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LOS ANGELES IS NOT A DESERT
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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