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Glendale’s coolest gay club is a block-long parkway garden

Glendale’s coolest gay club is a block-long parkway garden

The parkway garden sits on a commercial stretch of Glendale’s Brand Boulevard. It’s a modest patch of native plants, hardly visible from the road. Share via Close extra sharing options But this baby plot is the pride and joy of the tight-knit group of green thumbers who tend to it. They gather there every last Sunday of the month for Club Gay Gardens, a garden club catering to queer Angelenos, to maintain the parkway strip, learn about native gardening and connect with other plant lovers. At Club Gay Gardens’ September gathering, attendees ranged in age and botanical savvy, with some boasting degrees in horticulture and others just happy to lend a hand. After a brief round of introductions — pronouns optional, astrological signs mandatory — they were broken into groups of seed-sorters, pavers, planters and detailers (a euphemism for trash crew). Club regular Juno Stilley sat inside with the seed-sorters, grinding white sage between her fingers. Stilley, who grew up in L.A., attended her first club meeting in 2023 and since then has established her …