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Graphic designer Nemuel DePaula’s flower truck, Lenita by Grita, has become his lifeline during COVID-19. His motto: ‘Stop and smell the flores.’
One more victim of this pandemic: the Pasadena Showcase Home. Typically, 35,000 visitors traipse through the home to see the latest in on-trend design. This year? The fundraiser is all online.
Here are things plant lovers can do this month and next, from holiday shopping to classes in fall planting, in and around L.A.
From Greene & Greene to Richard Neutra, this year’s reimagined Craftsman Weekend allows architecture lovers to revisit familiar sites in new ways.
The 2020 holiday season is going to be a bigger challenge than usual. Here’s how to celebrate on the cheap and make new memories while staying safe.
The No. 1 reason people kill their orchids is they overwater them. An expert offers tips on how to keep them alive.
Maybe your first-ever victory garden wasn’t a smash success this summer, but don’t give up now. Fall is prime planting time for edibles in Southern California, a more forgiving time with fewer demands for water or worries about scorching your plants. Now is the time to plant berries for spring harvest as well as a lush palette of greens, root crops, peas and brassicas for harvest throughout the winter.
Many Latinx lifestyle brands in Los Angeles are inspired by cultural identity. They are also largely female. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know.
Jamie Renee Williams turned a tiny strip of dirt outside her apartment into an edible garden. You can tour it online during the LA Design Festival.
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Want to turn your living room into a jungle? These hanging plants are a good place to start.
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Keep your houseplants healthy during record heat with these tips.
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Arden Myrin’s ‘cheap and cheerful’ tiny bungalow will cure your COVID-19 blues.
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In Orlando Soria’s new HGTV series, interior design helps homeowners overcome difficult life transitions.
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Farmer Rishi Kumar grows top-tier fruits and offers gardening tips on Instagram: “Gardening is such an important way of connecting with the earth, connecting with ourselves and eating well.”
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After 46 blind dates that were mostly disastrous, my expectations were not too high. I had survived so many evenings of challenging conversation, no attraction and boredom that I figured what was one more to add to the list. It would at least give me another funny story to share with my friends and family.
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A researcher at UC Riverside has found a naturally occurring protein molecule that appears to “cure” huanglongbing (HLB), otherwise known as citrus greening disease, which has devastated Florida’s citrus industry and threatens California’s.
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California Botanic Garden is the new name for the state’s largest garden of native plants. Virtual events show how to incorporate these plants into our daily lives.
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Cactus, succulents, herbs, dwarf citrus and other houseplants that can handle the summer heat.
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A list of our favorite Black plantfluencers, plant stylists, floral artists, enthusiasts, experts, and garden store owners on Instagram.
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A mature urban forest and dense tree canopy can provide relief on the hottest days. Here are 15 places to cool off this summer.
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As plant stores begin to reopen in Los Angeles, we share a few of our favorites.
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Several Goodwill Southern California stores reopen for shopping and donations. And that’s welcome news to those who spent the shutdown decluttering.
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Black Raven ZZ plants for Aquarius. Fiddle-leaf figs for Taurus. How to pair houseplants with your sun sign.
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Fortune cookie installations by late artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres were about loss and renewal. Their re-creations feel like home décor of privilege.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a pall over Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, all but shutting down the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace.
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The new rules, affecting stores, playgrounds and gatherings, are less severe than the stay-at-home order initiated in the spring.
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The head of the World Health Organization says Mexico is in ‘bad shape’ with the COVID-19 pandemic and urges its leaders to get serious about it.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says schools will remain open despite the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
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The nation’s top infectious disease expert says he does not expect recommendations around coronavirus social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.
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Public health officials in some counties are warning that unless the coronavirus surge can be stopped, hospitals could run out of beds in weeks.
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The pachyderm dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ after languishing alone in a Pakistani zoo has arrived safely in Cambodia, with Cher’s help.
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What you do — how we ALL act in the next six weeks — will make the difference between an inconvenient fall and a disaster that will take years to overcome.
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Los Angeles County has issued a new COVID-19 pandemic order in a desperate move aimed at slowing an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections.
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There can be no L.A. Times if it doesn’t reflect our city. This is one part of our commitment to better represent it.
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While vaccine hesitancy is a major cause for concern in general, it’s an acute problem in Black communities, a recent survey shows. And such fears exist among Black people for good reason, columnist Erika D. Smith writes.
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More Californians are hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any other time since the pandemic began.
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