For more than a decade, visitors say the Children's Garden at Elysian Park was a shady showcase for indigenous plants, with dense stands of mature native trees and shrubs lining the paths of the ...

2:00 p.m. Aug. 9, 2024: This story has been updated to include additional information provided by a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson. For more than a decade, visitors say the Children's ...

The Children’s Garden in Elysian Park on a rainy day in February, 2024 (top) and after the brush clearance on June 27, 2024. (Becca Hackett-Levy) Today, the area looks denuded.