Those Gently Falling Jewels

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:54:46 +0000

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.

The Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council elections are almost upon us, Monday the 22nd at midnight is the filing deadline for candidates. The candidates forum will be held the following night at Logan Elementary School at 7.30PM and the elections being held on December 11th.

Glass Garden

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:27:28 +0000

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. The carpets, in tones of faded gold and orange, are draped over a wildly undulating sculptured landform that descends at one point into a midnight blue vortex, from which the sounds of a Vietnamese lullaby emanate. Removing your shoes and wandering over Mr. Cao’s dreamlike landscape plays with the mind’s sense of proportion you feel like Gulliver striding across the Land of Lilliput.

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Those Gently Falling Jewels

Glass Garden