SB Garden Design

01/02/2025

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for the best in #2025
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Sun peaking through the leaves

12/15/2024

Oak trees are living firebreaks!
Invasive plants are the problem!
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Recent wildfires in Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains have made way for non-native plant growth, setting the stage for increasingly frequent blazes.

11/29/2024

Lovely story about the magic of planting natives. Also thrilled that the handbook we worked so hard on is still circulating, and helping! (Link to that in the article, and also on our website). 💚🌱🌳

Aurora Anaya unexpectedly fell in love with California native plants and vowed to create her own native plant habitat around her corner lot in Whittier. A bonus was a yard full of fragrance and endangered monarch butterflies.

05/24/2024

Surprise ! 🌧️
Raindrops on this lovely , bright yellow blooms contrast with .
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ALSO pointing out how organic matter, like this paper ticket and these tiny leaves, hold water that quickly runs off and evaporates from concrete. So your soil and to help as we move into our season.
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05/20/2024

aka aka .
- it’s tough to prune when plants are blooming, as this one often is. But keep a bog vase handy to house your trimmings. This plant holds up well as a cut flower - I pruned these last week and the buds have all opened. Remember to change the water daily (no mosquitoes!).
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05/12/2024

Happy Mothers’ Day!
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If you’re enjoying a relaxing morning, maybe breakfast in bed, sharing this story for your reading pleasure.
In this time of rising waters, habitat loss, and food scarcity, this ancient practice of garden islands is inspiring and instructive.
And probably lots of Mothers behind these, sharing seeds, making compost, and feeding and protecting their families and friends.
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The earliest human inhabitants of the Amazon created thousands of artificial forest islands as they tamed wild plants to grow food, a new study shows.

04/22/2024

Happy ! 🎂🌎🌍🌏
Celebrating by sharing this .
But, it’s the ! Perfect for privacy hedges, small patios and shady corners. And look at all the and it supports! The deep, bitter fruit is edible too, and a sophisticated . Swipe for more info from , which has all the info you need for your native garden. Native from to in the . Also, please gently prune to shape so you don’t hurt the
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04/20/2024

Had fun shopping today for a new @ the fabulous local gem ! Not too late to get you summer crops in before the heat hits, and they are well stocked with everything you need. 🌱💚🍅🍆🫑🌶️

04/12/2024

Detail shot - at work here. Not only do these support (especially & 🐝 ), need and are , but they are already for next year’s plants.
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04/11/2024

Another year older…
Yesterday, April 2023, June 2022.
The perennials are filling in now, last year it was all about the annual wildflowers. But the are coming back, and also filling in the holes.
All local and
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04/02/2024

Look who I found happily munching dandelions in my garden today! These two fell off the leaves as I pulled w**ds - a gentle reminder that . And while it can be gratifying to power through and tidy up, the and the may be better for the ecosystem. I’m leaving my w**d piles to sit for a while too, so anyone that needs to hatch and crawl away can. Also slowly w**ding my way through the garden, leaving a few dandelions for them to keep eating. Hoping to see the beautiful moths and butterflies later this spring & summer.
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