![]() ![]() In the Collage-Quilt Workshop, kids will construct a Dresden block quilt, like the ones used to send messages to runaway slaves during the time of the Underground Railroad.Īlso, from noon-4 p.m., free jazz music programs will be presented in the garden. Memorial Coliseum is the most prominent historical structure in Exposition Park ($15 for all ages).Īlso on Sunday, four free, kid-oriented workshops are planned from 1-4 p.m., including one led by the California African American Museum in the rose garden. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church the L.A. Among the ornate structures built in the early 1920s in University Park are the Automobile Club of Southern California and the St. On Sunday, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., a tour of historic University Park and the Figueroa Corridor includes the rose garden, interiors of Victorian homes and exteriors of architecturally significant buildings. No reservations are required the cost is $7. on Saturday, Clair Martin, rose expert and curator for the rose garden at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, will lead a walk and lecture geared to adults through the Exposition Park Rose Garden. The workshops are $25 per child reservations are required.įrom 2-4 p.m. Flower Power, for ages 5-6, includes visits to the Butterfly Pavilion and rose garden, and Spring’s the Thing, for ages 7-8, offers the chance to meet animals and go on a scavenger hunt in the garden. No adults are allowed at the programs for older children. Preregistration is required, and the fee is $30 for an adult/child pair. ![]() Hop to It!, for ages 3-4, begins with a scavenger hunt and craft project. On Saturday only, the Natural History Museum offers events geared to specific ages at 10 a.m. On both Saturday and Sunday, craft projects will be offered in the Natural History Museum’s Discovery Center and are included in the price of museum admission ($8 students and seniors, $5.50 ages 5-12, $2). On Friday, free docent-led tours of the rose garden begin at 11 a.m. ![]() And the little spring ceremony has evolved into the Blooming of the Roses Festival. So much interest sprouted that new music programs were implemented and are expected to take root as monthly events. The intent of last year’s event, Mariscal says, was to remind people who had visited the garden or the science and history museums as kids that the place still existed. Last year, a ceremony to celebrate the blooming season planted the seed for this year’s festival. “The beauty lies in the old architecture, in the long-term history of Los Angeles and what it has to offer.” “We believe this rose garden and the entire grounds of Exposition Park is a gem,” Mariscal says. In recent years, Mariscal says, revitalization efforts have been focused not only on Exposition Park but also on the Figueroa Corridor and the surrounding community. “What we’re trying to highlight is that we have this beautiful, 7-acre urban rose garden in the heart of Los Angeles that is an oasis that people forget about.”įor years the rose garden was a hub of horticultural classes, but budget cuts put an end to those. “We have about 7,000 roses professionally displayed, in approximately 140 garden beds,” Mariscal says proudly. Six years later, the Department of Recreation and Parks transformed the site into the rose garden, which remains intact today. In 1921, a section that enjoyed a lively past as a horse-racing track was developed into a sunken garden. ![]()
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