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CNPS San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
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California Native Plant Society. San Gabriel Mountains Chapter. Field trips and outings. Outings and field trips. SPEAKERS/PROGRAMS AT FORTHCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS. Both members and visitors are welcome at our regular meetings, held at Eaton Canyon Nature Center. Beginning at 7:30 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month except July, August, November, and December. The meetings are preceded from 7:00 to 7:30 pm by social time and informal plant identification. No meetings in July and August:. Alternativel...
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begarden: Gardening Passion: How a suburbanite beach chick grew to love her garden
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Thursday, March 13, 2014. Gardening Passion: How a suburbanite beach chick grew to love her garden. In the beginning, there was a girl, a grandma, a dad, and a rose…. 8230; and a mom, some marigolds (planted while the girl was recovering from tonsillectomy), and California poppies. There was also an older sister, but her significant contribution to the story comes later. There were nearly weekly visits to Grandma's garden…. Garden designer who favor...
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begarden: March 2014
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Honoring the memory and legacy of Bert Wilson, founder of Las Pilitas Nursery. My sincere condolences to the family of Bert Wilson, who passed away on March 4, 2014. Owner of Las Pilitas Nursery. The display garden at his nursery site in Escondido, California is what inspired me to design this garden. His knowledgeable staff helped me select plants. Links to this post. Labels: CA Native Plants. Thursday, March 13, 2014.
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begarden: Arbor Day 2015
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Saturday, April 25, 2015. Taking time to appreciate trees and some of the many benefits they provide in begarden's garden. In design school, one of the first things we learned was people need to feel enclosure – floors, walls and a ceiling – in gardens as well as in homes and offices. Trees provide all that and so much more. Side by side inflorescenses of "Purple Splendor" Desert Willow hint of summer's splendid show. Trees' own leaf litter carpets ...
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begarden: November 2014
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Wednesday, November 12, 2014. On painting color into the garden and onto your home. Gardens are a great place to experiment with using color. Low walls and screens are a lot less trouble to paint and repaint than a whole house. Designers like Susan Morrison, BluePlanetGardenBlog. In her side garden. Note how foreground furnishings shown in her post (chaise lounge cushions and large pots) present a variety of hues subtly, more subdued. Today,. How to...
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Wildflower headshots - Weeding Wild Suburbia
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June 18, 2015. June 19, 2015. It is almost the summer solstice but there are still lots of flowers blooming in the nature park. There is a mighty fine display of California buckwheat (. Is also blooming, a harbinger of lovely red berries in winter. Wild sunflowers (. Are just getting started, standing tall with several blooms per stem. And the wonderful monkeyflowers (. Continue putting on a spectacular show. I spent some time photographing flowers after weeding in the park on Wednesday. Enjoy! This entr...
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Nature Park - Weeding Wild Suburbia
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South Pasadena Nature Park Resources. Nature Park Blog – www.nativebydesign.blogspot.com. Location, 100 block of Pasadena Ave., South Pasadena. Park Stewardship in an Urban Landscape, Fremontia, 2009. pp. 16-19. Nature park posts in Wild Suburbia blog. Nature park plant list (2016) (134 KB). Weeds in the Nature Park (3.3 MB). Native Plants in the Nature Park (4.1 MB). Friends of the South Pas Nature Park (26.8 MB). Nature Park Slide Show (short) (12.5 MB). South Pasadena and the Arroyo Seco (31.2 MB).
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begarden: April 2013
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Sunday, April 21, 2013. Gateways to the Communities Exhibition at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, "California's Native Garden", is undergoing renovations. Today (April 5, 2013*), I treated myself to a day in the gardens, including a docent tour of the "California Plant Communities." Signage in photos tells more about that. It was a lovely day and I felt quite privileged to be on an extended 2-hour tour! Busy Lady Be...
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begarden: December 2013
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Thursday, December 19, 2013. Top 10 reasons I do NOT use a gas-powered leaf blower (or any blower for that matter). 10) They burn non-renewable fossil fuel. 9) They are noisy. 8) They get EVERYTHING dirty. Neighbor's gardener used to blow leaves and dirt well beyond property line (never mind how dirty my windows got before he was fired):. 7) They do not provide exercise benefits. As do raking and sweeping). 6) They are unhealthful to the operator.
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begarden: February 2011
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Sustaining lifestyle choices for a better earth garden. Saturday, February 26, 2011. When the going gets tough. the not so tough. Well, sit down on a rock and have a couple of pictures taken! We both were satisfied with a productive time of study, following exhilarating exercise in the fresh air. Below are a few photos of plants in the garden, with signs giving their common and botanical names as well as descriptions of their uses by Chumash people:. After enjoying our January visit to Satwiwa, and havin...
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