The Great Park Adds New Public Works Dimension to Irvine, CA

By CHRISTINE ROMBOUTS | AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE MAGAZINE Estimated to cost $1.4 Billion at completion, The Great Park will be one of the largest metropolitan parks created in the United States i the last 100 years and one of the largest public/private sustainable projects. Download the full article (PDF, 885 KB)

Great Park Launches Fall Natural History Lecture Series

Offers insights on how people and environment can advance together

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 – IRVINE, California – While most people have a twinge of fear when they hear the words “wildfire” or “bees,” learning more about both is an important part of living in harmony with an ever-developing urban environment. The Orange County Great Park presents the Natural History Lecture series, a series of evening events offering [...]

Summer Concerts Draw Nearly 25,000 to Great Park

Guests from across Southern California experienced “Flights & Sounds of Summer” concert and dance series

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 – IRVINE, California – There was just one venue in Orange County this summer where you could hear reggae, country, swing, blues, salsa and more from internationally-recognized artists, and nearly 25,000 people from across Southern California did just that – some from 400 feet in the air. This summer’s Flights and Sounds of Summer [...]

Irvine Global Village 2009

October 3, 2009, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Col. Bill Barber Park, Irvine – Map Make plans to travel the world at the City of Irvine’s 8th Annual Global Village Festival on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Bill Barber Park. Now in its eighth year, this multifaceted festival features international cuisine, [...]

21st Century Megafires in Southern California: Adapting to Fires in Paradise

Presented by Jon Keeley, Ph.D., U. S. Geological Survey, and Adjunct Professor of Ecology, UCLA

October 22, 2009 7:00 PM, at Second Harvest - Map Free Parking & Admission Wildfire! A constant concern and fear for our human communities, and a big factor that molds the natural world around us. We struggle against fire, every year, yet the plants and animals of our region have managed to survive for eons [...]

Native California Bees Looking for New Real Estate

Presented by Gordon Frankie, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology at UC-Berkeley

October 8, 2009 7:00 PM, at Second Harvest – Map Free Parking & Admission Pollinators are necessary partners for our food supply, critical for California agriculture, as well as sustaining our natural habitats. Dr. Frankie is a world expert on the ecology of bees and their fascinating adaptations for survival. After years of studying tropical [...]

Flights and Sounds Summer Finale to feature Bollywood and Easy Star All-Stars

Fun begins at 7:00 PM at the Great Park Comedy Corner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 – IRVINE, California – Get ready to step into the world of glitz and glamour of Bollywood, made popular by the movie “Slum Dog Millionaire.” Dance and enjoy the soul of reggae with the Great Park’s reggae fest featuring Easy Star All-Stars. It’s all happening at the Flights and Sounds of Summer dance and [...]

Fall 2009 Garden Workshops

September 26 – November 21, 2009 10:00 AM, at the Farm & Food Lab – Map Free Parking & Admission The Orange County Great Park presents a series of gardening education workshops in sustainable home gardening practices. Learn everything you need to know about growing produce at home at the Orange County Great Park Food [...]

Natural History Lecture Series

October 8 and 22, 2009 7:00 PM, at Second Harvest – Map Free Parking & Admission The Orange County Great Park will be a new center for experiencing our natural world, and understanding how people and our environment can advance together. The first expression of this mission is a new public and free evening lecture [...]

Grow Your Own Garden Now!

Great Park Launches Garden Workshops at Farm and Food Lab

September 17, 2009 – IRVINE, California – Learn everything you need to know about growing produce at home at the Orange County Great Park Food and Farm Lab Garden Workshop Series, beginning Saturday September 26th. The classes, led by certified University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County, will include: “Cool Season Vegetables,” “Gardening in [...]