The Old Fountain

The Old Fountain

Noel Laflin

3-16-22

The old fountain in Irvine Park was designed by Florence Yoch, a Santa Ana resident and American landscape architect who was active from 1915 through the 1950s. Her career included commissions for private residential clients, parks, public spaces, and film sets for Hollywood movies, including the grounds for Tara in Gone with the Wind, the 1930's film Romeo and Juliet, The Garden of Allah, and How Green Was My Valley, amongst others.

The fountain can be viewed up close or by a train ride in the park as it makes its turn to head back to the station.
It's been functioning nicely for the past 103 years, bringing in a multitude of critters every day and night.
A helpful link here regarding more about this remarkable woman and what she created: https://la.curbed.com/.../florence-yoch-gone-with-the-wind