How Quirky is Berkeley: Bowling balls as garden art

Bowling balls at 1722 Beverly Place. Photo: John Storey

I find the use of bowling balls as lawn art to be undeniably quirky. For me, that starts with the premise that bowling itself is whimsical an antithesis for the social isolation of our era.

Today, Berkeley has only one bowling venue, one which mustbe seen as at least a bit eccentric.

Lawn bowling at 2270 Acton St. Photo: Tom Dalzell

Thus it ever was not. In addition to the Berkeley Bowl on Shattuck and the underground bowling at the student union, we had at least three bowling alleys:

Left without a single alley today, we compensate with bowling balls as lawn decoration. Sometimes it is a single ball, sometimes a cluster. Sometimes black, sometimes bright colors. Sometimes overwhelmed by weeds, sometimes proudly landscaped.

Bowling balls at 22 Tunnel Rd on Oak Ridge Path. Photo: John Storey

Bowling balls at 3017 Wheeler St. Photo: John Storey

Bowling ball at 1036 Pardee St. Photo: John Storey

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How Quirky is Berkeley: Bowling balls as garden art