Upcoming Events
Past Events
Be Bold! Designing with Native Plants
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Mike Evans, the founder of Tree of Life Nursery, discusses ways to boldly break away from the simplistic, homogenous style of garden design so often seen today and create unique, truly diverse landscapes with native plants. A plant sale follows the talk.
Huntington Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale
Friday, October 25, 2019 - Sunday, October 27, 2019
Autumn is the perfect time to plant California natives, and Huntington’s Fall Plant Sale is the perfect place to stock up on all your favorites, including manzanita, salvia, buckwheat, ceanothus, desert mallow, and many others.
A Tale of Two Floras: Botanical Adventures at Home and Abroad
Monday, October 21, 2019
The Los Angeles Garden Club presents Evan Meyer as he shares stories of his travels throughout California and a recent expedition to the Western Cape of South Africa. Evan will compare these two remarkable parts of the world, and describe how LA gardeners can diversify and beautify their gardens with the unique plants of these regions.
California Native Plant Society's Native Plant Sale Weekend
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - Sunday, October 13, 2019
The California Native Plant Society continues with their expanded selection this year – with a focus on species that can survive in our hot and dry climate – there is a plant that can fill your garden’s needs.
Native Vegetation Recovery Following The Woolsey Fire
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
ln 2019 the NPS Inventory & Monitoring team completed over 200 Terrestrial Native Vegetation Monitoring Plots in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills (SMM & SH), more than twice the number of plots monitored in a non-fire year. By the time of the presentation, we hope to have analyzed our large dataset to make conclusions about the status of the vegetation communities following last year’s fires.
Designing your Garden with California Native Plants
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
For our January event, Carol Bornstein presented “Designing your Garden with California Native Plants.” Carol provided an illustrated presentation offered tips on designing a native garden that works for you.
California Natives Gardening
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
For our June meeting, Kathleen Bullard from the Manhatten Beach Botanic Garden presented on gardening with California Natives.
A-Z Native Plant Gardening
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
For our March meeting, Elizabeth Schwartz from the Theodore Payne Foundation provided information on native plant gardening through her lecture and presentation. Elizabeth is a walking encyclopedia on native plants and attendees had plenty of questions for her.