Kind of a strange little stretch from the Leucadia sign to the Cabo Grill entrance. Not sure what you could do with this area or who owns it. It looks like the city is using it as a composting station. The highway here is too obnoxious for a little pocket park and it may be too far for practical overflow beach parking on summer holiday weekends.
Here is a quicky mock up of the site with full grown oak trees. I believe that we should start planting new oak trees on the Leucadia corridor so that in 50 years the "tree tunnel" will still exist. California oaks would be a good replacement for the Australian Eucalyptus trees as the eucs can be dangerous in high winds. A gradual phase out of the eucs is recommended, not an extreme chopping. The younger eucs should stay and be allowed to grow.
Looking back north. Makes me want to cruise up and down the coast highway in old station wagon hauling an Airstream trailer.
The Good: Decent and functional sidewalk and streetlights even if they score low on style points.
The Bad: Note the bus stop, no bus schedule posted and no shelter from the elements. All the bus stops lack this. Weak. At least this bus stop has a trash can with a fresh bag. The lack of a schedule is frustrating, no wonder so few people take the bus.
The entrance to the Cabo Grill attempting to lure you in with drink specials.
Leucadia!: Let's Tour North Leucadia (part 2)
Oaks a nice thought but with the rapid spread of S.O.D. (Sudden Oak Death) it might be better to chose plants that are not hosts of three or four current disease problems in the state.
ReplyDeleteIs there any program to plant young healthy oaks in California or are these trees going extinct?
ReplyDeleteWhat are some other cool trees native to California that would do well in north county?
How about Torrey Pines?
ReplyDeleteEncinitas means little oaks, I think.
ReplyDeleteI hope there are disease resistant trees out there.
I guess we could stop "producing" humans, because we get diseases. It's about balance, I'd say. The eucalyptus were grown, initially, by the railroad companies, weren't they?
Love the banner, and I would love to see more along the corridor. When I was in Provence, there were beautiful trees called Plane trees that reminded me so much of the old eucalyptus canopy that we used to have in Leucadia.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see some nice stands of oaks check out the Santa Rosa Plataeu.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.riversidecountyparks.net/park-directory/all-parks/santa-rosa-plateau/plants/
Native trees- 3 year old tumble weed.
ReplyDeletePhoto gallery of southern CA native trees:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.calflora.net/trees/index.html
More resorces,
ReplyDeletecheck out Las Pilatas Nursery
http://www.laspilitas.com
and
Tree of Life Nursery
http://www.treeoflifenursery.com/
Two of my favorite places.
Tree of life is worth a whole Saturday to see and expole.
Leucadia needs just TONS of trees to be planted to keep it beautifully unique like it used to be. I've seen so many torn down in the last few months, like at the park on leucadia blv. and replanted with tiny little nothings that will take 20 years to get a little bigger. A program should be started by enthusiasts of the idea to help donate money for this and let the city aware... The eucs are awesome, and should be replanted, and taken care of correctly... all the Monterey pines are dying too... they should be replanted. I know that the real killer is all the smog there is no doubt that it inables the trees to breathe. Mature olive trees would be legit in this area as well, but they are not native; nor are the eucs. Oaks would be nice too. Anything but more palm trees?
ReplyDelete