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Published on September 28, 2015March 21, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

It was a beautiful day at the nature park. There were lots of butterflies, plants are greening up, and the weeds are making a big come back. In fact, there were more castor bean seedlings than we have seen in years and years. Check out the following pictures for butterfly, plant and weed id.

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Late rains bring flowers and weeds

Published on April 3, 2014April 19, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Although my own garden is not short on weeds – and being on the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour this Sunday, it really should be – I spent much of the day bashing, scything, pruning, pulling, wrestling, and cursing the weeds at the nature park. The late rains have brought more wildflowers, lovely clouds, […]

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Why we weed in the park

Published on January 26, 2014April 19, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

The green arrow points to a sagebrush seedling, the progeny of native sagebrush that was planted in the nature park to re-create coastal sage scrub habitat. The rest of the seedlings (red arrows) are non-native weeds that would outgrow this and other native seedlings if left to their own devices. This is why we spend […]

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On the other side of the globe

Published on November 14, 2012March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

As my attention turns from the New World to the very old world (India), I reluctantly shift my eyes from deergrass, monkeyflower, and coast live oak to the native plants of India. This, however, begs the question: What are the native plants of India? In fact, in an area with evidence of ancient cities, thousands […]

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Nature Park Weeds, Part I

Published on October 23, 2012April 19, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

In preparation for my absence I have been putting together booklets with identification information for plants in the nature park. The first, Non-native Weeds in the South Pasadena Nature Park, Part 1 (33 MB),  has ten aggressive weeds that are common in the park. I will be adding to this list, and will also post similar […]

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Summer in the nature park

Published on June 28, 2012April 19, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

This month, in response to a friendly request, I started going to the nature park on Wednesday mornings for park clean-ups. Since it has gotten hot, we meet at around 8:30 and work until 10 or 10:30. For the past three weeks we focused on weeding, and lining a path with rocks that will allow […]

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Author of newly published book, Wild Suburbia - Learning to Garden with Native Plants, Barbara is Research Associate at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Hort Chair of San Gabriel Mt. Chapter of Calif Native Plant Society. She continues to garden with natives, give talks, and write. Each month with other volunteers she weeds and cares for the So Pas Nature Park. Grow native - let your garden go wild.

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