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The Dry Garden: Southern California's most interesting experiment in water-wise landscaping
L.A. at HomeSpotting a pumpkin identified as a gourd prompted Leigh Adams to write John Lyons. She was (and is) an expert in gourd-craft as well as the artist-in-residence at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. Lyons, whose website carried...... -
A new California garden book from three top horticulturalists
Jacket CopyCarol Bornstein, David Fross and Bart O'Brien, three of Calfiornia's star horticulturalists, got together to write a new book, Reimagining the California Lawn.... -
The Dry Garden: 'Reimagining the California Lawn'
L.A. at HomeMaybe you want to remove your lawn. Maybe you want to shrink it to make way for flowers, food plants or a shade tree. Maybe you don't know what you want. A new book written by three of California's most...... -
Datebook: Events, classes, exhibits for the week ahead
L.A. at HomeWe've listed select home> and garden events below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links,...... -
The Dry Garden: Fans of native plants have reason to cheer at Nopalito nursery
L.A. at HomeThe potential for gardeners here to conserve water while glorying in the California experience is as big as the state. Yet most of us don't seize it. According to local water managers, the problem is "capacity." By capacity, they refer...... -
Engelmann oaks, better than beautiful
L.A. at HomeThe former librarian at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden doesn't remember exactly when the visitor wandered into her office and let drop that he was a descendant of George Engelmann. What Joan De Fato does remember is...... -
The Dry Garden: A tip of the hat to a quiet force of nature named Lili Singer
L.A. at HomeOn March 5, what has amounted to a year-long birthday party will conclude with a gala at Descanso Gardens. Everyone with $75 and a love of native plants is welcome to attend a shindig marking the 50th year of the...... -
The Dry Garden: A 3-acre, low-water labor of love called Arlington
L.A. at HomeAs beautiful as private landscapes can be, and they can be stunning, none can match the poetry, joy and solace of a public garden done right. As proof, look no further than Arlington Garden in Pasadena. Here, since breaking ground...... -
Tree-lined history on Edisto Island, S.C.
Special to the Los AngelesTimesSilvery Spanish moss embraces giant live oaks that line the road, touching overhead to create a cathedral ceiling. Their lacy patterns change constantly, on rare moments becoming thick enough to blot out the sun and surround the cars and passengers...Tags: Limes, Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Gardens and Parks, Rivers
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The Dry Garden: More drought ahead?
L.A. at HomeWeâve been getting mixed messages about whether or not we need to conserve water. On one hand, we had a decent local rain year. Last week, the state Legislature pulled a water bond from the November ballot that would have driven statewide conservation..... -
The Dry Garden: At the new Grow Native Nursery, West L.A. finally gets its source for California plants
L.A. at HomeFor many Southern Californians, switching from a conventional landscape to a native plant garden starts on the freeways. The best nurseries can be a long drive away. Only in recent years have some native plant outposts crept into relatively central... -
How to grow native plants in containers
L.A. at HomeRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont displays the ravishing beauty of California's wild plants. But the setting is so operatic, it can be hard to imagine this flora on a smaller stage, say, a patio or apartment balcony. Unless you happen upon a...
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