Garden of Oz

Los Angeles, California

Description

NOTE: This location is only open on Thursdays from 10am-12pm. Hours may vary depending on availablity (see below).

In 1991, Hollywood resident Gail Cottman purchased a small plot beneath her Hollywood Hills home, originally planning a rose garden. It expanded into a magical homage to "The Wizard of Oz," inspired by a contractor's decorative touch on her concrete bed of roses.

Cottman's Garden of Oz features a Yellow Brick Road path winding through thousands of shining tiles, adorned with mosaics, a crystal ball, and a whimsical "Wall of Toys." The garden includes thrones honoring figures like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Rosa Parks, the Dalai Lama, and Musako Morioka, a Hiroshima survivor.

Per Yelp, the gate is open for visitors when the gardner is present, which may shorten the hours the garden is open or change the next available date.

Photo: Los Angeles Love Affair by Jamie Poster is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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