Garden Tours!

The 2015 native garden tours are starting to happen.  These include:

Theodore Payne Society: March 21 & 22 - covers LA and Valley areas.  Sorry for the late notice. Very fancy!  See enticing photos here.

CNPS San Diego County: March 28 & 29 Pretty fancy, sounds like. (I'm going to that one!) Gardens in Poway and San Diego city.  See photos on their Facebook page for your virtual touring pleasure.

You can tour my garden any time!

CNPS Orange County:  May 2.  Working on becoming fancy, and cheaper than the others. More info on this one later.  Tomaz and I will be one of the gardens.  Fun!

The formal tour is a good excuse to spruce up. I already pruned the Coyote Bush (center).  Think I'll paint those utility doors a darker color.

More tours (mostly in Northern California) are listed at the main CNPS site here.

Touring is a way not only to see a variety of great native gardens, but to quiz the gardeners on their plant choices and gardening know-how.  We see different garden styles and microclimates, which helps clarify what we like best.

The Bush Anemone (Carpenteria californica) bloom peaked in late January.  So spectacular I went out and planted another one.  This one likes drip irrigation and blooms prolifically in light shade.  Great transitional plant.

You can't catch everything in a tour.  Natives do not all bloom at the same time.  Never fear, I'll pixelate what you miss and deliver it to your screen.

Virtual tours have their advantages.  You can see unusual things like this Hummingbird Moth (aka Sphinx moth), which loves Lilac Verbena, like its namesake.

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