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Rubicun III surface

The library gardens as the surface of the Edo planet Rubicun III in "Justice" and...

Betazed garden 2

... as the surface of Betazed in "Ménage à Troi"...

Meridian garden

... and as the garden in "Meridian"

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, commonly known as Huntington Garden, is a research and educational institution established in San Marino, California in 1919 by Henry and Arabella Huntington.

It was used as a filming location for at least four Star Trek episodes. It was first used in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Justice" to be part of Rubicun III, the Edo planet, specifically when Wesley Crusher fell into a garden. The rest of the Edo planet was filmed at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (2nd ed., p. 40); Star Trek Encyclopedia (2nd ed., p. 422))

It was used again in the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Ménage à Troi" to be part of planet Betazed. It was here where the scenes of Lwaxana Troi and Mr. Homn laying out a picnic encounter Deanna Troi and Commander Riker shortly before DaiMon Tog kidnaps Riker, Deanna, and Lwaxanna.

Later, during the production of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, it was again used during the filming of the pilot episode, "Emissary". The gardens were used as Jadzia Dax's vision of the Celestial Temple.

Huntington Garden stood again in as location in the third season of Deep Space Nine. On Monday 26 September 1994 the production went to this location to film the Meridian garden scenes for the episode "Meridian". Actors Terry Farrell and Brett Cullen were part of the filming and Stunt Coordinator oversaw the tree climbing during filming. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (p. 187) & call sheet)

The gardens near the Huntington Library were also utilized as a filming location in "Equilibrium". "It's this beautiful, pastoral kind of place," noted David Livingston. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 85)

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