The avocado tree is gone. Fortunately, the heat wave is over. Nevertheless, my office located upstairs in the front of our south-facing house, gets very hot in the afternoon. Anyone […]
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RIP Avocado
A couple of months ago the bee hive in our avocado went silent. The hive, located in a cavity, was there when we moved into this house in 1998. We […]
In the Beginning
I just found this essay that I wrote a few years ago. It reminds me of how it all started. Hope you enjoy it. My eyes scan the emerald green […]
Parkway Gardening Class at Nopalito
On Saturday, August 21, 2010, I enjoyed giving a class at Nopalito Native Plant Nursery on parkway gardening with California native plants. The group was wonderful – engaged, knowledgeable and […]
Too Hot To Post Much
It is currently in the mid nineties. Too hot to garden. I watered my front lawn at 4:30 this morning to make the very most of the water I am […]
Parkway Garden Will Stay – for now
Many of you followed the story of the city citation for my wildflower parkway garden. If you didn’t you can read about it here. To make a long story short, […]
Parkway Debacle – Part 2
Last night I went to the South Pasadena city council meeting to plead for the parkway. As former Horticulture Outreach person for a botanic garden, I have done a fair […]
Low-Growing Parkway Plants Your City Will Love
As a native plant garden writer and consultant I receive many interesting questions about gardening with California native plants. In this continuing series (The Paintbrush, CNPS: San Gabriel Mountains Chapter: […]
Plant List (Parkway Plants)
Sorry for the botanical names but I don’t know how to use a table or link to a pdf. (Abbreviations: ps-part-sun; sh-shade) Achillea millefolium ‘Island Pink’ – sun/ps Aster chilensis […]
Hope for the parkway
From Wild Suburbia Clearly, I am at fault for the city letter requiring that I bring the parkway into compliance with the city ordinance. Noticing that many residents planted their […]