{"id":66630,"date":"2015-06-24T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T19:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=66630"},"modified":"2017-10-30T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:12:23","slug":"the-indomitable-lotusland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=66630","title":{"rendered":"the indomitable Lotusland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1659.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1659.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the blue glass slag-lined path on a recent visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotusland.org\/\">Lotusland<\/a> in Montecito, Calif.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1662.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1662.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1677-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1677-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1668.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1668.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1678.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1678.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We came upon the startling sight of a greenhouse in the jungle.  Not startling in the expected, operatically flamboyant Lotusland sense, but because it was relatively humble, almost modestly functional.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1665.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1665.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The docent made no mention of the greenhouse, and we dutifully shuffled past it at our 2-hour tour pace. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1663.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1663.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even so, I lingered here a bit longer, until the sounds of the docent&#8217;s practiced narration disappeared around a bend in the sparkling path.  A greenhouse is a potent and evocative structure.  It&#8217;s where the magic begins.  And the intensely personal quality of a greenhouse, nurturing the seeds of garden dreams, might be why I felt such pathos here.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/june2015venturasbtrip\/1-_MG_1680.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_1680.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, yes, Mme Walska, even after all these years, your garden still casts a powerful spell.<\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the blue glass slag-lined path on a recent visit to Lotusland in Montecito, Calif. We came upon the startling sight of a greenhouse in the jungle. 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