When you have a vision, to make it come true, you need to share the vision with others. When the vision is to create a world-class botanical garden, the best way to share the vision is to take others to [...]
Festival Reaps a Growing Interest in Great Park Botanical Garden The Irvine Global Village Festival celebrated its 18th year, Oct. 12-13, 2019, with more food, art, and entertainment than ever. The Festival has expanded in scale and offerings over the [...]
At Tuesday’s Orange County Great Park Board Meeting, the park development update unveiled a proposed 40-acre site for the future Great Park Botanical Garden. We are so excited. Next step is to meet with city staff and draft an Exclusive [...]
Let’s ‘Plant a Seed’ at Irvine Global Village Festival, Oct. 12-13 Great Park Garden Coalition volunteers and supporters will be eager to greet visitors for the second year in a row at the Irvine Global Village Festival. This year the [...]
The Coalition is looking around the world for inspiration. The Eden Project. Some of us have been lucky enough to travel to Cornwall, England, where a former china clay mining pit was transformed into a world-class attraction. Two huge domed [...]
Here at the Great Park Garden Coalition, we are always on the lookout for change and current happenings in our community. Change is constant. With the elections and holidays behind us, the GPGC is getting in gear for the year. [...]
The Coalition applauds the Great Park Board’s unanimous vote to transfer operation of the Farm + Food Lab to Solutions for Urban Agriculture. The Board approved the transfer at their Nov. 27, 2018 meeting and also voted to “transfer $76,872 [...]
There are two new members on the Irvine City Council following the November elections. Farrah Kahn and Anthony Kuo joined the council. Councilmember Farrah N. Khan is a small business owner and the Executive Director of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith [...]
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 [...]
