Thursday’s LA Times Home section featured several of Elysian Park and Echo Park’s trees that deliver Those Gently Falling Jewels. For the in-depth classic guide to many of the most magnificent and unique trees in Elysian Park pick up a copy of Don Hodel’s Exceptional Trees of Los Angeles. For a detailed guide to the trees of Elysian Park’s 111-year old Chavez Ravine Arboretum check out the LA Dept. of Recreation and Parks website here.
Echo Park landscape architect Andy Cao, who became famous for his Glass Garden (45 tons in the backyard of his rented house) has joined an admired group of designers and artist at the Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma. Mr. Coa’s entry “[Ninnananna] A Lullaby Garden,” is described by the New York Times as: use[ing] almost no glass, and yet the garden has a glasslike quality thanks to miles of glistening nylon monofilament that was hand-knit into carpets by 60 Vietnamese villagers working for three months. (more…)