Monthly Archives: May 2012

Learn Drought Tolerant Garden Maintenance

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Date:  Saturday, May 5th

Time:  10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Contact:  Linda Fults, 818.790.1964

Location:  La Canada County Library, 4545 Oakwood Avenue, La Canada (Map and Directions)

Join La Canada Valley Beautiful as they host this community workshop at La Canada Public Library!

Cassy Aoyagi and the FormLA team will donate time to native and sustainable garden pruning and maintenance demonstrations.  Be ready to learn and join in the fun… please bring:

  • A sharp and clean pair of pruners
  • Gloves
  • Sunhat
  • Friends
  • Questions about native and sustainable gardening!

While there, enjoy the compelling and unusual beauty of the newly-installed Australian drought-tolerant demonstration garden.  The Australian garden is the third of five drought tolerant “Gardens of the World” to be installed at the Library. The previously planted California and Mediterranean Basin gardens are also in luscious, full bloom and a site to see.

La Canada Valley Beautiful will serve light refreshments and snacks.

More Information

  • Preview the new Australian foliage and that of the upcoming Chilean and South African gardens View
  • Learn more about the La Canada Valley Beautiful “Gardens of the World” demonstration garden at the La Canada County Library View

Urban Gardening Part Two: It’s All in the Herbs

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BeachBody. May 2012. By Lisa Palac:  It’s spring, the time when everything starts to, literally, spring up. And every year, urban dwellers the world over have the same reaction: this is it! This is the year I finally plant that veggie patch and spend autumn feasting on homegrown produce. Then they look around their third-story walk-up with nothing but a fire escape for outdoor space and realize that’s just not going to happen. Or is it?   Read Story

Showcase House in La Cañada

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Pasadena Sun. May 1, 2012. By Kat Ward:  And what a show it is. Holy moly (yes, this will be the tone of this post, can’t help it, fresh from the tour, brain still buzzing).

If you’re intrigued, amused, or even disdainful of how the 1% live, get your ticket and go. This tour is fascinating, inspirational, amusing and just dreamy. We’d go again just for the views of the San Gabriel mountains. Tennis, anyone? A game of “H-O-R-S-E”?  Read Story