December 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced cancellation of most events and closure of many public spaces. Some venues are beginning to open back up up, but please contact the venues before committing anything to your calendar.

Submitted by Yvonne Savio
Contact each location to confirm the listed event, for details, and for a full schedule.
Events are free with admission unless otherwise indicated.

For more events as they’re posted, see https://www.gardeninginla.net/submit-your-garden-events.html

ONLINE WEBINARS and IN-PERSON EVENTS December 2021

Upcoming events, Online Zoom: Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
https://www.arboretum.org/calendar/2021/12

Upcoming events: Arlington Garden in Pasadena
https://www.arlingtongardenpasadena.com/

Upcoming events, Online Zoom: California Garden & Landscape History Society
https://cglhs.org/upcoming-events

Upcoming classes, Online Zoom: California Native Plant Society
https://www.cnps.org/event/virtual-native-plant-events

Upcoming events, Online Zoom: Los Angeles & Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, California Native Plant Society
https://lasmmcnps.org/

Upcoming classes, Online Instagram and Facebook: Rogers Gardens
https://www.rogersgardens.com/blogs/events

Upcoming events: Smartgardening (LA Dept. of Water & Power)
https://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/sg/webinars.cfm

Upcoming Classes, Online Zoom, Waterwise Community Center, Chino Basin Water Conservation District
https://www.cbwcd.org/

Upcoming classes, Online Webinars at the Theodore Payne Foundation:

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/theodore-payne-foundation-6606817237?utm_campaign=Adult%20Education%2C%20Jan%202021%20B%20%28RmkMQL%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CLASSES%20B&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIktHQ2lhRCIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJ5dm9ubmVzYXZpb0BlYXJ0aGxpbmsubmV0In0%3D

Saturday, 12-04-21, 8:00am-2:00pm
In Person - Spartan Garden Planter Box Build Day
The Spartan Garden, Sandburg Middle School, Glendora

Come help us build the Spartan Garden and bring your family and friends to join in the fun!  Thanks to a generous donation from the Bohler Builders Group and support from community members, we will be building the remaining 24 planter boxes at the Spartan Garden.  Recommended Items to Bring: Water Bottle, Drill, Gloves.  Free.  Sign up at: https://forms.gle/G5idagRxfXSPvBbL6. Location: Sandburg Middle School, 819 W. Bennett Avenue, Glendora 91741. Meet at the 2nd level by the baseball fields.  For more information, contact Jake Fry, jake@plants4thepeople.org, 626-733-7749, plants4thepeople.org

Saturday, 12-04-21, 10:00am-12:00pm
In Person - Holiday Wreath Workshop with Jenna Ervin
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Using natural materials from our very own Arboretum grounds and unique selections from the LA Flower Mart, join us in this wonderful tradition to make your very own wreath. Wreaths, wire, and plant materials will be provided. Please bring your own gloves and clippers. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. No walk ups allowed.  $50 members, $60 non-members.  Location: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia 91007.  Prior registration required: https://1328aa.blackbaudhosting.com/1328aa/page.aspx?pid=213&tab=2&txobjid=469590e5-7d71-46bb-9793-edf4080a6d7a&_ga=2.96650588.2129417645.1634663691-1719186181.1539791850.  *Member discount is applied at check out. Please make sure you are logged into your member account.  For more information = Denise Lu, Education Engagement Specialist, 626-566-3706, denise.lu@arboretum.org

Saturday, 12-04-21, 10:30am-12:30pm
In Person - Los Cerritos Wetlands Habitat Restoration
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

Volunteer event hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific to restore 66 acres of wetlands by collecting seeds from rare plants, planting varieties native to the region and removing invasive nonnatives.  Free.  For more information: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/los_cerritos_wetlands_habitat_restoration/

Thursday, 12-09-21, 7:10pm
Online Webinar - California in a Vase with Lucinda McDade
The Southern California Horticultural Society

Lucinda McDade will discuss the recent book, California in a Vase by Susan Gottlieb. The webinar is free, but you must register to receive Zoom access at www.socalhort.org  For more information, email socalhort@gmail.com.

Saturday, 12-11-21, 9:00am to 12:00pm
Online Workshop - Favorite Plants for Inland Valley Gardens
The Chino Basin Water Conservation District

Wondering what to plant? We will explore our top recommended plants for gardens and landscapes in the inland valleys of Soutrhenr California and other similar climates (e.g. Inland Empire, San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys). These plants have it all! Beauty, color, habitat for birds or pollinators, and only need to be watered once or twice a month, even in the Summer! This class will be structured on providing great plant options for the different parts of a landscape people often need to fill.

Tuesday, 12-14-21, 7:00am-9:30pm
Online Webinar - Historical Ecology as a Guide to Lost & Remnant Vegetation Types of SoCal with Travis Longcore
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Mountains Chapter of the CNPS

Research over the past twenty-five years in southern California has resulted in maps and descriptions that characterize historical habitats, and provide insight on their distributions and associated physical processes. These include the forb fields and vernal pools of the Los Angeles coastal prairie; extensive alkali flats and meadows along the tidal fringe of wetlands in Los Angeles and Orange Counties; the oak-walnut woodlands of the Santa Monica Mountains and San Fernando Valley; perennial lakes and springs now incorporated into landscaped parks; extensive riparian zones lost to channelization; and coastal freshwater and brackish wetlands and salt pans now converted to deepwater tidal estuaries. Historical ecology maps could be used to guide urban explorations to discover remnants of rare habitats, or even individual persisting specimens, and to inform restoration proposals to envision the true breadth of the historical vegetation types of the region. Travis Longcore is trained in geography with a focus in biogeography. He got started with historical ecology in graduate school when he was handed a half-written draft manuscript about the Los Angeles coastal prairie and told to go for it. He is currently an associate adjunct professor at UCLA and the science director of The Urban Wildlands Group and has spent more than an average amount of time providing expert testimony critiquing environmental assessments for projects that would destroy natural lands and native species.  Free.  Information for logging onto the Zoom presentation will be posted on the LA/SMM-CNPS website twenty hours ahead of the event and announced via email blast.  For more information and to get onto the emailing list for the Zoom link, contact Mary Montes, mcmontes100@hotmail.com, 747-282-6540