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Ernest E. Debs Regional Park
Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, CA
04-25-21
Sometimes the journey is the destination.
Olive Allée
Lotusland
Montecito, California
With an odd light refraction.
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Agave americana
Lotusland
Montecito, California
People once believed that it took 100 years for these plants to bloom. We now know that they bloom after two or three decades, when they have stored up enough energy to send up a single stalk, topped with an inflorescence of small yellow blossoms. The flowers can last several months before the plant withers and dies.
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Cactus Display
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Montecito, California
Along the approach to the home created by Ganna Walska, who created the magnificent 37 acre gardens.
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This church was built in the 1930's and fits in perfectly with the surrounding architecture of the Santa Barbara area.
The houses in the "Montecito Coops" neighborhood of Montecito Heights backed by the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
Photographed from Ernest E. Debs Regional Park on 04-25-21
Japanese Garden
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Montecito, California
From the Tea House where, if you are lucky, you can hear live Japanese flute music.
Happy Fence Friday!
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© Melissa Post 2025
Lotusland
Montecito
California
Water Garden in the foreground, cypress Allée in back.
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© Melissa Post 2023
Sunset as seen from Montecito, California looking west toward Santa Barbara.
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Montecito Memorial Park, San Bernardino County, CA. 4-4-19.
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Ernest E. Debs Regional Park in the Montecito Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles has some great views.
I took a hike to the top of the hill, photographing all around me, until about 1pm, when the rains came. This is one of the last photos I took this afternoon, looking south toward Downtown Los Angeles under a cloud.
Japanese Garden
Lotusland
Montecito, CA
Lotusland is a 37 acre (15 ha) estate that includes an extensive garden created by Madame Ganna Walska. Her landscape design talent is well regarded for distinctive gardens of exceptional creativity.
In 1941, with the encouragement of her sixth husband, Theos Bernard, she purchased the historic 37-acre (15 ha) "Cuesta Linda" estate in Montecito, California, intending to use it as a retreat for Tibetan monks. However, due to restrictions on wartime visas, the monks were unable to come to the United States.
After her divorce from Bernard in 1946, Walska changed the name of her estate to Lotusland. She devoted the rest of her life to designing, redesigning, expanding, and maintaining the estate's renowned innovative and extensive gardens.
After Walska's death in 1984, Lotusland became a nonprofit and opened to the public in 1993, although the entrance fee is quite expensive and the hours are limited, so reservations are a must.
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© Melissa Post 2023
Ernest E. Debs Regional Park
Montecito Heights, CA
02-22-20
I remember seeing this large hilly park on Google Maps and wondering if it were the park I remember from when I was a child living in the Highland Park neighborhood just north of this. I don't think it is. This one is a nature park, with trials winding up into the hills. The one I remember was more like a standard city park.
This great park can be found off Griffin Ave. Exit Ave. 43 from the 110 and make a left on Griffin.
A tree near the pond at the top of the hilly terrain of Ernest E. Debs Regional Park
Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, CA
Photographed on 02-22-20
Montecito Memorial Park, San Bernardino County, CA. 3-21-19.
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