Spotted Towhee on my Evergreen Huckleberry bush. #Birds #GrowNativePlants
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Spotted Towhee on my Evergreen Huckleberry bush. #Birds #GrowNativePlants
I haven’t seen sweet small Pine Siskins in a long time. That time didn’t go so well, there were hundreds and they were dying, then they made other birds sick. #GrowNativePlants
November 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I haven’t seen sweet small Pine Siskins in a long time. That time didn’t go so well, there were hundreds and they were dying, then they made other birds sick. #GrowNativePlants
Over 30 monarch caterpillars on the milkweed today 🐛🦋 …and one chrysalis on the green waste can!
I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
September 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Over 30 monarch caterpillars on the milkweed today 🐛🦋 …and one chrysalis on the green waste can!
I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
Hail to the #HedgeBedstraw!
Big & blousy, it's been thriving on my #allotment for years & where many insects love it beyond it being a vital nectar or food plant. Some use it 2 snooze in, others to bask or roost on, while others give it the greatest honour .. by breeding on it.
#grownativeplants
Big & blousy, it's been thriving on my #allotment for years & where many insects love it beyond it being a vital nectar or food plant. Some use it 2 snooze in, others to bask or roost on, while others give it the greatest honour .. by breeding on it.
#grownativeplants
July 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Hail to the #HedgeBedstraw!
Big & blousy, it's been thriving on my #allotment for years & where many insects love it beyond it being a vital nectar or food plant. Some use it 2 snooze in, others to bask or roost on, while others give it the greatest honour .. by breeding on it.
#grownativeplants
Big & blousy, it's been thriving on my #allotment for years & where many insects love it beyond it being a vital nectar or food plant. Some use it 2 snooze in, others to bask or roost on, while others give it the greatest honour .. by breeding on it.
#grownativeplants
Song Sparrow and Towhee under the Salal.
#CreateBirdHabitat
#GrowNativePlants
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‼️lower the volume ‼️
In the leaf litter underneath the native plants there is a Song-sparrow who gets on camera and then there is a Spotted Towhee who gets on camera also
#CreateBirdHabitat
#GrowNativePlants
🪶
‼️lower the volume ‼️
In the leaf litter underneath the native plants there is a Song-sparrow who gets on camera and then there is a Spotted Towhee who gets on camera also
February 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Song Sparrow and Towhee under the Salal.
#CreateBirdHabitat
#GrowNativePlants
🪶
‼️lower the volume ‼️
In the leaf litter underneath the native plants there is a Song-sparrow who gets on camera and then there is a Spotted Towhee who gets on camera also
#CreateBirdHabitat
#GrowNativePlants
🪶
‼️lower the volume ‼️
In the leaf litter underneath the native plants there is a Song-sparrow who gets on camera and then there is a Spotted Towhee who gets on camera also
December 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
July 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Matilija Poppy - Garden Benefits:
🐝Pollinator Magnet - full of pollen
💦🦌Drought & Dear Resistance
🌿Erosion Control - with aggressive spreading rhizomes
🌼Dramatic Focal Point - 6' to 8' high & wide with spectacular blooms
#MatilijaPoppy #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
🐝Pollinator Magnet - full of pollen
💦🦌Drought & Dear Resistance
🌿Erosion Control - with aggressive spreading rhizomes
🌼Dramatic Focal Point - 6' to 8' high & wide with spectacular blooms
#MatilijaPoppy #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Matilija Poppy - Garden Benefits:
🐝Pollinator Magnet - full of pollen
💦🦌Drought & Dear Resistance
🌿Erosion Control - with aggressive spreading rhizomes
🌼Dramatic Focal Point - 6' to 8' high & wide with spectacular blooms
#MatilijaPoppy #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
🐝Pollinator Magnet - full of pollen
💦🦌Drought & Dear Resistance
🌿Erosion Control - with aggressive spreading rhizomes
🌼Dramatic Focal Point - 6' to 8' high & wide with spectacular blooms
#MatilijaPoppy #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
1st at #allotment this morning .. no less than 2 #MarbledWhite butterflies (both males) flying in & out of my plot .. then round & round .. never at rest .. when finally 1 was tempted by newly emerged Field Scabious .. as was #MeadowBrown & even #Red-tailedbumblebee
What a plant!
