Updates on Board members and their efforts
Saturday, October 9, 2021: What a glorious day for a Global Village Festival! Leaders and supporters of Great Park Garden Coalition greeted the throng of festival goers at our booth in the Community Partners section. This year’s festival [...]
Adapting to new safety protocols took a tremendous effort, but the silver lining for public gardens this past year was the greatly increased recognition of the essential value and benefit of experiences of the natural world. In fact, visitors not [...]
What a fun hour participating in a virtual Town Hall on "Gardening in a Pandemic". Many thanks to Irvine council member, Farrah Khan, for hosting and to Irvine middle schooler, Matthew Changg, who was my co-presenter. We shared the basics [...]
The Great Park is seeking paid sponsorships for elements of the park. At the last Great Park meeting, Garden Coalition board member Mike Stockstill asked the board and staff to consider seeking sponsorships for elements of the future public garden [...]
2018 was a busy year for our brand new non-profit! Here are some highlights: February: Formed the Great Park Garden Coalition, a non-profit 501c3 corporation. Many thanks to Irell and Manella LLP who provided legal services at no [...]
Four leaders of the Great Park Garden Coalition attended the annual conference of the American Public Garden Association (APGA), June 4-8, 2018, at Disneyland Hotel. Garden CEOs, landscape architects, university professors, and professional horticulturists from across the country could not [...]
The Great Park Garden Coalition Board of Directors and Steering Committee members attended the 2018 APGA Conference. The theme this year was “Cultivate our Creative Nature”. The conference was attended by about 1,000 representatives from public gardens around the country and beyond, including locals [...]
Show Support for the Great Park Botanical Garden! Attend an Irvine City Council Hearing. At the Great Park Board Meeting, City staff and FivePoint Development have been presenting land uses for the remaining portions of the Cultural Terrace area of [...]
