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Showing posts with label event. Show all posts
2014-11-21
2012-04-08
Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase
Ellen sent me a link reminding me of the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase on April 21st. On my calendar this event is often overshadowed by the Payne Foundation Garden Tour, however, I've heard good reports from the Mar Vista tour and much of it looks to be walkable from site to site, an advantage over the Payne Foundation tour.
The Mar Vista Community Council invites you to participate in the FREE fourth annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase - a citywide Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 from 10 am to 4pm. See the gardens on the tour here. We have 50 NEW gardens this year! Use the labels on the side bar to preview the gardens by areas of special interest.
Regardless of whether you go or not, the tour web sites have an abundance of inspiring pictures, so I recommed you check them out.
The Mar Vista Community Council invites you to participate in the FREE fourth annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase - a citywide Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 from 10 am to 4pm. See the gardens on the tour here. We have 50 NEW gardens this year! Use the labels on the side bar to preview the gardens by areas of special interest.
Regardless of whether you go or not, the tour web sites have an abundance of inspiring pictures, so I recommed you check them out.
2009-08-13
Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) Program
Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) Program
“Be a part of the solution, not the pollution”
1. The concept - Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) & parkways utilize CPR© for the garden to prevent wet & dry-weather runoff:
• Conservation of (a) water, (b) fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides (water pollutants), (c) energy (moving water around the state is the #1 user of electricity), (d) and gas-powered machinery (air pollutants) through use of native & and climate adapted plants.
• Permeability increased, utilizing materials for a driveway, walkway and patio that allow water to percolate into the soil.
• Retention devices like rain gardens, rain barrels and rain chains as well as bio-swales, creek beds and dry wells.
2. Attend a free public workshop:
You’ll learn essential info from landscape pros, receive free tools, get info on incentive programs and make good use of Surfrider’s OFG blog with do-it-yourself steps: www.oceanfriendlygardens.org! When you make changes to your landscape, we will post your before-and-after pictures.
Hawthorne Workshop
Hawthorne Library Meeting Room, 12700 Grevillea Ave., Hawthorne, CA
Sat., Oct. 17, 1pm-4pm, Refreshments Served
Registration starts a ½ hour ahead of time. Space is limited.
Register today: 310-371-7222, ext. 200 or www.sbesc.com (“workshops”)
Note: OFG workshops are offered to residents in the following cities (though Surfrider members and volunteers who don’t live there won’t be turned away): Carson, Culver City, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, West Hollywood, Torrance, and several unincorporated communities in LA County (Topanga, Baldwin Hills, Athens.)
3. Garden Assistance Program (GAP) – volunteer!
The GAP is a hands-on program, applying what you learn in the OFG workshop to people’s landscapes. We ask those we help to work with us to help others. See the blog for more details. Volunteer with a Surfrider Chapter OFG GAP by contacting OFG Program Coordinator Paul Herzog: pherzog@surfrider.org, 310-439-2500.
4. Tool donations
We’re looking for shovels, picks, rakes, spades, hand tools and more. We’ll pick them up from you.
“Be a part of the solution, not the pollution”
1. The concept - Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) & parkways utilize CPR© for the garden to prevent wet & dry-weather runoff:
• Conservation of (a) water, (b) fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides (water pollutants), (c) energy (moving water around the state is the #1 user of electricity), (d) and gas-powered machinery (air pollutants) through use of native & and climate adapted plants.
• Permeability increased, utilizing materials for a driveway, walkway and patio that allow water to percolate into the soil.
• Retention devices like rain gardens, rain barrels and rain chains as well as bio-swales, creek beds and dry wells.
2. Attend a free public workshop:
You’ll learn essential info from landscape pros, receive free tools, get info on incentive programs and make good use of Surfrider’s OFG blog with do-it-yourself steps: www.oceanfriendlygardens.org! When you make changes to your landscape, we will post your before-and-after pictures.
Hawthorne Workshop
Hawthorne Library Meeting Room, 12700 Grevillea Ave., Hawthorne, CA
Sat., Oct. 17, 1pm-4pm, Refreshments Served
Registration starts a ½ hour ahead of time. Space is limited.
Register today: 310-371-7222, ext. 200 or www.sbesc.com (“workshops”)
Note: OFG workshops are offered to residents in the following cities (though Surfrider members and volunteers who don’t live there won’t be turned away): Carson, Culver City, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, West Hollywood, Torrance, and several unincorporated communities in LA County (Topanga, Baldwin Hills, Athens.)
3. Garden Assistance Program (GAP) – volunteer!
The GAP is a hands-on program, applying what you learn in the OFG workshop to people’s landscapes. We ask those we help to work with us to help others. See the blog for more details. Volunteer with a Surfrider Chapter OFG GAP by contacting OFG Program Coordinator Paul Herzog: pherzog@surfrider.org, 310-439-2500.
