Get Your Tix for Garden Tour '26!
April 11 & 12: Visit real native plant gardens and meet the people who made them on our upcoming spring tour. The two-day, self-guided tour showcases 42 stunning gardens across Greater Los Angeles, each demonstrating the ways that native plants inspire us with their beauty while creating a more sustainable future.
Admission includes admission for one person to all gardens over both days, plus a full-color Guidebook featuring addresses, maps, and insider info, which will ship in March.
It's Planting Season 🪴
What qualities do you want in a garden?
Now Sowing: Butterfly Mix
Theodore Payne Foundation kindly asks for your help
in protecting the delicate balance of our native ecosystems by not sowing seeds in nature preserves, open spaces, wilderness, or post-burn areas. Our seed offerings are intended to be sown in cultivated and garden settings.
Get Caught in the Beauty of Cobwebby Thistle
Cobwebby thistle, or Cirsium occidentale, is a biennial herb with leaves and blossoms covered in small “hairs” resembling cobwebs, hence its namesake.
During its first growing season, it establishes roots and leaves before going dormant. It isn’t until the second year that gorgeous flowers in varying pink to purple hues start to appear, marking the end of its short life. Preferring sandy, fast draining soils and full sun, this plant grows quickly and reseeds easily.
Get them started in your garden this spring ✨
