POP/ROCK - May 18, 1987

Beatlemaniacs will gather under cellophane flowers of yellow and green on May 30 to dedicate Pepperland, a four-acre plot near the Griffith Park merry-go-round that has been set aside by Mayor Bradley to honor the Beatles. The event comes just two days before the 20th anniversary of the release of the Fab Four’s “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. The grove, the result of a three-year campaign by a group of local Beatles fans headed by Roberta Dragon, Jon Earl (formerly with the Tree People) features a garden replica of the colorful “Sgt. Pepper’s” cover, as well as--yes--tangerine trees and the illusion of marmalade skies created by yellow and orange flowering Cassius and Tipu trees.