4. Tool donations
We’re looking for shovels, picks, rakes, spades, hand tools and more. We’ll pick them up from you.
2009-05-19
Rancho Los Alamitos
Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach of all places, is hosting a weekend open house. Fresh Dirt had the news before me, but it's kind of exciting - in a native plant sort of way.
The gardens on the ranch were originally designed by Allen Chickering, so the restore gardens might be quite interesting.
The gardens on the ranch were originally designed by Allen Chickering, so the restore gardens might be quite interesting.
Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens
In Collaboration with Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden present
Opening of the Restored
Rancho Los Alamitos
Native Garden
Saturday, June 6, 2009
11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Free Admission to Rancho Los Alamitos and Site Activities
Pre-registration and Fees for
Keynote Speaker Seminars
2009-03-17
CNPS Spring Garden Tour
15th annual Spring Garden Tour at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. April 18, sponsored by the South Coast chapter of the CNPS. Dykzeul and landscape designer/consultant Tony Baker will lead the 2 1/2-hour tours and discuss plant material. Tickets are $20 for CNPS members, $25 for nonmembers, and space is limited. For reservations, call (310) 629-0500.
2009-02-25
How to make a water catchment system
Water Conservation Event by Green Ambassadors
Save Money, Save Water, Save Energy, Save Your World
DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009
TIME: 6PM and 7PM
LOCATION: Environmental Charter High School
16315 Grevillea Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
Rooms 143, 146, and 148
You will learn, from Green Ambassadors, how to make a water catchment system and have an opportunity to purchase one from Hey Tanks LA. All monies raised will go to support the Green Ambassadors spreading this solution to local elementary schools.
Free water conservation technologies (from Golden State Water Company), games, and knowledge!
The Green Ambassadors
16315 Grevillea Ave
Lawndale, California 90260
saralaimon (at) yahoo com 310 214 3400
I have my doubts about whether rain water catchment in cisterns or barrels on the scale that you can do it at a suburban home is really useful. The amount of water that you can retain isn't all that much compared to the amount that's falling on your property - 50 to 100 gallons doesn't go that far which is what the majority of people can implement. Plus, you'll quickly use it up in the ~2 weeks after the rain storm, and then you're left with the ugly barrel all dry season long.
A far better solution (and one I am trying to implement) is to shunt the rain water to permeable ground so that the soil can retain water for you. You can store far more water for far longer this way than in a barrel.
Still, I'm aware that I might be wrong and I'm curious about what the seminar has to say so I'll try to go.
Save Money, Save Water, Save Energy, Save Your World
DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009
TIME: 6PM and 7PM
LOCATION: Environmental Charter High School
16315 Grevillea Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
Rooms 143, 146, and 148
You will learn, from Green Ambassadors, how to make a water catchment system and have an opportunity to purchase one from Hey Tanks LA. All monies raised will go to support the Green Ambassadors spreading this solution to local elementary schools.
Free water conservation technologies (from Golden State Water Company), games, and knowledge!
The Green Ambassadors
16315 Grevillea Ave
Lawndale, California 90260
saralaimon (at) yahoo com 310 214 3400
I have my doubts about whether rain water catchment in cisterns or barrels on the scale that you can do it at a suburban home is really useful. The amount of water that you can retain isn't all that much compared to the amount that's falling on your property - 50 to 100 gallons doesn't go that far which is what the majority of people can implement. Plus, you'll quickly use it up in the ~2 weeks after the rain storm, and then you're left with the ugly barrel all dry season long.
A far better solution (and one I am trying to implement) is to shunt the rain water to permeable ground so that the soil can retain water for you. You can store far more water for far longer this way than in a barrel.
Still, I'm aware that I might be wrong and I'm curious about what the seminar has to say so I'll try to go.
2008-03-19
Shakespeare by the Sea starts 12 June
A Midsummer Night's Dream and Antony and Cleopatra are the two Shakespeare plays being put on by Shakespeare by the Sea this summer, starting 12 June.
The program brings Shakespeare to local parks across the South Bay. We've attended the last two summers with a picnic dinner.
The program brings Shakespeare to local parks across the South Bay. We've attended the last two summers with a picnic dinner.
2008-03-18
You’re Invited to a Garden Tea Party - April 12
If you're not on the Payne Foundation tour then this seems like a fun event.
