This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Christopher Smee replaced his water-hungry lawn ...

Native gardens have come to be linked with meadow-like landscaping and naturalistic landscapes. However, many native species can be structured, elegant, and thoughtfully planned while being ...

Fruits and vegetables need plenty of nutrients and water to thrive in a garden. California native plants prefer unamended soils and need little water once they’re established. Separation is the key to ...

The addition of California native plants invites a magical micro ecosystem into your garden. Walking through my garden of desert globemallow, sunflower bush, sage, and penstemon this spring, I noticed ...

When this Del Rey couple married, they asked for plants. They ended up trading concrete and a conventional lawn for Chateau Chaparral, a native garden anchored by drought-tolerant plants.

One of our previous columns analyzed the garden operating as an ecosystem. We summarize that column below and, in this column, focus instead on garden aesthetics. In both ways, your garden can support ...

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If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware professor whose groundbreaking 2006 book, “Bringing Nature Home,” supercharged ...

It’s a growing trend around the country. Front yards that were once lawns are now becoming flowering native plants meadows. I visited John Esposito, a gardener in Huntington who changed his front yard ...