Stoneview Nature Center Explained

Stoneview Nature Center
Location:5950 Stoneview Dr., Culver City, CA 90232
Coordinates:34.0144°N -118.3764°W
Established:2017
Administrator:Los Angeles County
Hiking Trails:Park to Playa Trail
Paths: fitness loop
Habitat:Coastal sage
Parking:Dedicated lot, limited street parking
Publictransit:Baldwin Hills Link, Culver CityBus route 5
Website:parks.lacounty.gov

Stoneview Nature Center is a county-operated garden and educational facility in Culver City, California along the Park to Playa Trail.

The nature center building and gardens are part of a “transformation of a five-acre brownfield site in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Culver City, California.”[1] The main building, designed by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, is 4000ft2 and features community space, a meeting/classroom, an outdoor kitchen, and bathrooms.

The park, which has a focus on native California and edible plantings, includes a raised-bed Mediterranean demonstration garden, a native grass meadow, and installations by the contemporary art collective Fallen Fruit.[2] [3] The edible landscaping includes oranges, avocados, figs, grapes, lemons, blackberries, and blueberries, and less-familiar California native edibles including lemonade berry, coffee berry and prickly pear.[4] [5]

Fitness equipment and workout classes are offered at the park. Stoneview is a key segment of the Park to Playa Trail; “good views of L.A. are guaranteed on the dirt-and-paved track from Baldwin Hills to Playa del Rey.”[6] [7]

The center operates an apiary in partnership with HoneyLove as well as a furnishing an elaborate hotel for native bee, both as part of a public outreach campaign on the importance of pollinating insects.[8]

Stoneview was recommended by local public-radio station KCRW as an outdoor refuge during the pandemic.[9]

The land was previously a primary school campus from 1956 to 2010, and was acquired by the Baldwin Hills Regional Conservation Authority in 2011. [10]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Stoneview Nature Center . Architect . 2022-08-04 . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804003128/https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/stoneview-nature-center . live .
  2. Web site: 2018 . Americans for the Arts: Stoneview Nature Center . 2022-08-04 . 2022-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914211632/https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/public-art-network/public-art-year-in-review-database/stoneview-nature-center . live .
  3. Web site: 2019-06-28 . From Brown to Green with Tasty Eats! . 2022-08-04 . MIG . en . 2021-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211127061204/https://www.migcom.com/work/stoneview-nature-center . live .
  4. Web site: Peleg . Oren . 2017-06-14 . Enjoy Figs, Grapes, And Lemonade Berries At This 5-Acre Park In Culver City . 2022-08-04 . LAist . en . 2021-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730232024/https://laist.com/news/stoneview-nature-center . live .
  5. News: Wei . Clarissa . 2017-06-13 . This Art Group Installs Pick-Your-Own-Fruit Parks Around Los Angeles . en . NPR . 2022-08-04 . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804005939/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/13/532142377/this-art-group-installs-pick-your-own-fruit-parks-around-los-angeles . live .
  6. Web site: Donloe . Darlene . 2020-07-29 . Conservancy keeps Baldwin Hills looking natural . 2022-08-04 . Wave Publications . en-US . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804011559/https://wavepublication.com/conservancy-keeps-baldwin-hills-looking-natural/ . live .
  7. Forgione, Mary, and Matt Pawlik. "50 SIMPLY FABULOUS HIKES; make this Your Bucket List for all Southern California Hiking has to Offer." Los Angeles Times, Mar 14, 2021.
  8. Web site: Stoneview Nature Center Sanctuary Apiary . 2022-08-04 . bondaccountability.resources.ca.gov . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804015857/http://bondaccountability.resources.ca.gov/Project.aspx?ProjectPK=45298&PropositionPK=4 . live .
  9. Web site: Enjoying nature while social distancing: It's easier and safer than you think . 2022-08-04 . KCRW . en . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804010440/https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/social-distancing-in-nature/coronavirus-nature-social-distancing . live .
  10. Web site: Scupine . 2013-08-19 . LA County Considering Building a Nature Center in Blair Hills Area of Culver City – Culver City Times . 2022-08-04 . culvercitytimes.com . 2013-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130828002120/http://culvercitytimes.com/m/blogpost?id=6303163%3ABlogPost%3A38834 . live .

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