop is full of one-of-a-kind products. These products are hand made by local artisans and volunteers. These hand-made products ...
Garden Updates
Grass Resodding Our grass is being resodded so that it will look great for when we can have in-person events in the future. This ...
Shining A Light on Women’s History: Fanny Bixby Spencer
Recruited by Long Beach Police Captain Tom Williams as a “social experiment” in January 1908, Fanny Bixby Spencer (1879-1930) is believed to have been ...
Plant of the moment: Princess Flower!
Plant of the moment: the Princess Flower The princess flower (pictured above) or the Tibourchina urvillean, has 3-4” leaves that can be green, ...
Meet the Summer Interns! Taryn and Misael
Meet the Summer Interns! Hello everyone! We are so excited to be interning at Rancho Los Cerritos this summer. Even though things are a ...