The Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will offer a tour of eight gardens full of California native plants in spring bloom on March 29. The Spring Native Garden ...

LOS ANGELES — When Aurora Anaya bought her little art deco house on a corner lot in the small city of Whittier, she was excited about the chance to create her own garden. And then she met a man at the ...

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

The California Botanic Garden and Sustainable Claremont will present a Native Plant Festival 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 29 at the garden in Claremont. The free event celebrating California’s biodiversity ...

The summer of 2024 was California’s hottest on record. Did you struggle to keep your plants adequately watered? Did your water bills skyrocket? Did some plants die even with increased irrigation? Are ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... We have entered the ideal season for adding California native plants to coastal gardens. Beginning in October, fogs linger, soil warmth continues and air ...

In ancient Greece, a hole was drilled in the trunks of almond trees into which plugs of pine tree wood were inserted.

The North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold its “Fall Native Plant Sale” Sept. 27 and 28 at the CNPS nursery, located at Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Showy Penstemon add vibrancy to the Lincoln Heights California Native Plant Corridor. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) So ...

Q: What can I do in my garden to help out the bees? I know I should plant more flowers, but what type? Is there anything else I can do? European honeybees are the most familiar pollinators, but native ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. When Aurora Anaya bought her little Art Deco house ...

So here's the truth about California native plant landscapes: Without careful planning, they can get a little drab, especially in the summer when many go dormant, brittle and brown. In climates where ...