You’re Invited to a Garden Tea Party
garden tours / plant sale / native plant teas
Saturday, April 12th 2008, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Madrona Marsh Nature Center
3201 Plaza Del Amo, Torrance
310-782-3989
Presented by the Recreation Services Division
City of Torrance Community Services Department
Friends of the Madrona Marsh with the support of ExxonMobil
FREE
You’re Invited to a Garden Tea Party
garden tours / plant sale / native plant teas
Saturday, April 12th 2008, noon - 3:00 p.m.
Madrona Marsh Nature Center
3201 Plaza Del Amo, Torrance
310-782-3989
Presented by the Recreation Services Division
City of Torrance Community Services Department
Friends of the Madrona Marsh with the support of ExxonMobil
FREE
Native plants on your plate - April 10th
This received by email. It looks like it's right up my alley, especially with the Clatonia that I just received.
Native S. CA Plants That Can be Eaten for Salads or Cooked Greens
“Out of the Wilds and into Your Garden” Series
Thursday, April 10th 2008 – 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Arthur Johnson Memorial Park
Community Room
1200 W. 170th St
Gardena, CA
310-217-9539
Presented by the Friends of Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, Inc.
April is usually a busy month for garden activities. Our 'Out of the Wilds' talk for April 10th (6:00 p.m.) features native plants that can be eaten as raw or cooked greens. Learn how to grow and prepare foods that will liven up your salads, soups, omlettes, etc. Yum - I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! We will bring several of the plants to class so you can try them.
Native S. CA Plants That Can be Eaten for Salads or Cooked Greens
“Out of the Wilds and into Your Garden” Series
Thursday, April 10th 2008 – 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Arthur Johnson Memorial Park
Community Room
1200 W. 170th St
Gardena, CA
310-217-9539
Presented by the Friends of Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, Inc.
April is usually a busy month for garden activities. Our 'Out of the Wilds' talk for April 10th (6:00 p.m.) features native plants that can be eaten as raw or cooked greens. Learn how to grow and prepare foods that will liven up your salads, soups, omlettes, etc. Yum - I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! We will bring several of the plants to class so you can try them.
2008-03-07
An afternoon of grasses - 15 Mar
I'm thinking about going to this.
An Afternoon of Grasses
What: A fun afternoon focused on the native grasses of our region. We’ll talk about native grasses, plant a lot of them in our ‘Heritage Creek’ site and weed around previous plantings. You’ll go home tired, but knowing much more about our heritage grasses.
When: Saturday, March 15th 2008 - 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Where: ‘Heritage Creek’ demonstration site, CSU Dominguez Hills (see map, next page)
Who: CSUDH students, faculty & staff; community volunteers; anyone else interested in
learning about native grasses and meeting others who enjoy native plants
Contact: Connie Vadheim (jconroth att hughes dott net) to let us know you plan to come.
We will send more details & contact you if we need to reschedule due to rain.
Bring: Wear old clothes & study shoes/boots. Bring gardening gloves, shovels & trowels (if you have them). Wear a hat and sunscreen. We will supply water.
Getting to CSU Dominguez Hills
CSUDH is located at:
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
http://www.csudh.edu/site/VisitUs/DrivingDirections.asp
driving directions
Enter campus from Victoria (190th) at Birchknoll Drive. Continue on Birchknoll past 2 stop signs. You will turn into Parking Lot 7 (on right, just past the second stop sign) and proceed to the bottom (South) end. You should see people, plants and equipment there.
If you enter from University Drive, enter campus at Toro Center Drive, right on Pacific View, then left on Birchknoll to Lot 7
An Afternoon of Grasses
What: A fun afternoon focused on the native grasses of our region. We’ll talk about native grasses, plant a lot of them in our ‘Heritage Creek’ site and weed around previous plantings. You’ll go home tired, but knowing much more about our heritage grasses.
When: Saturday, March 15th 2008 - 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Where: ‘Heritage Creek’ demonstration site, CSU Dominguez Hills (see map, next page)
Who: CSUDH students, faculty & staff; community volunteers; anyone else interested in
learning about native grasses and meeting others who enjoy native plants
Contact: Connie Vadheim (jconroth att hughes dott net) to let us know you plan to come.
We will send more details & contact you if we need to reschedule due to rain.
Bring: Wear old clothes & study shoes/boots. Bring gardening gloves, shovels & trowels (if you have them). Wear a hat and sunscreen. We will supply water.
Getting to CSU Dominguez Hills
CSUDH is located at:
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
http://www.csudh.edu/site/VisitUs/DrivingDirections.asp
driving directions
Enter campus from Victoria (190th) at Birchknoll Drive. Continue on Birchknoll past 2 stop signs. You will turn into Parking Lot 7 (on right, just past the second stop sign) and proceed to the bottom (South) end. You should see people, plants and equipment there.
If you enter from University Drive, enter campus at Toro Center Drive, right on Pacific View, then left on Birchknoll to Lot 7
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