Word of mouth: Garden blogs

There are many wonderful blogs on gardening, however, this list, under construction and by no means complete, focuses on those that concentrate on dry and native gardening in California. If yours fits the bill but is not in the list and you would like it to be, please don’t be offended and please do notify me at emily.green [@] mac.com. For organizations such as the Theodore Payne Foundation specializing in native gardening, click here and for events such as classes, walks and exhibits, here.

Aprille’s SoCal Gardening by a landscape designer who loves roses and beneficial insects

BeGarden by landscape designer Janis Hatlestad

Debra Lee Baldwin (succulents)

Dirt du Jour by Northern Californian garden writers Cindy McNatt and Charlotte Germane

Breathing Treatment by Brent Morgan, smart notes of California garden design

Cactus Blog

California Native Landscape Design (blog of Rob Moore)

Cal-Natives Landscape

The Earthworm’s Lair by Owen Dell

Garden Designers Roundtable

Gardening in Mediterranean Climates Worldwide

Gardening with a Wild Heart (Judith Larner Lowry)

Hey Natives

Laguna Dirt

Lost in the Landscape

The Ojai Garden

Native Sanctuary by Los Angeles area garden designer Orchid Black

A Patch of Weeds in Paradise

Plant Soup

Project Green Scaping – Mike Brown of Descanso Gardens

Rambling LA by environment writer Ilsa Setziol

Root Simple with Eric Knutzen and Kelly Coyne  

Rooted in California

Town Mouse and Country Mouse

A Verdant Life

Verne Pershing: The Art of Gardening

Wild Suburbia by Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden research fellow Barbara Eisenstein

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