Years ago, David Davis, who has lived in an apartment on Parkman and Silver Lake Boulevard for 19 years, wanted to do something with that huge swath of asphalt in front of his building. Today, his wish is almost complete.

Parkman Triangle’s transformation continued with the planting of about 1/3 of its ground cover yesterday. Several volunteers showed up yesterday and planted lavender, Mexican feather grass, and blue fescue grass. We also received another delivery of boulders, which will make this 2000 square foot space look like more like southern California’s original landscape.

Thanks to the dedication of John Southern and the help of Sepulveda Building Materials, the project received a shipment of boulders, which will help this corner look more like southern California’s original landscape.

Parkman Triangle took shape this past Saturday; we had about 12 volunteers do some of the hardest work of the year.  They dug trenches and lay PVC pipe for the irrigation system, which was no small feat.  Add the fact that the dirt was still full of rocks and had been compacted, and this was [...]

Last Saturday we had about 15 volunteers show up at Parkman Triangle. The results? Awesome. Many thanks go to Donal and his friend, who showed up and obliterated the 15 or so tons of decomposed granite that CDG had delivered earlier that morning. Thanks to them and the other hard working volunteers who did everything [...]

The process securing some trees was a little more complicated than necessary, but I finally got three jacarandas, which we will plant tomorrow at Parkman Triangle.  Early in the morning, we will also receive a truckload of decomposed granite, which we will use to fill the gaps in our little “urban lounge.”  Last week we [...]