{"id":3437,"date":"2010-05-09T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T18:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2011-03-16T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T22:50:38","slug":"garden-conservancy-open-days-hancock-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=3437","title":{"rendered":"Garden Conservancy Open Days – Hancock Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not attend this tour, but MB Maher was in attendance at a preview held last weekend, and then was sworn to sit on the photos until after the tour, yesterday in fact. So rather than a narrative of a garden tour, this post will have to serve more as a disjointed montage of design ideas and a glimpse of the gardens on tour in this well-heeled community of Los Angeles. (The mayor’s residence, also on the tour, has been in Hancock Park since 1923 but was not available for preview since the mayor was at home that day.) These formal gardens celebrate the mediterranean climate of Los Angeles by drawing liberally from the Moorish, Spanish and Italian garden design tradition: courtyards, shaded seating areas, year-round presence of evergreen hedging, strong lines to guide the foot and eye, lots of potted plants, and containment and control of precious water, whether in pools or fountains (although I was informed some of these properties also included expansive lawns and rose gardens, which would guzzle rather than sip water supplies).<\/p>\n

In the weeks leading up to the tour, Emily Green at the LA Times<\/em> did a fantastic job of previewing some of the gardens<\/a> on the tour, and I’ve provided links<\/a> to her articles.<\/a><\/p>\n

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