Photos from Loren’s Garden

Photos of a few of Loren Kellen’s creations from his ever-changing garden. Photographed on October 6, 2009 by Liz Welch.

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Celia Swanson October 18, 2009 at 5:32 pm: Oh…and you HAVE to love Kermit giving Miss Piggy what-for! That was right next to his front gate. Welcome to Loren’s Yard!!!

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Celia Swanson October 18, 2009 at 5:31 pm: So wonderful! I will miss Loren’s house and yard, as well as the man himself, so very much. Inspiration, chaos, silliness, weird juxtapositions, humor, color, decay, defiance, clutter, order, horror, life-cycle, bicycle, recycle…his was an ever evolving art form.

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