Skip to content
Weeding Wild Suburbia
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Nature Park
  • Book
  • Gardening Resources
  • Calendar
  • Contact

Horticulture

Front yard with native plants

Interested in introducing native plants to your garden?

Published on November 15, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

I am excited to be joining with Wendy Kerfoot, a new board member of South Pasadena Beautiful today (Sunday, 11/15/20) at 4 PM for a Zoom Webinar on introducing native

Read More

Helianthus annuus

What to do with green waste in the garden

Published on October 4, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to use your garden green waste sustainably without power machines or sending it to the landfill. And for everyone's health: NO BLOWERS!

Read More

Summer native garden

Summer Water

Published on August 26, 2020March 14, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Note: This article was first published in July 2011. Since that time our summers seem to have gotten hotter, with some record-breaking highs. I am writing another article on summer

Read More

Wildflowers in front yard

How to create your own superbloom

Published on May 5, 2020January 31, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to grow your own wildflower superbloom

Read More

Lawn out. Wildflowers in.

Published on December 9, 2019February 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

When you peel off a layer of turf grass, the soil beneath is often compacted, depleted of nutrients and life, and polluted with salts and other chemicals. These chemicals may

Read More

Robber flies

3 Garden Pests – Thrips, Scales, Ants

Published on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to keep your native plants healthy without resorting to toxic chemicals. Control garden pests, ants, thrips and scales.

Read More

Eriogonum fasciculatum

How to Prune CA Buckwheat

Published on January 9, 2019January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

How to prune CA buckwheat

Read More

front yard

Planting season for California native gardens

Published on November 27, 2018January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Long time since I checked in with you all. It has been a super, busy fall – wedding, plant sale, autumn foliage trip, another trip to Pacific NW, along with

Read More

front yard

Tips for Native Plant Heat Wave Gardening

Published on September 18, 2018January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Now that last summer’s extreme heat is behind us, it is time to take stock and see what we have learned. Although I have seen numerous articles (here and here –

Read More

PechuKucha, anyone?

Published on September 4, 2018 by weedingwildsuburbia

Almost two months since my last post. Are you still out there? Well, it isn’t cause I ain’t been busy. Spent the summer in the Pacific Northwest and was relieved

Read More

Posts navigation

More Articles

Older posts
Newer posts
Search for:

Available on Amazon (used or e-book)

Wild Suburbia, Learning to Garden with Native Plants, by Barbara Eisenstein.
Wild Suburbia

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • Horticulture (77)
  • Lawn reduction (3)
  • My garden (86)
  • Nature Park (38)
  • Orcas (7)
  • Out and About (28)
  • Plant sale (8)
  • PlantDescript (5)
  • Wild Suburbia (6)

Barbara Eisenstein

Author of Wild Suburbia - Learning to Garden with Native Plants, Barbara created and runs Friends of South Pasadena Nature Park. Each month with other volunteers, she weeds and cares for the park. She continues to garden with natives, give talks, and write. Grow native - let your garden go wild.

Stay Connected

Pages

  • About
  • Calendar
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Gardening Resources
    • How To
      • Ten Steps to a New Garden
    • In the Garden
    • Links
    • Native plant nurseries in Southern California
    • Parks & Gardens Featuring CA Native Plants
    • Plant Lists
    • Talks
  • Nature Park
  • Plant ID
  • Wild Suburbia
This site was designed by EE Web Design | Powered by WordPress

Subscribe

Copyright © 2023 Barbara Eisenstein. All rights reserved.