Concrete Flowers
| Pack Name | Flowers-in-Concrete (Concrete Flowers) |
| Totem: | Old Oak |
| Totem Type: | Respect (Native) |
| Sphere: | Garou Nation |
| Tribe(s) | The Children of Gaia, Bone Gnawer, and Uktena |
| Territory | San Julian Park, The Arts District, and The Los Angeles River (Ceremonial) |
Mission Statement
Flowers-in-Concrete, or Concrete Flowers, is a pack whose primary mission statement focuses around preserving the urban and natural green spaces of Los Angeles. Beneath the Totem of Old Oak, the pack shares a dream of an L.A whose river runs clear, and whose streets are lined with shade-giving trees that soak up sun and carbon dioxide. They dream of balance and harmony restored to all things -- of a world wrestled from the brink of annihilation, and returned to peace.
Old Oak
The Old Oak is a truly ancient tree. It dates back to a time in which Downtown Los Angeles was part of the vast, sweeping wilderness known as the Greater Coastal Live Oak Forest.
This spirit tree is one of the last remaining remnants of that forest, a powerful City Tree tied to the Incarna of all ancient Oak trees. Its roots run deep - deeper beneath the asphalt and boulevards of Los Angeles than any could imagine - and so do its memories. Those that sleep beneath the Oak have have experiences glimpses of the verdant Pre-Columbian landscape, the original Chumash people and the birdsong of species that went extinct centuries past.
The Oak also remembers when the Los Angeles River was mighty and healthy, and it aches for its sibling spirits. It remembers as well, the day when a whole host of the ancient Uktena went forth to battle and to seal the great balefire rift - and when they returned as twisted, monstrous and howling foes. It remembers, yet aside from the occasional visions that it offers, it does not speak.
Today, the Old Oak's existence is constrained to a single, small park in the midst of Skid Row, an almost surreal anachronism. The Oak is monoecious; both the male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers are on the same tree, and this is mirrored in the umbra where it possesses the split face of a wise old Chumash man and woman that appears in its trunk.
Current Projects
Saplings
| Kaia | "Hawk-Chaser" / Cliath / Galliard |
| Granuaile | "Friend-to-Most" / Cliath / Theurge |
| Kelli | "Hope-Seeker" / Cliath / Theurge |
| Felicity | "Brightens-the-Day" / Fostern / Ragabash |
| Raul | "Nose-Above-Water" / Cliath / Theurge |
| Phoebe | "Brightest-Star" / Influencer / Eco-Warrior |
| Corey | "Blood-Stains-the-Snow" / Fostern / Philodox |
Notable Deeds
| Bristow Park | A hope, a loss, and a grief we shared with the Sept of the Smiling Angel. And in the end... a victory. |
