Resources/Links
Master Gardeners of Riverside County: http://ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/
Master Gardeners of San Diego County: http://www.mastergardenerssandiego.org
University of California Integrated Pest Management: www.ipm.ucanr.edu
California Native Plant Society: www.cnps.org and calscape.org
Theodore Payne Foundation: https://theodorepayne.org They offer in-person activities and online classes (often a fee is charged)
Resources for Habitat Gardening WITH California Native Plants:
(Collected by Susan Cline)
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: When you look at some of these websites, please keep in mind, the information is usually for the entire U.S.; but for a Southern California Habitat Garden, you must choose the native plants that have evolved in this area with the animals and insects and soil fungi that live in our area.
PLANT LOCAL, very local, is a motto for habitat gardens!
ONLINE:
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY http://www.cnps.org/cnps/grownative/habitat/
CALSCAPE NATIVE PLANT DATABASE https://calscape.org/
AUDUBON SOCIETY www.audubon.org/NativePlants/Database
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION https://www.nwf.org/garden-for-wildlife
CALIFORNIA BOTANIC GARDEN (AKA) RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDENS http://www.calbg.org/native-plant-gardening
THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION https://www.theodorepayne.org/nativeplantdatabase/index.php?title=Main_Page
TREE OF LIFE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT NURSERY https://californianativeplants.com/
MOOSA CREEK NURSERY http://www.moosacreeknursery.com/
BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER POLLINATORS https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation
LAS PILITAS NURSERY https://www.laspilitas.com/
BOOKS:
The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and other Animals
By Nancy Bauer
*Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
By Douglas W. Tallamy
*Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By Douglas W. Tallamy
Wild Suburbia: Learning to Garden With Native Plants
By Barbara Eisenstein
California’s Native Landscape: The Homewoner’s Design Guide to Restoring Its Beauty and Balance
By Greg Rubin and Lucy Warren
The Drought-Defying California Garden; 230 Native Plants for a Lush, Low-Water Landscape
By Greg Rubin and Lucy Warren
*Please keep in mind that Doug Tallamy lives on the East Coast---but his advice easily translates to our area, using OUR plants!
ALSO---SEARCH FOR THESE AUTHORS AND/OR TOPICS AS IN YOUTUBE VIDEOS!
Below are links to resources that Lynn Coffman used in her presentation on 2/14/23 "How Much Water do Plants Really Need?"
US Drought Monitor: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership design templates: https://www.savingwaterpartnership.org/programs_list/landscape-design-templates/
The Sunset Garden Climate Zones: https://www.sunsetwesterngardencollection.com/climate-zones
UC Plant Database plant search: https://ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/Plant_Search/
Can create a list of plants by city based on water usage and type of plant.
Chino Basin Water Conservation District, Waterwise Plant finder: https://waterwisegardenplanner.org/plant-finder/
Can sort by type of plant, native plants, water needs, character, sun exposure, aesthetics or by functions (i.e.: slope, lawn alternative, butterfly plants, etc.)
US Dept. of Energy: Guidelines for Estimating Unmetered Landscaping Water Use: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/10/f3/est_unmetered_landscape_wtr.pdf
Rancho Water: https://ranchoinbloom.com/
Inspiration & Resources to create your thriving, water-efficient landscape.
List of some local nurseries, landscape designers & contractors. List of rebates for turf replacement.
There are links at the bottom of every page to the state, district, and national garden club websites with which we are affiliated, and to our Facebook page, which has posts not only from TVGC but from many, many garden-related entities. (with many beautiful photos)
Articles:
Here is a very good article on Gardening with Kids for Healthier Children, which contains links to other related articles:
https://www.dietspotlight. com/gardening-with-kids-for- healthier-children/
Here is an article suggested by a viewer on growing fragrant herbs, which includes a great breakdown on the benefits of having an herb garden, what you can grow, different uses for cooking, aromatherapy, etc. https://www.perfume.com/article-growing-fragrant-herbs
Videos:
YouTube has numerous videos on how to plant, grow, fertilize, prune just about any crop you can think of, and also how to deal with problems. (Keep in mind some information could be mis-information.)
PBS TV show "J. Schwanke's Life in Bloom" on PBS Create (KLCS CRT) on Frontier Channel 475 or Search Google for episodes online. Fourth-generation florist, author, and floral educator, J Schwanke hosts this series about flower arrangement, design and instruction. Aiming to help viewers have fun with flowers, the program shows how to incorporate flowers into homes and everyday life. The series also includes tours of flower farms, greenhouses, markets, festivals, and special events around the world. (Recommended by two of our members who enjoy this show.)
During the pandemic when we can't get together in person for group gatherings, here are some alternate activities:
"I would like to suggest than in addition to actually physically planting, pruning, mulching, and harvesting
in your garden, that this might be a good time to learn more gardening tips, tricks, and techniques.
I start most days with some stretches and exercises and while doing that, I watch You Tube videos.
I am learning a lot. There are videos on any topic you can think of, so why not take advantage."
~ Pat Boyd
Online Native Plant Garden Tour which took place in the LA area on March 28 & 29, 2020.
Click on the link below and then click on links of the tour:
For those of you interested in Floral Arrangements:
The San Diego Museum of Art’s Art Alive 2020 VIRTUAL Art Alive 2020 welcomed the creative “floral” designs
from their official designers using flowers and items from homes with a “Bloom Bash”
-an online exhibition of works from the museum collection and then interpreted by designers using items from their homes and exhibited side by side –
https://www.sdmart.org/floral-interpretations-first-floor-galleries-1-15/
https://www.sdmart.org/floral-interpretations-second-floor-galleries-16-20/
The Orange County Rose Society has been busy at the Pat Nixon Rose Garden at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda:
https://www.facebook.com/219437734883200/posts/1660952210731738/?sfnsn=mo
and you can see the gardens on their Facebook page and a short narrated tour of the garden is here:
The Chelsea Flower Show has ended but they still have lots of videos saved on their site
and this short video on flower pressing will take you there:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea/tuesday/jamjar-flowers