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VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

Just when it feels like we’ll need to endure another dry year, it rains. Sometimes LA’s weather feels like the city absorbs the Zeitgeist and reflects our moods, hopes and dreams back to us.

We hope this month finds you refreshed, drinking in optimism, and looking forward to a bountiful, beautiful spring.

Sincerely,
Cassy and Kirk

LATEST NEWS+

Sustainable beauty is about more than perpetual blooms. Really.
 

OwlGuru. By Stan Tan: What does it take to build stone features as beautiful as LA’s blooms? Install foreman Andy Aoyagi details the artistry, craftsmanship and problem-solving that builds enduring beauty. Read More
 
 

USGBC Plus. By Calvin Hennick: State regulatory agencies and legislative bodies across the U.S. are experimenting with and implementing green building and other sustainability-centered policies that have the potential to lead to massive change. Read More
 
 
 

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Whether or not your garden was sustainably designed and built, sustainable maintenance practices can help you create a healthier habitat for you and LA.

By Oscar Ortega: If mulch can make an open lot look this good, imagine what it can do for your garden. Here’s how we employ this hard worker. Read More
 
 

March 2021

LATEST NEWS+

Build Stone-Cold Beauty
Drive Sustainability
 

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Westweek
Native Plant Garden Tour
 

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Hire Hardworking Mulch
 

BLOOMING NOW+

LA’s Wild Array
Wildflowers
 

TEAM UPDATE+

Thank You Mackeys!
Build Green, Build Safe

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Get in the garden with us – virtually!

March 24-25: Westweek

April 16-18: Native Garden Tour

 

BLOOMING NOW+

Sure. Poppies are pretty.

So are the caterpillar curls of Lacy Phacelia, the otherworldly blue of Desert Blue Bells, and the intricacy of a Lupine.

See More Blooming Now

 

TEAM UPDATE+

Thank you to the Mackeys for opening this fragrant, bird-filled garden to several seasonal filming sessions in order to bring us all joy during the 2021 Native Plant Garden Tour. We are so excited to share this beautiful space!

 

Cassy Aoyagi and USGBC-LA‘s Ben Stapleton presented the green building community’s fire-mitigation solutions to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.

 

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