Bring May Flowers!
Hedge Your Bets
Create a Living Masterpiece
Catch a Butterfly… or Two!
Drought Tolerant Gardening Workshop
Last Day of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Dwell on Design
Protect homes from fires
Protect your health… and your wallet
Ready Gardens for Summer
Hike and Learn
Fire SAFE Resources
UPCOMING EVENTS+
May 18: Drought Tolerant Gardening Workshop
May 19: Last Day of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design
June 21-23: Dwell on Design
Save the Dates
Request FormLA Speakers
TEAM UPDATE+
After a month with our minds and hands in the dirt, dressing up for the opening of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design is always such a treat!
Our first Hike and Learn with Theodore Payne Foundation featured a feast for the senses along a San Gabriel loop trail. Thank you to the TPF fans who joined us in exploring the edibles, natives and invasive of this extraordinary wild space! See photos.
Fire SAFE Resources+
Fire in May is an unusual phenomena, but now is most certainly the time to prepare for hot summers and the traditional fire season. Here are a few resources to get you started:
About FormLA Landscaping+
FormLA® Landscaping designs, builds and maintains custom sustainable landscapes that beautifully complement the distinct and varied architecture of Los Angeles County. See our expanding Portfolio.
CONTACT FORMLA+
Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com
Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com
John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com
Ed Woodbury and Katarina Eriksson, Maintenance and Horticultural Team Leaders: Kat@formlainc.com and Ed@formlainc.com
Garden Portfolio: With our few and far between April showers yielding to May gray, take a look at drought tolerant May blooms that can hold their smiles through the June gloom. If you like what you see and want to know what it takes to keep these low-maintenance, high-performance beauties happy, join FormLA Landscaping and La Canada Valley Beautiful in our free drought tolerant maintenance workshop May 18. 
Tips: Many an Angelino turns to hedges for privacy, betting on the solution to offer greenery as well. Do you wonder why your gamble isn’t paying off? You are not alone. See Cassy’s tips, published in the Los Angeles Times, for help with creating privacy while staying in the green.
Tips/Portfolio: If you love the look of living artwork but are a little intimidated by the how-to, the Associated Press has a knock-out piece in The Washington Post with tips from top craftsmen, including our own Kirk Aoyagi. For those still in the dreaming phase, check out the inspiring portfolio!
Wet/Dry: Looking for large butterflies? Consider ditching your annual friend Coreopsis tinctoria for a Calfornia native friend with benefits: Helianthus annuus.
