Amir's Garden is a 5-acre piece of land in Griffith Park, a lush and unexpectedly forested ridge in the middle of otherwise dry Southern California. This peaceful, shaded oasis is popular with hikers and horseback riders. It was created by Amir Dialameh, an Iranian immigrant and passionate hiker who transformed the area, which had been devastated by the 1970 fire, by spending 12 years planting 60 species of trees and cutting trails into the ridge.
The Amir's Garden trail today starts with a short track up from the Mineral Wells area. It starts to climb right away up to the water tank, after which it flattens out and the view opens up to the San Gabriel Mountains, Burbank, and Glendale. Map
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