POND TOUR OFFERS PEEK FOR CHARITY FUNDS AID SCV YOUTH ORCHESTRA.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Ever wanted to take a look in your neighbor's back yard and check out the landscaping - perhaps getting a few creative ideas for your own backyard sanctuary? Well, now is your chance. Residents can do just that as part of the annual Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Watergarden Tour, taking place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at various homes across the valley. Sponsored by Change of Scenery Inc. and Canyon Garden Nursery, the charity event will feature nearly two dozen homes whose owners will open up their backyard gardens for public viewing of some of the valley's most elaborately landscaped ponds, koi ponds, waterfalls and aquatic plants. The proceeds from this year's tour will benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. based at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , which provides an instrumental music education program for students ages 8 to 20. Some sites that are new to the tour this year include the Valencia home of Mark Spector, which features a water garden surrounded by a miniature village and multiple working toy trains. Kids will love these unique garden accessories, and will also have the opportunity to meet Shamu, Spector's white catfish catfish, common name applied to members of the freshwater fish families constituting the suborder Nematognathi. The catfish is related to the sucker and the minnow, and like them has a complex set of bones forming a sensitive hearing apparatus. . Koi lovers will want to visit the Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. home of David Wurts, also new this year. Wurts has more than 50 koi in his water garden, ranging in size from 6 inches to 3 feet long, and 18 of the fish were prizewinners at a recent koi competition. The Valencia home of Lori Gray offers an example of how a small back yard can be turned into a garden paradise. A footbridge, which allows passage from one side of the yard to the other, is surrounded by a 2-foot- high waterfall, aquatic plants, lots of fish and many other garden accessories. The donation for the tour is $10 for adults, with children under 12 admitted free. Backyard tourists will receive a guidebook with maps to all the homes on the tour. The tour will culminate back at the nursery, where the Youth Orchestra will stage a free concert. Tickets for the tour are available at the nursery, 16528 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Canyon Country; Burger King locations at 24530 Lyons Avenue, Valencia, and 26480 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus; and The Cobblestone Cottage, 24335 W. Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia. For information, call (661) 296-5712 or (661) 298-5990. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Water lilies Water Lilies (or Nympheas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years adorn Lori Gray's backyard pond in Saugus. (2 -- color) Lori Gray's backyard garden paradise - complete with footbridge - will be part of the annual watergarden tour taking place Saturday to benefit the Santa Clarita Youth Orchestra. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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