Community garden to celebrate five years

The South Laguna Community Garden Park will celebrate its five-year anniversary from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Ranch at Laguna Beach in Aliso Canyon.

Musicians Jessica and Ryan Haddy and Kalina Justice, as well as the band Moon Police with Sasha Evans and Doug Miller, will perform.

A barbecue meal will be served.

Tickets are $75 and may be purchased by going to https://www.southlaguna.org/garden or calling (949) 499-1751.

The gathering will also feature a silent auction as garden proponents work to raise funds for a permanent site. The park is at Eagle Rock Way and South Coast Highway.

More than 150 volunteers are caring for 53 plots in addition to vines and flowers along the park’s borders, according to a news release.

In June, the Laguna Beach City Council voted 4 to 1 to earmark $250,000 toward the acquisition of a permanent site with the stipulation that garden park organizers raise the remaining cost of the land. So far, park proponents have raised $150,000, according to the release.

The park, overseen by the South Laguna Civic Assn, is open to the public every day for picnicking and enjoyment, as well as for tours, art classes and workshops.

The Ranch, formerly Aliso Creek Inn & Golf Course, is located at 31106 Coast Hwy.

—Bryce Alderton

Twitter: @AldertonBryce