The Getty Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.
Gardens are integral to the setting of the Getty Villa, as they were in the ancient Roman home.
Outside the Museum entrance lies the Herb Garden, a mosaic of fruit trees and fragrant and colorful annuals and perennials used by the ancient Romans in cooking, ceremony, and medicine.
The Museum’s south doors open onto the Outer Peristyle, the largest garden at the Getty Villa.
It is adorned with hedge-lined pathways and circular stone benches. Plants favored by the ancient Romans, such as bay laurel, boxwood, myrtle, ivy, and oleander, are planted around a spectacular 220-foot-long reflecting pool.
The East Garden is one of the most tranquil spaces at the Villa. This walled sanctuary is shaded by sycamore and laurel trees and animated by splashing water from two sculptural fountains.
Theatrical masks adorn the mosaic-and-shell fountain on the east wall.
Sculpted bronze civet heads spout playful streams from the fountain at the center of the space.
Narratives-Source: The Getty Villa
December 17, 2011
Malibu, CA
Admission: Free
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