ROCK MUSHROOMS

Discover the magical glen of the "Rock Mushrooms", created by Piedmont, California sculptor Richard Botto.  The rocks come from the Tahoe area, and his creative use of materials come from his time as a kid, that was spent in the family's metal fabrication shop.  The artist has donated this Rock Mushroom Garden to the Town. It is for sale for $35,000.

The following is a poem inspired by this sculpture:

At Bouchon by Dustin Hinkle

Before the baker’s flour

doughs and laminates,

the baker’s alarm strikes

the witching hour.

No one sees this empty field,

nor the baker unlock Bouchon.

The croissants rise before the sun. 

With each rack of treats,

by some mycelial feat,

a stone mushroom cleaves the ground. 

So the empty field fills, a phallacy

for each baker’s dozen sold

at Bouchon.