Descanso Photographer has Signing at the Gardens

Photographer Warren Marr, whose extraordinary images of Descanso Gardens are the heart of the new art book Descanso, will sign copies from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Descanso Gardens Gift Shop.

The book, a beautiful gift for anyone interested in photography, gardens, and particularly in Descanso Gardens, is available in both hard- and soft-cover editions.

Marr's panoramic photographs show the Gardens during quiet times of day as they looked and evolved through a full year of seasons.

Descanso also includes a fascinating historical time line of the land that is now Descanso Gardens and essays by Marr; Robert Smaus, retired garden editor of The Los Angeles Times; Anne Lyden, associate curator of photographs at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and David R. Brown, executive director of Descanso Gardens.

The Descanso Gardens Gift Shop is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Descanso Gardens is at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. For information call 949-4200 or visit www.DescansoGardens.org.