Sculptura Botanica at Sherman Library & Gardens

Photographer Gary Jones takes photos of Dustin Gimbel’s sprout sculptures in the fern grotto at Sherman Library & Gardens.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

A view of the equisetum towers in the formal garden at Sherman Library & Gardens.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Ceramic poppy pods.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Euphorbia towers in the succulent garden.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Aroids in the tropical conservatory.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

A banana flower hangs in the shade garden.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Blades of grass.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Aroids sprout among the poppies.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

The succulent garden.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Ceramic sculptures installed in the lily pond.   (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Landscape and ceramics designer Dustin Gimbel holds a bowling-ball-sized “pollen grain” from his ceramic “Sculptura Botanica” exhibit at Sherman Library and Gardens.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

Lily anthers at Sherman Library & Gardens.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

A view of the equisetum towers in the formal garden.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)