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Lawn-less Sustainable Garden Finale

Published on April 10, 2018January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

The work on the front yard patios is completed. I planted some grasses and other perennials but am waiting until next winter to plant a few shrubs. As promised in […]

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Lawn-less sustainable garden

Published on January 13, 2018January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

I got rid of the last bit of lawn in Wild Suburbia. We are lawn-less, lawn-free, turf-be-gone, but definitely not grassless! Deergrass, California fescue, melic grass, purple needlegrass, and even […]

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Front yard makeover continued

Published on November 29, 2015January 31, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

It has been six weeks since the last post – shame on me! I really am trying to be better about this and do hope that I have not lost […]

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Front yard plans

Published on October 18, 2015January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

As you may remember, we had to remove a diseased, old avocado tree in our front yard last year (RIP Avocado). Since the avocado was removed we have had some […]

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Create your own garden paradise

Published on August 8, 2015January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Walking on a quiet street in a Los Angeles suburb, my eighty-year-old father and I approached a lovely adobe home. As we walked along, I noticed that he was slowly […]

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Life stages of a native plant garden

Published on December 29, 2014April 4, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Gardens, like people, have life stages. In the beginning, they grow vigorously, even rampantly. Maybe the first year or two seems a bit slow for a new native plant garden. […]

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Top 20

Published on January 9, 2014July 2, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

People new to using California native plants are often overwhelmed by the many new and unfamiliar plants. Some of us “experts” further confuse these newcomers by using botanical names. Today […]

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A garden retrospective

Published on August 13, 2012July 3, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

We have lived here for fourteen years and the garden has taught me much. I am glad that I started slowly. Many of the original plants are gone. Some did […]

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In the beginning

Published on February 21, 2012March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

In the heat of the summer of 1999 I take pieces of scrap paper and sketch the long, narrow parkway bed on the east side of our corner lot. It […]

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Getting Ideas for a Front Parkway Habitat Garden

Published on August 29, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Between now and winter I will be planning a habitat garden in the parkway in front of my house. By November or December, just in time for the rainy season, […]

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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.

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