- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Hundreds of garden enthusiasts are expected to gather at Orange County's "Great Park" on Saturday, Sept. 17, as a six-ton, 25-foot-wide Jacaranda tree is lowered into the ground by crane to commemorate the launch of a five-year $750,000 donation from ScottsMiracle-Gro, according to a news release distributed by the Orange County Great Park Corporation. The park's agricultural programs will receive $500,000 in financial support and $250,000 in products. The tree planting and check presentation take place before the first of five fall garden workshops offered in cooperation with the
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Irvine City Council voted on Tuesday to spend $65.5 million over the next three to five years to transform a portion of the old El Toro Marine Corps Air Station into parkland, according to the Los Angeles Times. Orange County's "Great Park" - billed as the first great metropolitan park of the 21st century - is across the street from the UC South Coast Research and Extension Center.
The City of Irvine funds will turn about 225 acres of the base into lawns, exhibition space, sports fields, farmland, citrus groves and a wildlife corridor, among other amenities, the Times story said. Eventually, the Great Park...
