by Arlington Garden | Jun 4, 2026 | Conservation, Features, Guest Letters, Resilience Gardening, Wildlife
(Jodhan Fine) Refilling bird feeders could get tedious, but it never actually does. Each time I replenish the birds’ seed [at our new Pasadena Audubon Bird Feeder Garden], I always make sure to stay awhile and watch the birds return to freshly restocked food....
by Arlington Garden | Jun 4, 2026 | Climate Change Gardening, Conservation, Features, Wildlife
(William Hallstrom) The monarchs are once again teeming on the milkweed patches at Arlington. We are lucky, I think, to have a few spontaneous eruptions of narrow leaf milkweed in the garden. Narrow leaf milkweed is our local host to monarch butterflies. This is the...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 12, 2025 | Arlington, Features
(AJ Jewell) We are deep in winter by most reckonings of the season, although it only recently started feeling that way. Winter in Southern California is usually a glorious three months. Winter is when it rains and wildflowers grow. Unlike barren Chicago or Boston,...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 9, 2025 | Features, Interviews
This interview with Lynn Fang, MS has been edited for length and clarity. (AJPJ) Lynn Fang is a soil scientist with over 10 years of experience in ecological landscape design, soil science, community composting, and regenerative farming. She centers on soil health as...
by Arlington Garden | Dec 16, 2024 | Announcements, Arlington, Features, Wildlife
image courtesy of Scott Oshima On a recent Fall day, I walked in Arlington Garden’s afternoon sunlight. The light flowed from behind oaks and buckwheats. Lizards followed it along paths. A hawk glided silently through a sunbeam. A chatty family walked by the wish...
by Arlington Garden | Apr 22, 2024 | Announcements, Conservation, Features, Wildlife
(AJ Jewell) 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...
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