Augustus F. Hawkins Park
Habitat in South L.A., California
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Augustus F. Hawkins Park is a 8.5-acre (3.4 ha) public park in South Los Angeles, just south of downtown Los Angeles. The park includes a nature center and plantings donated by the Huntington Gardens in San Marino. Full-size oak trees were trucked to the site from Ramona, and mud from a Malibu mudslide created some of the hills. Plantings native to California are prioritized, including sycamores and willows adjacent to the constructed wetland.
The park attracts up to 5,000 visitors a week from the surrounding highly diverse neighborhood. Community and educational programs are hosted in the nature center. A park ranger lives on site.
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