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PSA: The 'Halloween' hedge in South Pasadena is under maintenance
The famous 'Halloween' hedge that attracts horror fans far and wide to South Pasadena.
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Every October, scores of people flock to a classic California Craftsman in South Pasadena to pay tribute to the horror flick, Halloween.
Just like the mask-wearing Michael Myers did in that exact location, visitors would peer out from the behind the hedge in maximum creepy fashion.
The stance requires one foot to be firmly on the lawn adjacent to the hedge. Day in, day out — it has amounted to quite a bit of wear and tear.
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"We've always had an issue with our grass in general, so it's not just that one area, but obviously because people do stand in that section...," said Esther Park, who lives in the South Pasadena house with her family.
Typically, annual maintenance of the yard is performed every Fall. But the Parks had to skip the last couple years for various reasons, leaving the lawn — in particular the oft-used Michael Myers patch — in an increasingly forlorn state.
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The Michael Myers photo op spot next to the hedge in South Pasadena.
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The process of reseeding and fertilizing the entire front lawn is likely to take the next few months, estimated Park.
To alert those seeking photo ops, Park's husband first put out plant labels asking folks to not step in the section, but recently had to upgrade to planting orange flags around it.
"I don't know how much people really pay attention to that," she said.
The couple isn't thinking of putting up heftier barriers — at least not for now, but Park said it would be lovely to have their front lawn fully restored.
"But, who knows, maybe it might go back to that," she said. "It's fine. I mean, we knew what we were getting into when we bought the property."
Still, if you can — it's best to plant both feet squarely on the sidewalk and treat this unwitting cinematic landmark like it's your very own.
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