A Look at our Final Wedding of 2017
Our final wedding of the season took place at Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach on Oct. 7. It was a beautiful evening and ...
Plant of the Moment: October
Apache Plume, Fallugia paradoxa, is October’s plant of the moment. Our is located in a pot by the Visitor Center. An evergreen shrub native to the ...
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft spans thirty-nine volumes and details four hundred years of history in the western hemisphere, from Alaska to Panama. ...
A Sonoran Bumblebee Buzzes Through our Long Beach Gardens
We were recently visited by a Sonoran Bumblebee (Bombus sonorus), a fuzzy insect native to the Sonoran desert and much of the western United ...
Plant of the Moment: September
Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera, is September’s plant of the moment. Native to Arkansas and eastern Texas, this unusual tree first came to Rancho Los Cerritos ...
Museum Education Internship (paid)
RANCHO LOS CERRITOS FOUNDATION 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, California 90807 (562) 206-2040 Paid Internship Opportunity! EXPLORE A CAREER IN MUSEUM EDUCATION ...
Plant of the Moment: August
Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, is August’s plant of the moment. These two trees were added by the City of Long Beach, which owns Rancho Los ...
Two Recent Baby Showers at Rancho Los Cerritos
Rancho Los Cerritos hosted two beautiful baby showers in its gardens. Check out these photos for inspiration, and for info on how to book ...
The Writings of Anne Bixby Chamberlin
When guests visit Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach today, they often hear docents talk about Sarah Bixby Smith. She was one of the ...
Plant of the Moment: July
Gladiolus are July’s plant of the moment. Breeding Gladiolus was popular in the early 1900s with old catalogs offering dozens of hybrids. Disease has ...