Plant List For City of Pasadena’s First Public Sponge Garden
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, Los Angeles/South Bay, Pasadena Sponge Garden, Plants, Rain Gardens, Resources, Watershed Notes
Pasadena Sponge Garden Gals
It all started in August 2011, when the Pasadena Planning Dept.’s Cultural Arts Division teamed up with Pasadena Power & Water and the Public Works Dept. to consider building a garden through community participation. Nancy Long from Power & Water called G3 to meet a site that was going to host a public art installation, and the artist was keen to have a “rain garden” surrounding the art. Although this first site didn’t gel, eight months later, the Pasadena Sponge Garden at the corners of Union and Catalina Aves. became a reality. Here’s a Plant List: G3 Design Studio Pasadena Rain Garden Plants and Planting Plan: Pasadena Sponge Garden Design 042812 for the garden. Additionally, we’ve included a Hydrozone List: Hydrozones Pasadena Sponge Garden for the plant selection. For more great information about lots of Water Conservation topics, check out Pasadena Power & Water’s website. G3′s looking forward to the next collaboration with the amazing team from the City of Pasadena.
Alameda Gets A Smart Landscape Without Stupa Tenuissima
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by pamela in Environment 911, G3 Blog, G3 Community, Nature Lessons, Plants, Resources, San Francisco Bay Area, Watershed Notes
What a joy to see that, after two years of visiting Alameda (near Oakland, CA), Cagwin & Dorward has finally gotten the green light to make the parkways truly Bay Friendly by removing the Nassella tenuissima, or as we call it, STUPA. The next question is, “Where is that toxic weed going to be dumped?” The photo of the guy tossing the grass into a truck is pretty satisfying, so here’s another one to share with your colleagues:
Remember that friends don’t let friends specify plants that are on an invasive species list or “Watch” list. Your local native plant society usually has good information about plants that are thugs in the environment. For those of you in California, always run your plant list by www.cal-ipc.org.
The Truth About Herbicides: Soil Party Killer!
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by pamela in Environment 911, G3 Blog, Living Soil, Nature Lessons, Plants, Resources, Watershed Notes
Data on various herbicides’ ill effects on soil and plants keeps trickling in. G3 promotes the use of sheet mulching or hand removal for taking out your turf — It’s not hard to do!. Check out our EVENTS CALENDAR to find upcoming Hands on Workshops (HOWs) to learn how to remove your front yard without herbicides and keep the Soil Party rockin’!
Tree of Life Hosts South OC OFG Launch
Posted on 20. Feb, 2011 by pamela in G3 Blog, G3 In The News, Homeowner, Ocean Friendly Gardens, Orange County, Plants, Resources, Speaker Series, Surfrider Foundation, Video
Another weekend, another talk in a barn! Tree of Life Nursery hosted Surfrider Foundation’s South Orange County Chapter’s Ocean Friendly Gardens Program launch. http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/articles/make-your-garden-ocean-friendly-by-removing-your-front-lawn
G3 Leads Mini-OFG Class At Tree of Life Nursery
The rain abated and the sun peeked out as 25 hardy souls braved plummeting temps to gather in the Tree of Life barn for a one-hour OFG Mini-Basics Class followed by a tour of the fabulous native plant nursery led by Tree of Life owner, Mike Evans.
Mike Evans Explains Carex Praegracilis As Groundcover
Tree of Life is nestled at the wild land interface off the Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano, so the native plant palette specialty of the nursery is echoed in the surrounding environment. Inside the state-of-the-art greenhouse, Mike showed the group Carex praegracilis (Dune sedge) flats and discussed the pros and cons of planting this sedge as a turf alternative.
Surfrider’s South Orange County Chapter is planning their 2011 schedule, so connect with them to help organize Ocean Friendly Gardens events, classes, and hands-on workshops throughout South Orange County.
Tree of Life Nursery is worth visiting to get inspiration for making your landscape more Ocean Friendly. The knowledgeable staff will help you select plants and their ongoing classes will inspire you to take steps in your own front yard!
Grow Native Nursery Stocks CA OFG Plants
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by pamela in G3 Associates, G3 Blog, Los Angeles/South Bay, Ocean Friendly Gardens, Plants, Surfrider Foundation
Paul Herzog and Katarina Eriksson Discuss CA Natives For OFGs
Pamela and Paul Herzog, Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens Program Coordinator, checked out the CA native nursery, Grow Native Nursery, set up at the Veterans’ Administration property in Westwood, CA.
Renovation of the 15-acre growing grounds and demonstration site was the brainchild of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Katarina Eriksson, Grow Native Nursery manager, directs the daily operations and serves as the RSABG representative at the site. Katarina manages the care, propagation and maintenance of plants cultivated at the garden and supervises nursery and garden workers, including the veterans who will be engaging in the horticultural therapy program offered by the VA.
Karen Stern, G3 Founding Member, Shops at Grow Native
G3′s very own Founding Member, Karen Stern was recently caught on film as she shopped for a client at Grow Native. This is a great new resource for Los Angelenos who need quality CA native plants to meet their Ocean Friendly Gardens Yard Sign Criteria. Check it out!
