(Posted on July 8, 2018, also see Tips for Native Plant Heat Wave Gardening, Sept. 18. 2018) We are currently enjoying a balmy 99+ degree day. After the record breaking heat of 114º F on Friday, this is somewhat of an improvement. In this blog post I will 1) suggest practices to help your plants
Keeping Plants Alive in Extreme Heat
Volunteer Day, June 19
Volunteer at the nature park on June 19, 2021, 9 - noon. Everyone is welcome. Please wear a mask if not vaccinated and maintain social distancing.
Volunteer Day, May 15th
We’re Back After a long year, we are finally back. With many people vaccinated and numbers looking good, we will be resuming monthly park cleanups this month. YAY!! To fill you in on what has been happening, the park has not been neglected for the past year. Although the rain forgot to come, volunteers have
Happy Earth Day
What better way to mark Earth Day than to give thanks for the lovely bit of habitat in our neighborhood that we call the South Pasadena nature park?
Gardening to help save the monarch butterfly
Get your free native milkweed seed packet for the monarch butterfly at the South Pasadena Farmer's Market. Save the Monarch!
Where to get native plants
I just updated my list of native plant nurseries – commercial, botanic gardens, nonprofits, wholesale and retail. Notice that we had to cancel the annual California Native Plant Society – San Gabriel Mountains Chapter sale this year, but we are hoping to hold one next year on November 6, 2021. Please let me know if
How to make a native garden
It is now gardening time in Southern California. Check out the how to make a native plant garden for background and tips.
Interested in introducing native plants to your garden?
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 plants to your garden. The presentation will be kept short so that we can address questions posted by participants. (Though the talk is slated for
What to do with green waste in the garden
Learn to use your garden green waste sustainably without power machines or sending it to the landfill. And for everyone's health: NO BLOWERS!
zziee ceramics
The air quality during these unprecedented fires has kept me from my garden for days and days. I finally could not take it anymore and left for the fresh air of the desert. During my visit to Yucca Valley, my daughter treated me to a tour of her ceramics studio. She has been making pottery