Wonderful Carmen Lomas Garza keeps a collection of marbles in her garden, and she offers her thanks each day with the Blessing of Corn. 

In 2011, Garza's elaborate cutouts, "With the Blessing of Corn," promoting good health through gardening, dance and art, were on display in the Education Gallery at the de Young Museum.

In 1984, Carmen was commissioned by the City and County of San Francisco, California for the San Francisco Water Department to create a series of eight paintings on the everyday use of water through history going back to the native people, and up to contemporary firefighters. Included in the eight paintings is a map of how the water is brought to San Francisco from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California.