How to celebrate Earth Day on the Midpeninsula: Films, art projects and more
Local groups plan plenty of planet-conscious events
How a shocking environmental disaster was uncovered off the California coast after 70 years
Just 10 miles off the coast of Los Angeles lurks an environmental disaster over 70 years in the making, which few have ever heard about. That is, until now, thanks to the research of a University of California marine scientist named David Valentine.
Attracting Wildlife To Your Garden
By enhancing your backyard echo system, you can provide a refuge and a resting place for birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife. Fill your yard and garden with the sights and sounds of nature.
How to Catch This Year’s California Blooms
Thursday: While drought conditions won’t allow a super bloom, you can still enjoy the state’s wildflowers this season.
Ocean Institute and Tree of Life Nursery Restore Native Plant Garden
Any time you make a garden, Tree of Life Nursery founder Mike Evans says it’s important to ask yourself what kind of story you are trying to tell.
National Audubon Society Celebrates Resolution Declaring April Native Plant Month
National resolution recognizes native plants that help birds, pollinators and other wildlife to thrive.
Monarch butterfly fans are clamoring for native milkweed. Here are 8 places to buy it
People became concerned about the monarch’s plight and nursery wholesalers began growing lots of tropical milkweed for Southern Californian gardeners decades ago.
Wildflower season is here. Even if the colors are subtle this spring, there’s a lot to see.
Flowers are unpredictable – and finding what’s happening when is part of the thrill, although there is a predictable cycle to the order of blooms.
Backyard gardens can help save the monarch butterfly
Local gardeners set an example with their certified wildlife habitat.
Tony Tomeo: Cultivars of California native plants
Native plants are obviously happy with local climates and soils. Otherwise, they would not be native. They had been living here long before the first landscapes. They survived without irrigation, fertilizer or any maintenance.