California Native Landscape Design

Yucca in the snow

Im so lucky to live in a watershed with extensive stands of native grasses, Festuca californica, Humboldt co ca.

Best of 2020 butterflies and wildflowers, San Jacinto/Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County Part 4 Part 3 covered February until mid June and this set of photos are from mid June until November.

We’re hard at work behind the scenes on the 18th annual Theodore Payne Foundation 2021 Native Plant Garden Tour! With all the time spent at home this year, many... of us have had a chance to look more closely at the world around us. This is the story we hope to tell during the 2021 tour. A story about the simple joys of life, like the passing of the seasons (yes Southern California has seasons, ask any native plant gardener!), a rare flower blooming, an interesting shadow dancing in the wind, a flush of bright green new growth, or an unexpected avian visitor. To tell this story we’ll be going online again, with new technology this time around. We’ll visit a small selection of our favorite gardens throughout the year, for a chance to see how they change over the course of the seasons. The tour kicks off on April 16th-18th, and returns later in the year to follow up on the yearly cycle that native plant gardens go through. There will be thought provoking conversations, expert horticultural and design advice, and much more. We’re super excited about it, and hope that you will join us! Check the link below to visit our Native Plant Garden Tour webpage, where you can learn more about the 2021 tour, and access archives of previous years. #nativeplantgardentour #californianativeplants https://www.nativeplantgardentour.org/

Four months after installation, this La Verne landscape is starting to fill in. Thanks Edward Wallace @Wallace Horticultural Inc.

Wise words and resources from Mike Evans of Tree of Life Nursery in Southern California about how to tend to your California Native Garden at this time of year https://www.instagram.com/tv/CHGUGSNgs3R/

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in both the essential contribution of native people to the abundant land that was found when settlers first ca...me to California, and the native plants we know and love, and ways they were tended for greater flourishing, health, and growth. The best of nature isn't necessarily "untouched wilderness," but places that are lovingly and attentively touched through tending, stewardship, and intelligent, ancient practices. A lot of food for thought, I'm humbled and amazed. See more

Haydee is a master of all things seed and has honed her craft over 32 years with Tree of Life Nursery. Here, she is stimulating the germination of fire-following species by carefully burning pine needles over freshly sown seed flats.

California's biodiversity includes many plants found nowhere else on the planet. Learn more at http://riverside-sanbernardino.cnps.org

Turn your garden into a naturehood by growing local native plants. Adding just a few California native plants can make a difference for local wildlife. Wonderin...g how to get started? This Thursday, tune in to our Naturehood Gardening 101 webinar where CNPS expert horticulture team will guide you through the basics for adding native plants with habitat power to your home landscape. We'll also chat with three Californians - a renter, new homeowner and established gardener - who will share their diverse experiences growing California native plants. Anyone can do it! Register here: http://bit.ly/naturehoodwebinar Photo of Stefanie Pruege's garden. She is a CNPS Garden Ambassador who has transformed the place she calls home into a refuge for local wildlife through local native plants. #NaturehoodGardening #HabitatGardening #CaliforniaNativePlants