A GROWING PASSIONA GROWING PASSION: California Native Grown: California Native Grown
Host Nan Sterman will visit native plant gardens, growers, and restoration specialists who will help us appreciate these gems of the natural and backyard landscape.
Annual ‘Bringing Back the Natives’ garden and green home showcase returns May 2-3
See how seventy of your neighbors have greened their gardens with California native plants, and learn how thirty of them have electrified their homes. Free.
Tour a bright bouquet of Southern California gardens brimming with native plants
The Native Plant Garden Tour, presented by the Theodore Payne Foundation, is a sweet springtime tradition.
A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage
For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the California Botanic Garden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she’s come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she’s trying again.
Glendale Homeowner Transforms Lawn into Vibrant Native Garden
Christopher Smee replaces Bermuda grass with California-friendly plants to honor the area’s natural landscape.
Encinitas adopts historic native plant ordinance
Under a first-of-its-kind municipal ordinance, developers will be required to use plant species native to the region in future landscape plans for public and private projects in Encinitas.
Riding high, the Botanic Garden celebrates 100 Years
Historic enclave is constrained by its annual cap on visitors, now set at 110,000, director says
Tom Henschel is the voice behind the Wild Flower HotlineTom Henschel is the voice behind the Wild Flower Hotline
In his day-to-day life, Tom Henschel works as an executive coach, helping people with their leadership in the workplace. But when he’s off the clock, Henschel takes up a unique hobby. Henschel narrates the Wild Flower Hotline for the Theodore Payne Foundation.
54 Native Plants added to parkway gardens
Fifty-four California native plants were added to the Tule River Parkway Demonstration Gardens this past weekend. Plants were added at Gardens 12, 26, and 29 added plants. Garden 12 is adopted by a family, garden 26 by a group of middle school cadets under Sargent Hafen, and garden 29 by the Porterville College science department.
Get ideas for your home garden at these 19 spring garden tours around L.A.
Southern California, especially Los Angeles, has many breathtaking botanical gardens and wildflower-lined hiking trails. But it’s also exciting to visit private home gardens that are rarely open to the public and find inspiration even if you don’t have space for a garden at home.