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Montecito's Lotusland Unveils Its Long-In-The-Works Renovated F REAL ESTATE ADVERTISING INSIDE J ULY 27, 2019 F OOD & DINING :: H OME & DESIGN :: M IND & BODY :: L .A. AFFAIRS :: G EAR & GADGETS Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times RENOVATIONS to Lotusland’s Japanese garden took 20 months and $6 million, with natural disasters complicating work. Upgrades include ADA-accessible paths. THE BIG REVEAL Montecito’s Lotusland unveils its long-in-the-works renovated Japanese garden BYEMILYYOUNG >>> It all started in 2008. The koi pond in the Japanese garden at Lotusland, the spectacular Montecito estate often cited as one of the must-see gardens of the world, had grown so murky that one wag described it as “a bowl of turkey gravy.” ¶ Newly hired Lotusland chief executive Gwen Stauffer had a solution, but she knew draining the pond, lining the bottom and installing a biofilter would disrupt operations at the landmark gardens. Still, she thought: How hard could it be? ¶ As any homeowner knows, however, one improvement project leads to another. Soon the renovation ranged beyond the koi pond to include updating the Japanese garden with accessible footpaths and, eventually, building originally planned but never realized landscape elements such as a lotus-viewing deck and altogether new features like an enclosure of evergreen cryptomeria trees. ¶ But then came the deadly Thomas wildfire in 2017. And mudslides in 2018. And the heavy rains that brought not one but two more emergency evacuations to the area, the posh enclave of celebrity homeowners such as Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. ¶ With seemingly everything, including the weather, conspiring against her efforts, Stauffer sometimes wondered if she’d ever see an end to the renovations begun so long ago. “One of the darkest moments was the debris flow,” she recalls. “Everyone’s life here just [See Lotusland, F6] ALSO: Stroll Laguna Beach | Postcard from Del Mar | Marathon prep time F6 LATIMES.COM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOME & DESIGN A gateway to serenity is revealed [Lotusland, from F1] stopped.” Now, after 11 years and $6 million, Lotusland has finally reopened its beloved Japanese garden. Since mid-June, visitors have been able to view both lotus and koi up close from the all-new deck over the glassy pond. Patrons using walkers and wheelchairs can explore via a network of Americans With Disabilities Act- compliant bridges, walkways and steps. Other enhancements, such as a miwatasu (a scenic overlook) and karesansui (a dry landscape evoking wa- ter), offer fresh ways to experience the placid scene. “This has always been a traditional Japanese stroll garden where the in- tent was to leave chaos behind and enter a place of peace and tranquility,” Stauffer says. “We wanted people to be able to be present, meditate and connect with nature. Now they can do that.” Lotusland is holding its annual fundraiser this weekend to celebrate the long-awaited reopening, but the renovation won't make it any easier for visitors to get in for a tour. Tickets remain a prized commodity, thanks to a long-standing conditional-use permit that restricts parking and limits ad- mission to just 15,000 lucky visitors a year. Lotusland is the legacy of Ganna Walska, an eccentric Polish-born opera singer who had six husbands but whose passion for plants outlasted them all. The property had been the nursery of pioneering horticulturist Ralph Kinton Stevens in the late 1880s and thereafter belonged to several private owners. When Walska — Lotusland staff still refer to her as “Madame” — bought the estate in 1941, she began assembling outdoor tableaux, each packed with primordial-looking cycads, prickly cactuses, sky-scraping palms, blue agaves or other exotic flora. She died in 1984, leaving 37 acres to a foundation that opened the grounds to the public in 1993. Over the past quarter-century, visitors have consistently rated the Japanese garden as their favorite part of Lotusland. At 1.5 acres, it’s the largest of the themed landscapes and, given its multiple waterworks, the most complex. Improving the garden without altering its essential character posed a multifaceted challenge. Stauffer entrusted the task to local landscape architect Derrik Eichel- berger of Arcadia Studio, who spe- cializes in historic restorations, and Mariah Tauger Los Angeles Times Malibu landscape architect Paul DURING renovations to Lotusland’s Japanese garden, stone lanterns were moved and about 60 Comstock of Comstock Landscape trees dug up, boxed and set aside for safekeeping. After years of planning, work began in fall 2017. Architecture, who dreamed up the landscaping at many Disney theme parks, including those across Asia. Each aspect of the renovation More Lotusland beauty was choreographed like a military operation, cataloging the location and position of every tree, plant and LOC / Alamy