VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+
Event season is in full gear, and we were overjoyed to see so many of you at our Theodore Payne Foundation 50th Anniversary Tour homes. We owe amazingly big thank yous to Leor and Gordon Ownby, Myra and Al Rosen, and last but not least Karen and Peter Veloz for sharing their homes with over 600 people!
Pasadena Showcase House of Design opens this Sunday and continues until Sunday, May 16th. We have created a delightful, water-wise version of a Loire Valley knot garden and included fantastic antiques from Charme d’Antan. Fans can see “before” photos and Enter to Win Tickets on our Facebook Page.
On May 15th, we hope you’ll join us in dedicating a demonstration garden very dear to our hearts. La Cañada Valley Beautiful will formally introduce the La Cañada Public Library’s Gardens of the World. The garden illustrates the profound beauty and diversity of climate-compatible California native and Mediterranean basin plant communities, and we hope, with your help, it may come to showcase some truly extraordinary species from other climate-compatible regions as well.
Happy Spring – we hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi
LATEST NEWS+
See Gardens of the World
Plant Drought Tolerant Exotics
Win Purple Posies!
UPCOMING EVENTS+
Earth Day at Cherokee Lofts
Pruning and Plant Disease
World Garden Event
Pasadena Showcase House
WHAT TO EXPECT+
TEAM UPDATE+
Dara in the Garden
TPF Tour Photos
Enter to Win Showcase Tickets
UPCOMING EVENTS+
The FormLA team would enjoy seeing you:
Sunday, April 18-May 16, 9:00AM-3:45PM: Pasadena Showcase House Opens – Enter to Win Tickets on the FormLA Facebook Page. Get details
Thursday, April 22, 7:00-11:00PM: LA Green Drinks Earth Day Celebration at Cherokee Lofts
Get details
May 6: Pruning and Plant Disease for Professionals (Bi-Lingual) with FormLA Maintenance Care Supervisor Noe Grandoes, sponsored by the City of Santa Monica Get details
Saturday, May 15, 2:00-4:00PM:
Celebrate California-Friendly Gardens of the World, sponsored by La Cañada Valley Beautiful
Get details
Contact us to request a sustainable landscaping presentation for your green organization.
TEAM UPDATE+
FormLA Mascot Dara Aoyagi demonstrates how to re-route a stream on The Grotto trail in Malibu.
See photos from the Grotto (Malibu) Hike and Learn, Theodore Payne Foundation Tour and Enter to Win Showcase Tickets on the FormLA Facebook page.
CONTACT FORMLA+
Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com
Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com
John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com
Noe Granados, Maintenance Care Supervisor: Noe@formlainc.com
Cara Barnard, Horticultural Care Technician: Cara@formlainc.com
LATEST NEWS+
Glendale News Press highlights two FormLA Landscaping designed homes on the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Garden Tour. Particular attention is paid to the Ownby’s dry stack stone wall, which uses no mortar and offers the Ownby’s a seat with a view of the Verdugo Mountains. More
Client Story: Bursting with vibrant pinks, bold yellows, and subtle blues, the La Cañada Public Library demonstration garden encompasses the building with blooms. La Cañada Valley Beautiful, a non-profit dedicated to beautifying the City, sponsored the garden dedicated to educating residents about clean, healthy, drought-tolerant landscaping. More
Tips: Need a change of pace? Consider supplementing the familiar form and flowers of California native plants and Mediterranean foliage with drought-tolerant exotics from Australia, Chile and South Africa. While care must be taken to ensure these dry-loving exotics do not invade natural space, they can be dynamic, eye-catching additions to a sustainable, water-wise garden. More
Congratulations to wet-to-dry winners Deborah Barry, Leslie Hope, Michele Markota, and Lulu Schwarz! Each won a Penstemon by identifying the prolific flowers as the dry option to Digitalis (Foxglove). Learn about the trade-offs between penstemon and the well-known but water-needy digitalis, or just enter-to-win a shade-loving, purple-posy-producing groundcover in this issue’s Wet-to-Dry Exchange. Win!
WHAT TO EXPECT+
- Planting Chinese and Japanese eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, basil, cilantro, oregano, thyme, and mint, delightful in so many fresh spring dishes!
- Beginning to prune fast growing plants enjoying the longer and warmer days
- Dead-heading perennials and ornamentals to encourage greater blooming
- Replenishing mulch to conserve water and increase organic matter
- Increasing our mower heights to reduce evaporation from lawns
- Looking for lady bugs and lacewings to save gardens from pests like aphids
- Helping you identify cut flowers and foliage perfect for indoor bouquets
- Adjusting start and stop times lighting to turn on at 7:30 pm
- Checking all irrigation for leaks and inefficiencies to save water and protect you from increasing outdoor water prices
phone 818.353.7030 • 310.979.9002 • fax 818.353.6837 • www.formlainc.com
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