Save Our Water encourages over 300,000 Angelenos to learn about native plants and water-wise landscaping to help respond to California's extreme drought "Californians know that we're facing extreme ...

If you are thinking about making your yard more sustainable or eco-friendly in the coming year, have you considered creating ...

We used many drought-tolerant plants from that part of the world, such as bay laurel, lavender, and teucrium,' says Principal David Thorne. 'We often specify CA native plants tha ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. – November 28, 2023 – Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has unveiled the new California Native Plant ...

Lexie Glass and her husband, Evan Hursley, tore out their lawns and created gardens that are drought-resistant, attractive to wildlife and beautiful. The couple began the process of replacing their ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Looking out the front windows of their Northeast L ...

As gardeners, we are drawn to the latest, brightest varieties of thirsty, exotic species for our gardens, always chasing the new and unusual. As our world heats up with climate change, water-thirsty ...

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Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and ...

When it comes to climate change mitigation, using fire in scientific ways in order to minimize wildfire damage may seem like an unlikely solution. And yet it is a long-standing Indigenous tradition ...