Masked visitors view “Sculptura Botanica,” an art exhibition by landscape and ceramics designer Dustin Gimbel. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
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)
