Santa Barbara sculptor Laura Lynch created a 10-foot-tall piece out of rubble from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, which was heavily damaged in the Jesusita fire last May. The piece, which incorporates the charred door of a garden truck, a melted windshield, rain gutter from a garden building and other objects, will be among dozens in a benefit show put together by a Los Angeles nonprofit that helps victims of fire, called ART from the ashes. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Detail of melted glass incorporated into a sculpture by Laura Lynch. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Schoolchildren rest in the shade of an old oak tree at the botanic garden, where a benefit art sale will take place Saturday.(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Visitors enter Herb Parker’s earthworks sculpture in the wildflower meadow at the botanic garden.(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A fence gate leads to the site where the century-old Gane House once stood; it was destroyed when the Jesusita fire swept through the botanic garden last May. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
A sign that fell off a temporary fence blocking a portion of botanic garden tells the story.(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
