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- Library Fall 2014
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- Library Fall 2013
Drought Tolerant Maintenance Workshop and Community Maintenance Day
Thank you to La Canada Valley Beautiful,the La Canada community, and attendees who came from as far as Seal Beach for a wonderful, productive workshop! Our bi-annual drought tolerant maintenance workshop left the La Canada Public Library’s Gardens of the World demonstration gardens in tip-top shape, whether we are on the verge of a heavy rainy season or heading into continuing to manage desiccating drought. The five drought tolerant Gardens represent the Los Angeles climate-compatible regions of the world, highlighting natives from Australia, California, Chile, the Mediterranean Basin, and South Africa. The Gardens need only bi-annual maintenance to maintain their vibrant, lush appeal. The next opportunity to join La Canada Valley Beautiful and FormLA Landscaping in maintaining the gardens will be in May 2014.
Check FormLA Events for the next chance to join us – our Spring 2015 maintenance day will be Saturday, April 25th.
Gallery – InsideHookLA, By Reuben Brody: Newsflash: we’re in a drought. You’ve probably heard. Here’s another newsflash: as long as SoCal imports its water, we’ll always have supply issues. Always. Especially when 40-60 percent of it goes to keeping non-native lawns lush. 
Tips – Los Angeles Times, By Lisa Boone: How to tackle fall planting in Southern Cali fornia during the third straight year of drought and the diminishing likelihood of El Niño storms this winter? At the very least, Los Angeles gardening experts agree that planting in the fall is water-wise as new plants require less irrigation due to the cooler weather and will be well established by next summer. 
Service: At the city’s request, FormLA Landscaping designed a lush and vibrant sustainable garden to replace the dead lawn surrounding Sierra Madre City Hall. Check out the design plan and learn how you can help bring an inspiring demonstration garden to Sierra Madre!
Wet-to-Dry: Fall is a great time of year to stabilize slopes and reduce maintenance needs by reducing water usage. Drought tolerant prostrate Rosemary covers many a Los Angeles slope, but is it as good as it gets? 
