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Moringa and Marigold are two life-size elephant sculptures of lantana, made by the Real Elephant Collective of India's Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Given to the Sonoma Community Center by the KHR McNeely Family Foundation, they were installed in its front garden on September 4, 2025.
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Two life-size elephants made from an invasive weed stand in the front garden of the Sonoma Community Center.
Moringa and Marigold are based on a real mother elephant and her adolescent calf, according to the Sonoma Index-Tribune, and each piece is named for the elephant that inspired it. They were handmade by The Real Elephant Collective, which the Community Center describes as 200 Indigenous artisans from the Bettakurumba, Paniya, Kattunayakan and Soliga communities of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Tamil Nadu, India. The Center says the collective has spent five years sculpting the elephants it lives alongside.
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Two life-size elephant sculptures in the front garden of the Sonoma Community Center. The Center describes them as a permanent installation, free to view and visit at any time.
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Front garden of the Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma. The Center describes the sculptures as free to view and visit at any time; its office lists Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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