Garden of Oz

2011 | Best Psychedelic L. Frank Baum Overdose

Somewhere off of Beachwood Canyon, way up high, there's a hidden garden that I heard of, once in a lullaby. And though its exact location is a closely held secret, I set off to find it, my only clue the refrain of a half-remembered song from childhood -- "Follow the Hollywood Sign. Follow the Hollywood Sign." So I drive up, up Beachwood Drive, left onto Ledgewood, up to where the clouds seem far behind me. Then, on the right, a glimmer amid overgrown foliage: the Garden of Oz. I park.... More »