March 2011

March 1: Hillside gardening, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 5: Designing with succulents, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 5: Family bird walk, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 5: Member plant sale, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 5: Garden tour, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 5: Plant sale, California Native Plant Society, San Diego, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

March 5: Golden anniversary gala, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley

March 5: Natives for wildlife, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

March 5: Native plant clinic, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 5: Gardening in the shade with Carol Bornstein, Nopalito Nursery, Ventura

March 5: Out of the wild and into your garden: Monkeyflowers, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 5: Native plant garden maintenance with Sabine Hoppner, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley

March 6: Beginning bird walk, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 6: Ask the horticulturist, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 7: Restoration of Back Dune and shallow water habitats, Marcia Hanscom and Roy van de Hoek, Co-Directors, Ballona Institute, California Native Plant Society, South Coast Chapter, Palos Verde Peninsula

March 8: Native plant survey in post-fire Griffith Park, California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles and Santa Monica Mountain Chapter, Encino

March 8: Out of the wild and into your garden: Monkeyflowers, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 9: Bird walk, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 10: After the lawn is gone, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 10: Tillandsias from A to Z with Paul T. Isley III, Thursday garden talks with Lili Singer, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 10: Propagation Society, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 12: OC hikes author Karin Klein, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

March 12: Los Angeles Environmental Fair, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 12: Tour with John Wickham, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley

March 12: Drought tolerant exotics, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 13: Birds of spring, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 17: After the lawn is gone, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 17: Collecting, processing and storing native seeds with Genevieve Arnold of the Theodore Payne Foundation, Thursday garden talks with Lili Singer, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 19: Amazing life of bees, wasps and ants with Eric Grissel, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley and Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 19: Kill the grass, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

March 19: Spring open house, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 19: Garden tour, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 20: Special access tour, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 20: Guided tram tour, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 20: Plants and ecology of Big Santa Anita Canyon, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 22: Secrets of the best garden designs, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 24: Propagation Society, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 24: Science in the garden with Rachel Young, Thursday garden talks with Lili Singer, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia

March 24: Landscape plants for California gardens with Bob Perry, California Native Plant Society San Gabriel Mountains Chapter, Pasadena

March 25: Bird survey, Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach

March 26: Homeowner association tour, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 26: Environmental fair, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance

March 26: Design elements, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano

March 26: Open house, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley

March 26: How to hire a landscape contractor, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon

March 27: Guided tours, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont

March 27: Mediterranean climate zone plants from the Southern hemisphere with Mike Craib, Roger’s Gardens, Corona del Mar

March 29: Bioneers meeting, G2 Gallery, Venice

March 31: Landscape scenography with Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults, Thursday garden talks with Lili Singer, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia