Today was our first day riding together as a group around LA and it was pretty exciting. We started the day with a tour of the 24th Street School's garden, where our friend (and former CELPster) Abigail works. Its a beautiful little nook in the neighborhood of West Adams and I imagine even more magical when filled with small children.
Our focus for the day was on gathering ideas for our space back home on Catalina. As the previous post explains, our garden is going through a lot of transition right now and we're hoping to have it thriving again soon, so we need to keep at it! We all loved the abundance of trees, the kids' art projects and we made a long lists of ideas to take back to the island!
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| 24th Street Elementary School Garden Tour |
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| The wishing tree |
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| Upcycling |
The next day we went to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and had our friend Chris (another former CELPster and Abigail's husband #powercouple) show us around. We saw examples of
Hugelkulture, different bee housings, and even a room of beautiful orchids. We left feeling so inspired and excited about our 30 mile ride through the foothills to Chino Hills State Park!
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| Chris showing us the Ocotillo |
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| Bee hives in unexpected places |
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| Vanilla comes from a species of orchid native to Mexico |
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| We're planning to incorporate an arroyo like this at Howlands |
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| We spent some time climbing trees |
We're sorry for the delayed posts; we haven't had any cell service until today! Also, be sure to follow our Instagram account: www.instagram.com/SLBikeTour
--Venisha
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