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This is the second and final installment of my visit to the Sherman Library and Gardens, located in lovely Newport Beach. You can read Part 1 here if you missed it. As we discovered last week, the Sherman Gardens is lovely! At the bottom of this post you can see photos of some of the cacti and succulents in its collection. This post will highlight the Sherman Library. The Sherman Library is charming -- like stepping into a library from the 1950s. Shelves are filled with old books (some 15,000

will be the focus of this week's blog. Next week we'll visit the interesting library and complete our visit of this garden. Arnold Haskell was the founder of Sherman Library Gardens. He was a businessman who enjoyed gardens and education. After accumulating the land over a period of years, construction on the garden began in 1966 and took 8 years to finish. Mr. Haskell named it in honor of his mentor, Moses Sherman. The Gardens’ collections includes a variety of themed areas, such a very nice

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from your TravelGumbo team!