by Arlington Garden | Apr 22, 2024 | Announcements, Conservation, Features, Wildlife
(AJPJ) Spring in urban Southern California is … well, the word “unnatural” comes to mind, but it’s prudent to avoid provocation. Safer words might be “novel” or “anachronistic” or “cosmopolitan.” Spring in Southern California is novel. Like last year, we are...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 13, 2024 | Announcements, Arlington, Features
Photos courtesy of Tahereh Sheerazie. This past week, Pasadena received (“received” as in a blessing) 8.1 inches of rain. According to the local paper, that is 40% of our average seasonal rainfall. A representative from the City reported as of last...
by Arlington Garden | Jan 9, 2024 | Arlington, Features, Guest Letters, Wildlife
Pictured: Allen’s hummingbird. Credit: Charles Hood. (Charles Hood) This special place is an urban oasis, as we all know subjectively, but that can be shown with quantitative data too, if, for example, we look at the resident and migrant hummingbirds. Six...
by Arlington Garden | Dec 9, 2023 | Announcements, Arlington, Features
2023 has been a year of transformational growth and loss. We received a $100,000 unrestricted grant from the Harold and Colene Brown Foundation in support of our education mission and for the second year welcomed 5th grade students from Pasadena Unified. The students...
by Arlington Garden | Dec 1, 2023 | Climate Change Gardening, Features, Interviews, Resilience Gardening, Wildlife
Life on Earth is faced with incredible ecological challenges. In response, we can devote a portion of our personal landscapes to the natural world — a horticultural sacred share: a portion set aside in our yards or balconies for life on Earth.* In our...
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