MAKING GARDENS GROW CITY PLAN WOULD LEASE MORE COMMUNITY PLOTS.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer ENCINO - The demand from amateur gardeners to grow their own is so great that Bill Reichert waited six months for his plot in the Sepulveda Garden Center, one of two city-run community gardens in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . But tonight, officials will unveil a plan to expand the garden, adding 375 plots with $200,000 from the city park bond. ``It would be great if they had these gardens all over the Valley,'' said Reichert, while weeding his small vegetable plot Wednesday. He jetted in from Sherman Oaks on his motorcycle for a 15-minute ``quick dose'' of gardening and relaxation. ``It's the best therapy there is,'' he said. ``It's an escape from all the rush.'' Unfortunately, the garden has a waiting list of 160, which could mean a wait of at least a year for one of the garden's 420 plots, said Patricia Jones Patricia Jones (born 30 February, 1900) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Viola Myers, Nancy , the facility's senior gardener. Using Proposition K funds, the city plans to lease some cleared land across the street from the garden at 16633 Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Blvd. Most gardeners use the maximum three plots allowed per individual, for an annual cost of $20 a plot, Jones said. Although no one at the Sepulveda garden is bound to complain about more space, some said they wished the city would build a third garden to give all Valley residents convenient access. A second city-run garden, with about 150 plots, is located in the Orcutt Ranch Horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large Center in West Hills, but there are none in the East Valley. Stan Reed, 79, has driven from Burbank to tend his plot for more than 20 years, but wishes he had something closer to home. He grew about 300 pounds of tomatoes and other vegetables last year, he said, enough to feed the neighbors in his building. And, as if inspired by a Shakespearean ode, Reed said he's even found love in the garden. ``I came here 20 years ago, when my girlfriend got me into gardening,'' he said. ``And then six months ago, I met a new girlfriend. What more could you ask for?'' Also on the five-acre site is a cactus cactus, any plant of the family Cactaceae, a large group of succulents found almost entirely in the New World. A cactus plant is conspicuous for its fleshy green stem, which performs the functions of leaves (commonly insignificant or absent), and for the spines (not garden and a ``gorilla gorilla, an ape, Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150–190 cm) with a 9-ft (144–cm) arm spread. garden,'' used for growing vegetables for the primates at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. . James Ward Please choose between:
v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. location of the site. Completion of the site is expected by the end of summer, he said, including raised plots for access by wheelchair-using gardeners. MEETING A public meeting to discuss the garden expansion plan is set for 7 tonight at the garden center's community hall at 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino. For more information, call (818) 784-5180. CAPTION(S): photo, 3 maps, box Photo: Gardener Stan Smylie waters his plot at the Sepulveda Garden Center, one of two community-run gardens in Encino. Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer Map: (1 -- 3) The Sepulveda Garden Center community gardens would be expanded by 375 plots to ease a months-long waiting list, under a new proposal. That garden and the Orcutt Ranch Horticultural hor·ti·cul·ture n. 1. The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. 2. The cultivation of a garden. Center are the only city-run community gardens in the San Fernando Valley. (West Hills and Encino in relation to 101 and 405 freeways; Sepulveda Garden Center in Encino; Orcutt Horticultural Center in West Hills.) Daily News Box: MEETING (see text) |
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