Backyard Birding  Topic at Sierra Madre Garden Club May 14

Backyard Birding Topic at Sierra Madre Garden Club May 14

BIRDING IN YOUR BACKYARD Want to entice more birds to your yard? Laura Garrett, Board Member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, will share information on how to attract a wide variety of birds via plant selection, good bugs and safe pest control at the Sierra Madre Garden Club meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012, at [...]

Annual Spring Plant Sale Slated April 2 and 3  at Arboretum

Annual Spring Plant Sale Slated April 2 and 3 at Arboretum

SPRING PLANT SALE April 2 & 3 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Mark your calendars. You’ll find fabulous buys at the Arboretum’s two-day plant sale. Come early to shop for orchids, berries, fruit trees, vegetables, succulents and a variety of annuals and perennials. The Arboretum Library will be selling used garden [...]

Zap the Garden with Winter Color, Texture, Structure

Zap the Garden with Winter Color, Texture, Structure

Dear Garden Gal, I want to spruce up a couple of areas around the garden but I’m avoiding too much planting in flower beds to conserve water. Can you recommend a few plants or techniques for injecting some winter color without wasting water, money and time? – Beth S. Sierra Madre, CA   Dear Beth, [...]