Tags: 2016, California Native Plants, Carol Bornstein, local native plants, Meeting, native plants, Season 2015-2016

For our January event, Carol Bornstein presented “Designing your Garden with California Native Plants.” With so many plants to choose from, how can you create a native garden that fulfills your expectations? Whether your motivation is to create year-round beauty, welcome wildlife, reduce your water bills, screen unsightly views, or entertain family and friends, this illustrated presentation offered tips on designing a native garden that works for you.

Carol Bornstein is Director of the Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, whose mission is to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. For nearly 30 years, she was horticulturist at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Carol is the co-author of two books, the award-winning California Native Plants for the Garden and Reimagining the California Lawn. She has selected and introduced several popular cultivars for California gardens, including Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ and Lessingia filaginifolia ‘Silver Carpet’ and she continues to share her knowledge of plants native to California and other Mediterranean regions through her teaching, writing, and design work.