Alameda County Fairgrounds
PLEASANTON, CA
APRIL 4 – 7, 2024

Garden Designer: Jeffery Lim, JLim Designs & Garden Hortica
Garden Creators: GardenHortica, Healing Spirit Plants, & Village Yurts, Oakland, CA

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STATEMENT:

Remember how excited you got as a kid when you used Mom’s bed sheet to make a tent in the backyard? You and your buddies thought it was the coolest thing ever. Yurts will have that effect on kids. As adults, our needs are more. Imagine a garden sanctuary where you enter a realm that soothes and calms. The healing plants or herbs are not just ornamental. Inside the yurt you touch the earth. You can even gaze at the stars through that opening. The paths are for walking meditation. The open courtyard and fire pit are for story telling late into the night. Other sculptural elements awaken us to be mindful of many things.