It's official. I'm sharing the unexpected side of the LA County Arboretum before I roll out a post full of beautiful botanic garden images on Wednesday. Last Friday I walked you through a collection of potted rhipsalis and epiphyllum. Today I take you here...![]()
I tried to ignore it, instead focusing on the colorful aloes.
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But as I wrote when I shared a few photos on Instagram, "Somehow walking a pristine botanical garden doesn’t quite have the same charm as happening upon an old decrepit glasshouse containing hundreds of drying aloe offsets. The mark of the gardener always gets to me—and yes, I probably shouldn’t have been here but the door was unlocked..."
Looking thru the glass...
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And deciding to just go ahead and nudge that door open a little further...
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Susan Eubank/@arboretumlibrary commented on my Instagram post explaining what was going on with these plants: "The garden staff is refurbishing the south part of the African section. These plants were taken out of there and are awaiting their new place."
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Dead? No. Just waiting for their new home. Pretty cool sighting.
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