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Native Grass Alternatives to Lawns
Consider replacing your turf with native grasses and grass-like plants that require less water and fewer resources to maintain. -
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Gauging your site conditions will help you choose the right native plants for your garden and bring beauty and pollinators to your site! -
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. -
Garden Q&A – Design tips to please your HOA
Follow these design tips to create a native plant garden will be enjoyed by both you and your homeowners association (HOA). -
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. -
Garden Q&A – Year-round color in a California native garden
Enjoy year-round color in your California native plant garden. Along with flowers; leaves, bark, fruit, and seeds are also great sources of color and interest! -
Garden Q&A – Replacing lawn with a native garden
Ready to convert your lawn into a native plant garden, but unsure how to get started? These six basic steps to lawn removal will set you up for success. -
Garden Q&A – Planting on Steep Slopes
Gardening on steep slopes can be challenging, but locally native evergreen foundation plants, properly irrigated, can create a garden that provides erosion control and beauty. -
Garden Q&A – Edible native plants for the home garden
Why let the bugs have all the fun?! Let’s feed our families too! Learn the California native plants that look good in your garden and even better on your plate. -
Garden Q&A – Irrigation with Natives
Plants use water on an as needed basis to maintain turgidity, to cool themselves, and through photosynthesis, to grow. Plants develop adaptations to thrive in their native regions.
