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VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

Thank each and every one of you who checked on us. With so many fires all over the city, I’m sure you knew many who were evacuated and at risk. To include us in your thoughts was heartwarming and comforting beyond our imagination.

We continued operating through the fires, and each of our team members is safe. We ourselves, pup, chickens and all, are back in our house and so grateful for all of the offers of help and assistance in the many forms it came from you.

We will carry the love you showed us in our hearts through the holiday season, and, truly, the rest of our lives. We wish you and yours a safe, healthy, joy filled holiday season.

With great appreciation and affection,

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi

LATEST NEWS+

 
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Say Farewell to the New Look at Descanso

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By Staff: The New Look for LA is in its last month in the Center Circle at Descanso Gardens. See how this garden has evolved through the last three years. Online Tour

 

Expect & Protect Resilience Post-Fire

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By Cassy Aoyagi: Watching our neighbor’s homes and our city’s abundant wild spaces burn is crushing. Even as we mourn these losses, we know magic will return to our wild spaces, and that now is a critical time to build LA’s resilience. Read More
 
 
ID Invasives, Win LA’s Resilience!

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By Qzzr: Which invasive plants should Angelenos avoid? We’ll donate $1 to Theodore Payne Foundation for each FormLA newsletter reader who correctly identifies the 3 invasive plants endangering LA wildspaces. Win for LA!

 

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Whether you prefer blue and silver or red and green in December, LA natives bring holiday color! We are big fans of another LA winter-blooming combination that looks a lot like silver and gold.

 

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Blooming Now

While other cities lay under a blanket of snow, LA remains covered in blooms. Check out what’s Blooming Now

 

Sustain Your Garden

Rainy season is here! Perhaps our Disaster Prevention Checklist or Winter Maintenance Checklist can help!

 

 

December 2017

LATEST NEWS+

Say Farewell at Descanso
Expect Resilience from LA
Win LA Resilience!

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Center Circle Update
Native Plant Garden Tour

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Blooming Now
Sustaining Your Garden

TEAM UPDATE+

Sustainable Innovation Award
Green Gala
3 Gardens Selected for Tour 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS+

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January 7: Descanso Updates Center Circle Garden

April 14-15: Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour

See More Events

 

 

TEAM UPDATE+

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Sustainable Innovation Award

The LA Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council awarded the Santa Monica Conservancy Preservation Resource Center, home of the Shotgun House Coastal Garden, with a Sustainable Innovation Award.

 

Green Gala Generosity

Special thanks to Asian Ceramics for the donation of beautiful pots used to create centerpieces for the USGBC-LA Green Gala and Theodore Payne Foundation for making a party favor of native seeds!

 

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Gardens Selected for Native Tour

Theodore Payne Foundation has selected three FormLA gardens for its annual Native Plant Garden Tour, a natural meadow at the Moore Residence, the Shotgun House Coastal Garden, and the Authentic Foothill Gardens surrounding Sierra Madre City Hall.

 

 

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