The Gardens of Manzanar

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The gardens were built under the worst conditions for the worst reasons. 

But they were beautiful gardens with rocks, natives and non-native plants: Joshua trees, dead branches, cacti, roses, cherry trees, wisteria. 

Today only the rocks and streams and ponds and wood exists, but you can still see the beauty.

Read about the gardens in "Gardens and Gardeners at Manzanar,"  "Creating Beauty Behind Barbed Wire," and Block 34 Garden

Landscape Gardens and Gardeners at Manzanar Relocation Center