Plant Bingo hit Greater L.A. in mid-2025, and with sellout crowds coming to play, it shows no signs of slowing down. Learn more, plus January plant events.
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Growing mushrooms at home is more complicated than buying soil and seeds, but very doable with the help of premade kits. Here are expert tips on mushroom care.
In our Plant PPL series, we interview people of color in the plant world, including plantfluencers, plant stylists, floral artists, enthusiasts, experts and garden store owners.
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Since 2022, a group of queer Angelenos has cared for a native-plant parkway garden in Glendale. They see themselves in its resilient growth.
The former CEO of Reddit says people have been wanting a verified way to plant trees.
Humans first began foraging for food some 12,000 years ago, long before they developed agricultural tools that overshadowed the ancient act that helped sustain early humans.
The state’s proposed ‘zone zero’ rules are commonsense fire safety, proponents say, but opponents fear they will decimate Southern California’s urban forest.
The Jan. 7 Eaton fire ravaged Altadena and displaced half the 100-plus volunteers who create the annual Christmas Tree Lane. Will the popular holiday light display happen this year?
The Metropolitan Water District is offering rebates to businesses and public institutions in Southern California who remove nonfunctional turf and install less thirsty landscapes.
Palm trees might be an expensive, messy problem for L.A. But that didn’t stop new Mexican fan palms from being planted on Wilshire Boulevard near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
These eco-conscious marathoners wanted more than water savings when they tore out their sickly lawn in Long Beach. They wanted to inspire and welcome others.
Working on weekends for a year, Lexie Glass and Evan Hursley added curb appeal to their L.A. Craftsman by tearing out their lawn and adding 250 low-water plants.
Palms are freeloader trees: They suck down water like camels, but give back barely enough leafiness to shade a Hula-Hoop.
‘Regrow Altadena’ offers free plants to victims of the Eaton fire to help fill in yards decimated by the blaze but also to offer a small luxury as people rebuild.
The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is an engaging dip into Chumash stories, traditions and even plants, but don’t stop there.
