Oh No, Not Again...

This Hummingbird Sage did not last long at its new home.

The Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks, the wonderful and responsible (cough-cough) caretakers of our City's library grounds, recently wreaked havoc again today, this time doing some tree pruning.

It was resident birdman Rik Martino who told me that "They ruined your plants again" and the almost-blooming Hummingbird Sage that was recently transplanted to Area 2 was carelessly trampled-on by the work crews.

If you've been following us, the 'Wreck' and Parks Department destroyed and removed some of our plants in February after their annual "landscaping" work, which wasn't even done with prior notice to the Library's staff. After this was brought up to the Library staff and the LAPL, the regional supervisor from Rec and Parks reportedly toured the Library grounds, gave a 3rd-hand apology and said "We will be mre careful next time." Uh...right.

Of course, just like last time, there was a positive side, a few of the dead trees along the wall in the back were finally removed. 

The two right-most trees in this section (Area 7) were finally removed.

There might be some potential for planting something there in the future...As long as Rec & Parks knows or cares about it.

Update: (3/16/12) Jie, the Sr. Librarian at Cahuenga, just informed me that it was the City's Department of General Services that pruned/removed the trees (and smashed the plant), not Rec & Parks (Sorry bout that guys...). Though this makes things even more complicated!