G3 Roadtrip to Berkeley Core Concepts Workshop
Richard Hayden, APLD Greater Los Angeles District President, and Jill Sarick, G3 Qualified Trainer from the City of Ventura, Environmental Services Division, put on their best traveling face. We made our early-morning rendez-vous [...]
A Hummer In The Driveway
Look who parked on our driveway. A single mom, perched upon a 2" diameter home of her own construction, nurturing two bean-size eggs. Hers is a handsome little home, glued together with spider [...]
G3 Prepares For Long Beach OFG Workday
Long ago in Long Beach, the story of a garden started with a perky bungalow home and the requisite stretch of green, green grass. This old story was dependent upon unlimited sources of [...]
First Day of Spring: What’s Up Ladies?
Spring is Here! Spring is Here! Everywhere in the California native garden, Nature is doing what comes naturally. Caught on film by garden paparazzi, these ladybugs (sometimes called ladybird beetles) are behaving, well, in a most [...]
Residents Apply C.P.R. In Malibu
Vernal Pool at Malibu Legacy Park The City of Malibu recently dedicated it's stormwater retention and habitat demonstration area at Malibu Legacy Park. March rains and dry-weather runoff already have added water to [...]
G3 Professionals: Doing What Comes Naturally
I remember the first time I planted Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) in a client's garden (now some 10 years ago -- CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!) After about three months, the garden was looking fabulous! Imagine [...]