Please join us for a workshop focused on drought-tolerant plants, presented by the Water Replenishment District of Southern California. This workshop is free but requires RSVP. For more information, or to sign up, contact Monica Sijder at (562) 275-4234 or msijder@wrd.org.
Drought-Tolerant Plants
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Dec 16, 2017
Edible Gardening
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Dec 09, 2017
Please join us for a workshop in edible gardening, presented by the Water Replenishment District of Southern California. This workshop is free but requires RSVP. For more information, or to sign up, contact Monica Sijder at (562) 275-4234 or msijder@wrd.org.
Sustainable Landscape Design
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Dec 02, 2017
Please join us for a workshop in sustainable landscape design, presented by the Water Replenishment District of Southern California. This workshop is free but requires RSVP. For more information, or to sign up, contact Monica Sijder at (562) 275-4234 or msijder@wrd.org.
Beginning Birding for Teens
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Nov 25, 2017
This fall to spring program will offer monthly bird walks led by California Naturalist and Audubon member Randy Hardwood. We will stroll through the grounds of the historic rancho and watch both resident birds and seasonal migrants. Participants will also listen to the calls and songs, and potentially observe nesting as the seasons progress. Meet[…]
Hypertufa Workshop
By Gerald Wachovsky Nov 18, 2017
Create one-of-a-kind planters at our Hypertufa pot workshop led by Steven Gerischer. Hypertufa is composite material that your plants will love to live in — it has many of the same benefits of stone pottery but is much less heavy. This is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty. Each participant will bring home[…]
Beginning Birding for Teens
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Oct 28, 2017
This fall to spring program will offer monthly bird walks led by California Naturalist and Audubon member Randy Hardwood. We will stroll through the grounds of the historic rancho and watch both resident birds and seasonal migrants. Participants will also listen to the calls and songs, and potentially observe nesting as the seasons progress. Meet[…]
Stories from the Garden: Australian Plants
By Gerald Wachovsky Oct 21, 2017
Randy Baldwin, from San Marcos Growers, will discuss Australian plants and their journey from the Southern Hemisphere to Southern California.
Plant of the Moment: October
By Rancho Staff Gardens, Long Beach Oct 03, 2017
Apache Plume, Fallugia paradoxa, is October’s plant of the moment. Our is located in a pot by the Visitor Center. An evergreen shrub native to the deserts, this member of the rose family displays lovely white flowers that look like a mini version of an old-fashioned single rose. Rather than developing a typical rose hip or even[…]
Stories from the Garden: African Plants
By Gerald Wachovsky Sep 16, 2017
Plant expert Frank McDonough visits the Rancho from his home base at the Los Angeles Arboretum to discuss African Plants. Learn about these warm-weather plants’ journeys to California.
A Sonoran Bumblebee Buzzes Through our Long Beach Gardens
By Rancho Staff Gardens, Photos Sep 15, 2017
We were recently visited by a Sonoran Bumblebee (Bombus sonorus), a fuzzy insect native to the Sonoran desert and much of the western United States. Typical ground dwellers, the female workers forage for pollen and nectar to take back to the nest for storage as food for the young. Like many North American bees, the population[…]