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In the Garden
Discovery Camp
Heads up, Campers! Join the Fun at Descanso Discovery Camp!
“Are you REA-A-A-DY?” For summer, that is! Looking for an active, enriching — and most of all, FUN! — day camp experience for everyone’s youngster? Check out Descanso Discovery Camp! Descanso Gardens is once again teaming up with the Child Educational Center to present three week-long sessions of day camp in the Gardens. Each session ...
Backyard Paradise
Outdoor Living in Style
Everyone craves an escape to paradise every now and then, but what if you can escape every time you step out your house? Pacific Outdoor Living can give you paradise in your backyard. What sets Pacific Outdoor Living apart from other contractors is that it foregoes having you deal with separate designers and contractors by ...
City Green
Pasadena Community Gardens Conservancy Announces Grants
The Pasadena Community Gardens Conservancy today announced that it has awarded $7,000 in grants supporting community-based organizations that expand public and student access to and knowledge of gardening, particularly fruit and vegetable gardening, in Pasadena. The grant recipients include: Arlington Garden, La Casita Del Arroyo, the Muir Ranch student community garden at John Muir High ...
Rain Gardens
Crowell Library: Rain Gardens
This free one hour workshop on rain gardens is recommended for those interested in environmental issues pertaining to water conservation and pollution prevention as well as those who enjoy gardening and having a beautiful home landscape! Rain gardens are shallow, planted depressions designed to collect and absorb rainwater runoff from roofs, sidewalks, and other impermeable ...
Fantastic Landscapes!
Picture Perfect Landscape
Designing Ideas
How to Design the Perfect Patio
Successful Gardening Tips
Hassle Free Horticulture: Benefits of a Raised Bed Garden
Greening the Community
Can You Dig It? Public Invited to Community Gardens Groundbreaking
Pacific Outdoor Living Paradise Tour
Want to see what backyard paradises look like? On May 18, Pacific Outdoor Living will be having a self-guided tour that will feature 8 homes in Arcadia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Altadena. “It’s probably a four-hour adventure. But all the homes are within short driving distance of each other,” says George Goodrich of Pacific Outdoor ...
Summer Benefit Event!
Tickets on Sale for Light Up the Night, a New Descanso Gardens Benefit July 13
Remember the fun of exploring outdoors late on a summer night? Recapture that excitement at Light Up the Night, an evening of fine food, live music, craft beers and California wine set in three beautiful locations in Descanso Gardens. Light Up the Night will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. This evening ...
The Ladybug Helps!
Armstrong Garden Centers Gives Away One Million Ladybugs
Armstrong Garden Centers will be giving away one million ladybugs across all store locations to help gardeners keep a healthy garden this year. In certain cultures, ladybugs are considered to be good luck. Put luck on your side this growing season when you visit Armstrong during Ladybug Weekend, April 20th and 21st. “April is the ...
Wild Flowers Exhibit
‘The WILD Flowers’ Exhibit Opens at Descanso
Although the Southern California winters are mild, everyone still looks forward to the first signs of spring — the colorful blooms of cherries, crabapples, poppies and tulips. The flower is a powerful symbol of regeneration, fertility, birth, and the continuity of life, measured out in the chapters we call seasons. Besides, to eyes human, insect, ...
Saving the Environment!
Tree Planting Sept. 29 Helps Windstorm Recovery; Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help Pasadena City Council member Gene Masuda and the City’s Department of Public Works plant more than 75 trees on Saturday, September 29 as part of Pasadena’s collaborative effort to restore the City’s “Urban Forest” that was heavily damaged in the 2011 Windstorm. To kick off this year’s fall tree-planting season, ...
Gardening
Get Dirty: Patio-Escapes at Descanso Gardens
Free admission, good fun, and invaluable garden advice, all rolled into one day: Visitors can put away wallets and come to Descanso Gardens and “Get Dirty” on the third Tuesday of every month! As a Los Angeles County-owned destination, Descanso Gardens is proud to offer free admission to guests on the third Tuesday of each ...