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Be Inspired: Highlights from the 2019 native garden tours
CNPS chapters each spring to host dozens of garden tours up and down the state. Thousands of Californians are able to tour real native gardens thanks to the generous hosts. -
Garden Q&A – Summer Gardens
As Californians it’s our responsibility to use water wisely, and in our landscapes, California native plants offer both beautiful natural resource conservation and habitat benefits. -
Garden Q&A – Insect-Friendly Gardens
Been reading about the insect apocalypse and declining monarch butterfly populations? Find out why native insects important, and how to support them in a garden. -
Carl Mautner’s Riverside Garden
See a Riverside garden's seasonal beauty even with dry summers. -
Kris Ethington’s San Clemente Garden
This stunning, cottage style native plant garden is a habitat extravaganza that is home to a variety of pollinators and wildlife. -
Linda Richards’ Redlands Garden
This native plant garden with a few low water non-native species has become a habitat oasis that is beautiful, resilient, and cost effective. -
Living with Fire Part 1: A Personal Perspective
The first in our series on the impact, causes, and solutions surrounding California wildfire and the "new normal." -
Tish Berge’s San Diego Garden
Tish learned from CNPS how to replace a hillside of ice plant to a flourishing native plant garden. She loves all the birds that now visit her garden. -
East Bay Garden Ambassador’s Garden
This gardener has spent the last few years learning what plants truly grow best in his area. See his garden's beautiful transformation since 2014. -
Patricia Carpenter’s Davis Garden
Patricia's native plant garden is a wild escape featuring a waterway and a diversity of habitats that attract a variety of wildlife. -
Garden Q&A – Establishing Native Plant Gardens
What are the differences between growing common, non-native garden selections and native plants? Learn how to establish native plants in the garden. -
Michael Terry and the N/E/X/T/Garden in Pacific Palisades
This public garden, originally planted in 1988, has gone through several transformations. Today, the garden is a place to both relax and teach.
