Groups – Activity – Jessi Seglar

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 10 months ago

The legislator happens to be a brick mason. I heard that only 30 percent of the people in the Washington legislature have college degrees. This might say something about their lack of support for teachers, colleges and universities.

Ray Freeman posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 10 months ago

Aren’t politicians wonderful? Did he do an apprenticeship to qualify for the bar exam?

ashley cruz posted an update in the group California Native Plants 14 years, 10 months ago

does anyone know how rain gardens thrive in the Bay Area? I am wondering because right now, its the rainy season, so everything is getting a lot of water – but when it is summer and dry, how do the plants in the rain garden get their water? What plants do you suggest putting in the rain garden?

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 10 months ago

In order to pass the new practice act in Washington, we had to capitulate to a legislator who said he “is an apprentice kind of guy”. So now the state LA Board is drawing up rules for the act’s implementation. One of the areas being addressed is this aspect of the legislation. As it stands now, the law gives a big boost to kids of licensed…[Read more]

Geoffrey Katz posted an update in the group California Native Plants 14 years, 10 months ago

Hello all
For those of you in the San Fran Bay Area registration for the tour of East Bay native plant gardens just opened. Went last year, will go again this year. http://www.BringingBacktheNatives.net

Susan Murray posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 10 months ago

Katrina – Sorry I accidentally posted a question about the practice tests to your discussion earlier !!

STEPHANIE Landregan FASLA LEED posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 10 months ago

Katrina,
If your program is LAAB accredited, then you should be fine. Email me priviately and I can make some recommendations for you to address the LATC staff.
Stephanie

Peter Jensen posted an update in the group California Native Plants 14 years, 10 months ago

Semiarundaria fastuosum is a good screen variety. Dense and upright.

MJ Martin posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years ago

Two years after clearing the invasives in my part of the creekbed in my backyard – you know, plants like Arundo and Tamarisk (how did that get there?) and Washingtonia palms (we all know how that got there) – the birds were kind enough to plant 3 Quercus agrifolia and a Toyon that is now about 12′ high. None of these are requiring additional water…[Read more]

David Moorman posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years ago

Christmas berry!? They can make a landscape designer a hero!

MJ Martin posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 3 months ago

I’m a residential Landscape Designer in San Diego’s East County. Has anyone mentioned Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano? They have a nice newsletter as well you can subscribe to.
I like to incorporate garden-friendly california natives in my designs.

Jeremy Sison posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

Here are some other resources. las pilitas nursery. 2 locations. North San Diego county (Escondido) & San Luis Obispo. http://www.laspilitas.com. website is deep with info. Another is “California Native Plants for the Garden” by Carol Bornstein, Bart O’brien & David Fross. Cachuma Press. David Fross was my Cal Natives Professor at Cal Poly, SLO. Lots of…[Read more]

Mark Simmons posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

Agree with Ken and Blake. There’s also some nurseries that specialize in natives. Yerba Buena Nursery south of SF has a demonstration garden with labeled plants and the owners are VERY knowledgeable. Also, North Coast Nursery and Cal Flora in Sonoma County. Also, it’s good to be mindful of the fact that California has many totaly different native…[Read more]

Ken Smith posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

Katrina, to clarify, UCBG and Tilden are in Berkeley and Merritt College is in Oakland.

Brock Axthelm posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

The South Lake Tahoe and North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Gardens show a plethora of California Native plants used in the high Sierra. These gardens give great examples of California Native plants at diffrent stages of development.

Ken Smith posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

Agree with Blake — the Merritt program is great. I also volunteered at Tilden’s native nursery on Thursday mornings — propagating, etc. It was a great way to learn about natives. U.C. Botanical Garden and the Tilden Park (native) Botanical Garden are both stunning places to check out CA natives in a park setting.

Blake Rothschild posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago

you may also want to check out the horticulture program at Merritt College for i.d. classes. http://www.merrritt.edu

Mark Simmons posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 9 months ago

Has anyone seen a CA native develop over time? I’m interested in how native gardens survive in the real world of residencia. I’m using my own yard as a test, having just planted about 50 various species. They’re all infants right now, but I’m very excited to see how they grow,

ashley cruz posted an update in the group California Native Plants 15 years, 11 months ago

hey! i’m beginning to study the native trees of california. i live in NJ now, but come June moving to San Francisco. How is the LA job market out there? I was just laid-off here in Jersey.