California's Own Native Landscape Design, Inc.

08/31/2026

Here are some pictures from workshop last Saturday.

08/29/2026

ready for the workshop tomorrow. hope to see you there 👍 😊

08/24/2026

This is now the view from Leo's and Maggie's windows. Leo nestled it in our little shade demonstration garden, where they feel quite safe. It is loaded with activity!

08/17/2026

Come join native landscape expert Leo Hernandez and the Horticultural Committee from the California Native Plant Society - San Diego Chapter for this jam packed workshop that will familiarize you with basic boulder placement skills, dry stream construction, and decomposed granite flatwork installation. You will be helping to add feathers 1/2 and 8/9 to our growing, award-winning Bird Park garden!

08/02/2026

08/02/2026

You can literally see every aspect of an ant root infestation in this video! Ants moving up and down the trunk, the scale they adhere, the dehydration and spalling of the bark, and a dying limb. They are insidious and often terminal if not treated. They are the number one cause of death in native landscapes😔.

07/31/2026

Here is another example of one of our dripper birdbaths. Finding the right rocks can be more challenging than it first appears. We have the dripper running much faster than normal for the short video - when turned down, we've measured a water usage rate of less than 5 gallons per month. You would use at least that much running outside and refilling daily. The movement is a significant draw for birds (and other wildlife). Our amazing director of operations, Leo Hernandez, runs this program and also sells the dripper assembly separately.

05/05/2026

Our own Leo Hernandez is a master at maintaining California native landscapes. Here he demonstrates proper pruning technique with a beautiful Desert olive (Forestiera pubescens) in La Jolla, starting with a rather undefined mass of leaves. Other perennials in the bed are hard pruned to refresh them. BTW this is a perfect multi-trunked courtyard tree, topping out at 12-14’, with bark that glows when up-lit. This small tree also processes beautiful bright yellow fall color.

04/11/2026

Please join us for this 2-day native landscape extravaganza! Come learn how homeowners like yourself are changing the world by creating beautiful habitat gardens that provide homes for some of the coolest pollinators you've never seen before!