top of page
LOS ANGELES IS NOT A DESERT
amanda smith
6 days ago2 min read
There’s No Water In LA?
People online- “LA is a desert because there is no water here.” *ALL THE WATER THAT IS HERE* But I don’t blame the people online… with so...
4 views0 comments
amanda smith
Aug 12, 20243 min read
Los Angeles Is A Wild Place Mural
Learn about biodiversity in LA County and get a free coloring page inspired by a mural I painted
47 views0 comments
amanda smith
Nov 6, 20233 min read
For The Love Of The Foxes- A Weekend Trip To Santa Rosa
Do you love foxes? Do you love very tiny foxes that look like cats and happen to be the apex predators of their ecosystems? Do you love...
39 views0 comments
amanda smith
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Last Day In Paradise (aka Catalina Island)
Day one, two and three, on the Trans-Catalina Trail were certainly amazing; full of flowers and ocean-cliff views. We had traversed up...
17 views0 comments
amanda smith
Jul 3, 20234 min read
(More) Gorgeous Beach Camping and Two Harbors Town Food- Day Three on the Trans Catalina Trail
Day 1 and Day 2 on the Trans Catalina Trail were beautiful but the third day of our 37.5 mile thru hike was truly magical. In the photo...
29 views0 comments
amanda smith
Jul 2, 202318 min read
Bay Area Transplant Grows In Los Angeles: An Interview With Becky Trotter-Sinnot
L.A.I.N.A.D: Hello! Thank you for meeting with me, would you mind introducing yourself and saying what do you do for work? Becky...
19 views0 comments
amanda smith
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Island In The Sky and Beach Bluff Campground- Day Two on the Trans Catalina Trail
Day one on the Trans Catalina Trail (a 38.5 mile trail on Catalina Island available for hiking, backpacking, and camping with permits...
30 views0 comments
amanda smith
May 28, 20233 min read
Glamping or Backbacking on the Trans Catalina Trail- Day One
Do vault toilets and running water sound like small luxuries that would be nice to have on a multi-day backpacking trip? How about access...
39 views0 comments
amanda smith
Feb 7, 20232 min read
P-22 And Species Loneliness
RIP P22. Species loneliness.... "Philosophers call this state of isolation and disconnection “species loneliness”—a deep, unnamed sadness...
3 views0 comments
amanda smith
Sep 9, 20227 min read
Branded As Wastelands. Rebranded As Paradise. The Struggle To Know Our Ecological Roots.
Florida and California are often thought of as being polar opposites from one another, but what similarities might they have? Well...
71 views0 comments
amanda smith
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Normalize Summer Dormancy!
Summer dormancy can be confusing to some when the majority of the country thinks of summer as the "green time". Will just like a tons of...
8 views0 comments
amanda smith
Aug 19, 20225 min read
Where No Sagebrush Has Gone Before
LA isn't a desert. It's outer space! Well ok... today we are talking about a desert too. I've been watching a lot of 90's Star Trek while...
18 views0 comments
amanda smith
Jun 10, 20223 min read
"Hey Eleven! California Poppies... ever hear of them?!"
When I sat down to eagerly watch Season 4 of Stranger Things, I was not planning on thinking about California Native Plants. But only a...
31 views0 comments
amanda smith
Apr 27, 20221 min read
Keep Pacheco Wild!
I was approached by Stop The Pacheco Dam Project to design a sticker and t-shirt for their work to "Keep Pacheco Wild" and stop the...
12 views0 comments
amanda smith
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Throwing Shade... In The Garden
Actually I have no shade to throw... But did you know there are plants that can grown in almost full shade? I did not before starting my...
10 views0 comments
amanda smith
Apr 23, 202210 min read
Interview with Roger Gray: Master Gardner and California Naturalist
In Spring of 2021 I took a class to become a certified California Naturalist. The class I took, known as CalNat for short, is, "A...
28 views0 comments
amanda smith
Feb 23, 20224 min read
Planting, Propagating, and Gathering Oh My!
In spring on 2021 I took a class, the UC California Naturalist Program (CalNat), to get certified as a California Naturalist. Part of the...
12 views0 comments
amanda smith
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Butterflies and Whales: Walking The Bluffs Of A Crashed Channel Island
Every winter, while ten million humans go about their daily lives on land, another sort of business is happening in the water just off...
23 views0 comments
amanda smith
Jan 29, 20222 min read
Small Flowers, Big City: Growing (Mostly) Native Plants In My Tiny Rented Patch Of Land
First was a vegetable garden, then just herbs and drought tolerant plants, then the shift to thinking maybe I could help out critters...
11 views0 comments
bottom of page