The AIDS Memorial Garden is an overlooked trail located within El Chorro Regional Park, in San Luis Obispo, California. The site is nestled behind the El Chorro Campgrounds, adjacent to the regional golf course, and is often overlooked by visitors.
This design brings a sense of place and identity to the neglected park through the phrase “love you to the moon and back”. The trail head guides visitors in with a light installation and mimics the crescendo and decrescendo of a portal as one travels through the earth’s atmosphere into space. The trail layout is designed with a series of constellations, each representative of positive traits held within the astrological symbols. Visitors are brought to sculptures throughout the site that include the names of those lost from HIV/AIDs within the county. A meadow of blue, purple, and white-casting native flora annually change to mirror the everchanging night sky.
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