Growing up in a communist flat: a cramped box 8-floors up a smelly elevator, I dreamt of living in a “Secret Garden” from the classic childhood story.
My friend John Greenlee, a well-know “grass geek” & wild garden designer EXTRAORDINAIRE has been planting such enchanted secret spots all over the West Coast for decades. Today, on a rainy afternoon I revisited his latest creation.
It was Magic. Whimsy. Fun. Shelter. Sanctuary. In the midst of bland, low income urban sprawl of Pomona he transformed a piece of ugly dirt into a beautiful, green NeverLand – with skyscraper tree forts, trashcan space ships, grass amphitheatres and secret passages buried in 15′ tall African grass, bamboo and fields of blooms.
Yep. Dreams can come true. All it takes is seeds, water, and friends with fertile imagination!
