PYRAMID FOUNTAIN SET TO GRACE COUNTY FAIR.Byline: David Allen Staff Writer The Mayans built some nifty pyramids, but they never thought of turning the steps into a waterfall powered by a Jacuzzi pump. Leave it to the enterprising folks at the Los Angeles County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair (also called simply the L.A. County Fair) is an annual event held in the Fairplex in Pomona, California, held every September. It is a carnival with rides, merchants, food vendors, cooking contests, and livestock. The 2007 L.A. , who built an indoor 40-foot-high pyramid as the Flower and Garden Pavilion's centerpiece. The Flower and Garden Pavilion has proved to be one of the most popular attractions at the fair, which will open Thursday and will end Sept. 26. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. exit polls, the pavilion is more popular than the carnival rides, the pigs and the Fiesta Village. People like the flowers, and it's a nice place to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. from everything else out on the fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , said Jim Blythe, assistant coordinator for the exhibit, during a tour Tuesday. ``We'll get at least 70 percent of the fairgoers through here. Not everyone there is a garden lover. Feel this breeze?'' Blythe said, spreading his arms. ``It's a nice cool place to get in out of the heat.'' Speaking of wilting wilting dehydration of plants to the point where the leaves lose their turgor and hang limply. Can happen in living plants which later return to normal, or to cut plants before they are fed out. Thought to be a factor in increasing toxicity. , the pavilion replaces its flowers every two to three days. By the end of the fair, 10,000 blooms could be used, said Susan Overton, the floral exhibit's assistant coordinator. Inside the graceful building, the real eye-catcher might not be flowers at all, but the Mayan pyramid built by John Chartier, the exhibit's horticulturist and construction manager. Rather than stone blocks, Chartier used two-by-fours. Carvings and figures of cavorting monkeys are made of foam. Also dominating the room are two reflecting pools
A reflecting pool is a structure often used in memorials. It generally consists of a shallow pool of water, usually quite calm. - one modern, one Greco-Roman. A display of wedding dresses from each decade of the century lines one wall, each gown with an accompanying bouquet. Outside are a lagoon lagoon Area of relatively shallow, quiet water with access to the sea but separated from it by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs. Coastal lagoons have low to moderate tides and constitute about 13% of the world's coastline. and a variety of small gardens, designed to give tips to homeowners and even apartment dwellers on sprucing up a tiny bit of earth. On the hillside behind are more gardens, some planted by students. |
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