It’s been a year since we led a one-day Sponge Garden building day in Pasadena at the pocket park at Union & Catalina Aves. Kelley Hanna, G3 Certified Professional 2009 and The Plant Goddess of Pasadena joined Managing Member, Pamela Berstler, in a drive by of the garden to see which plants were happy, and [...]
Pasadena Union Catalina Garden Update
Posted on 27. Apr, 2013 by pamela in City of Pasadena, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Pasadena Sponge Garden
Plant List For City of Pasadena’s First Public Sponge Garden
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by pamela in City of Pasadena, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Pasadena Sponge Garden, Plants, Rain Gardens, Resources, Watershed Notes
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, [...]
Pasadena Residents Learn HOW To Sponge Up The Rain Garden
Posted on 01. May, 2012 by pamela in City of Pasadena, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 Design Studio, G3 Education, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Homeowner, HOWs, Los Angeles/South Bay, Pasadena Sponge Garden, Rain Gardens, Watershed Friendly Gardens, Watershed Notes
A collaboration on the part of Pasadena’s Public Works Dept. and Power & Water, along with Pasadena Planning Department’s Cultural Arts Division and G3 led to the installation of an amazing Sponge Garden at the intersection of Union and Catalina St. through an all-day G3 Hands-on Workshop. The Sponge Garden (a.k.a. Rain Garden) was designed [...]
Pasadena Union And Catalina Sponge Garden Installed
Posted on 29. Apr, 2012 by pamela in City of Pasadena, G3 Blog, G3 Community, G3 In The News, G3 Media, G3 Partners, Los Angeles/South Bay, Pasadena Sponge Garden, Watershed Wise Landscape
The community at Union and Catalina Aves. in Pasadena, CA came out in force to build a Sponge Garden that will soak up rainwater, making a pocket park out of a forgotten corner, and showing neighbors how beautiful landscapes can be when turf is removed. Here’s what it looked like just a few weeks ago. [...]
