We're honored to share that Erbal is joining The Huntington's Mid-Autumn Moon Celebration, September 25–27, in Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance.
I've returned to Liu Fang Yuan many times, drawn to the shadows and forms of its classical Suzhou garden, the poetry embedded throughout the landscape, and the quiet fragments that reveal themselves as I walk. Some of the photographs in this post were taken during those earlier visits, long before I knew that one day I would be invited to share Erbal here.
For generations, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been a time to slow down. To admire the full moon, 赏月. To share osmanthus wine with the people we love.
Osmanthus carries centuries of tradition and mythology. You'll find it in cakes, in drinks, and in the story of the tree said to grow in the Moon Palace 月宮. It's also one of the botanicals behind Erbal's Visionary and Power Potion blends, which may be why I keep returning to it, both in photographs and in herbal blends.
Returning to Liu Fang Yuan with Erbal feels a little closer to home. I can’t imagine a better place for it all to come together: the garden, the moon, the photograph, and the osmanthus tea we’ll share with the people we love, Choosh.
📍 Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, the Chinese Garden at The Huntington; September 25–27, 2026; advance tickets required through @thehuntingtonlibrary
The Goddess Chang’e in the Lunar Palace. Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju. Ink and color on silk. Freer Gallery of Art Collection, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1909.244a. CC0.
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