Stock Photo boulder. “We labeled everything GANNA Walska envisioned and took photographs,” Stauffer the gardens at Lotusland. says. “That inventory was our bible for how to put things back to- The details gether.” Before the pond was drained, Lotusland is in a residential the koi, which numbered only 20 by neighborhood in Montecito, the fall of 2017, were transferred to a where Santa Barbara County small water feature in the cycad gar- regulations restrict the venue to den. More than 30 vintage stone 15,000 visitors a year. Two-hour, lanterns were moved out of harm’s docent-led tours are available way. About 60 trees — Japanese twice a day Wednesday through Saturday from mid-February to maples, camellias and traditional mid-November. Reservations and niwaki-pruned pines, some of them tickets are musts and should be 80 years old — were dug up and also arranged well in advance. For set aside. more information, go to But a month after excavation lotusland.org. started that November, the Thom- as fire broke out, forcing a three- week evacuation. In January 2018, torrential downpours caused a devastat- ing debris flow a block away, prompting another three-week work stoppage. The twin disasters closed roads, cut services, sidelined workers and di- verted all available equipment and manpower to recovery efforts. Two more rain-related evacuations led to further delays. The pond would prove to be particularly problematic. Crayfish introduced decades earlier had decimated the lotus, and cat- Myung J. Chun Los Angeles Times fish deployed to control the crayfish had only made the hungry crustaceans burrow into the clay bottom. The pond took 10 months to dry out and was so unstable afterward that 3 feet of clay had to be hauled out and replaced with new soil, slowing progress again. Anaheim-based Outside the Lines installed a liner, first putting down a layer of felt, then a thick PVC shell that was topped with reinforced concrete and painted to resemble mud. Complicating matters was the coordination of the crane and other heavy machinery required to relocate huge boulders and trees. “Staging was tricky. It was hard to have everyone working in such a tight space,” Eichelberger says. While regrading the sloping sides of the bowl-shaped site for greater ac- cessibility, earth-moving equipment also hit several snags. Tree roots in un- expected places halted crews until alternative routes could be figured out. Mariah Tauger Los Angeles Times “We had to redesign paths on the fly,” Eichelberger says. Elsewhere, bridges and stairways were carefully dismantled and recon- structed, as was the rock waterfall that, astonishingly, had survived numer- ous earthquakes without mortar. Flagstone-paved gathering areas, like the new overlook and the landing just inside the original torii gate entrance, were laid out and furnished with benches fashioned from repurposed stone steps. Lanterns and trees were returned to their proper places. And since the pond was refilled last month, the koi — which roughly doubled in number during the renovation — are being transferred back, a few at a time, to acclimate to their permanent habitat. Still to come are finishing touches on a few upper paths and construc- tion of a brand-new Japanese-style pavilion that, once it’s built, will be planted with wisteria. The attention to detail lavished on the Japanese garden’s man-made Mariah Tauger Los Angeles Times infrastructure extended to its botanical framework as well. Eichelberger and Comstock traveled to nurseries in the Pacific Northwest in search of trees that would complement the wide range of existing pines, junipers, cedars and other conifers that lend Asian ambiance. Now visitors will see several Moonrise Japanese maples filling the gaps, their lime-green summer foliage turning butter yellow come fall. In spring- time, Akebono cherry trees and Chinese fringe trees will explode in a profu- sion of pink and white blooms, respectively. Dawn redwoods, once believed to be extinct but later found growing in their native China, also wound up in the mix. Unlike other redwoods, dawn redwoods have leaves that are deciduous rather than evergreen — a subtle reminder that Lotusland is more than just a popular tourist destination. “These trees bring us back to the beauty and diversity of Mother Nature, Mariah Tauger Los Angeles Times Mariah Tauger Los Angeles Times all of which can be grown in this unique location,” Comstock says. “The gar- THE PROPERTY’S features include, clockwise from above left, the parterre; the cactus gar- den is not only aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable. This is a living genetic den; the cycad garden and its pond; the water garden; and the topiary garden, with a working museum of plant material from all over the world.” clock. Just 15,000 visitors a year are admitted. It takes planning to secure a chance at serenity. Just as Madame envisioned it..
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