The Global Garden: Our series archive So many plants, so little time. Writer Jeff Spurrier and photographer Ann Summa have covered ornamental beauties and exotic edibles from around the world, all planted in L.A. as bits of culture, history and memory. Ann Summa / October 16, 2012 October 16, 2012, 5:15 p.m. The Global Garden, our weekly series exploring multicultural L.A. through the lens of its landscapes, is approaching its first birthday. The column has covered so much -- sugar cane, shiso, loquat, purslane, moringa, sweet lemon, ice cream bean -- so much that we've pulled all of the installments into one convenient library that we'll continue to update. Bookmark it. Share it. Enjoy it. And happy planting.