#grownativeplants
What a plant!
#grownativeplants
June 22, 2026 at 2:41 PM
1st at #allotment this morning .. no less than 2 #MarbledWhite butterflies (both males) flying in & out of my plot .. then round & round .. never at rest .. when finally 1 was tempted by newly emerged Field Scabious .. as was #MeadowBrown & even #Red-tailedbumblebee
What a plant!
#grownativeplants
What a plant!
#grownativeplants
🐝Bumblebee enjoying the sweet sweet nectar from Manzanita blossoms this winter
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
🐝Bumblebee enjoying the sweet sweet nectar from Manzanita blossoms this winter
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
Think native plants for a greener future 🌳🦎🐸🪲🐝🦋🐞🐛🐦
#grownativeplants
#grownativeplants
November 19, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Think native plants for a greener future 🌳🦎🐸🪲🐝🦋🐞🐛🐦
#grownativeplants
#grownativeplants
🌿Native CA Tidy Tips
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🌿Native CA Tidy Tips
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
🌿Cleveland sage
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
🌿Cleveland sage
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
🌿California yarrow might be the ultimate native all-star—tough, beautiful, and easy to grow
From sea cliffs to mountain meadows, it’s everywhere, adding texture, fragrance, and life to any garden
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #CaliforniaNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaYarrow #Yarrow
From sea cliffs to mountain meadows, it’s everywhere, adding texture, fragrance, and life to any garden
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #CaliforniaNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaYarrow #Yarrow
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌿California yarrow might be the ultimate native all-star—tough, beautiful, and easy to grow
From sea cliffs to mountain meadows, it’s everywhere, adding texture, fragrance, and life to any garden
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #CaliforniaNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaYarrow #Yarrow
From sea cliffs to mountain meadows, it’s everywhere, adding texture, fragrance, and life to any garden
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #CaliforniaNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaYarrow #Yarrow
Only plants that support insects should be permitted in our gardens or any green spaces now.
We cannot live without nature yet though our human aesthetic selfishness we are assisting its decline in this country & elsewhere.
As long as I have life in me, this plea is part of me!
#grownativeplants
We cannot live without nature yet though our human aesthetic selfishness we are assisting its decline in this country & elsewhere.
As long as I have life in me, this plea is part of me!
#grownativeplants
June 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Only plants that support insects should be permitted in our gardens or any green spaces now.
We cannot live without nature yet though our human aesthetic selfishness we are assisting its decline in this country & elsewhere.
As long as I have life in me, this plea is part of me!
#grownativeplants
We cannot live without nature yet though our human aesthetic selfishness we are assisting its decline in this country & elsewhere.
As long as I have life in me, this plea is part of me!
#grownativeplants
🌿Wildflowers are the untouched, nutrient-dense "whole foods" of the insect world🐝🦋🪲
And sooo beautiful✨
#Wildflowers #GrowNativePlants
And sooo beautiful✨
#Wildflowers #GrowNativePlants
June 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🌿Wildflowers are the untouched, nutrient-dense "whole foods" of the insect world🐝🦋🪲
And sooo beautiful✨
#Wildflowers #GrowNativePlants
And sooo beautiful✨
#Wildflowers #GrowNativePlants
🌿Many Californians are actively evaluating lawns for water use, maintenance burden, and ecological impact, and choosing native plantings instead
This shift is happening at both the household level and through community restoration projects💖
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
This shift is happening at both the household level and through community restoration projects💖
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🌿Many Californians are actively evaluating lawns for water use, maintenance burden, and ecological impact, and choosing native plantings instead
This shift is happening at both the household level and through community restoration projects💖
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
This shift is happening at both the household level and through community restoration projects💖
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
🌿 This Week is All About Central Coast Manzanitas!
Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around Santa Barbara & the Central Coast
Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #NativeManzanita
Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around Santa Barbara & the Central Coast
Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #NativeManzanita
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
🌿 This Week is All About Central Coast Manzanitas!
Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around Santa Barbara & the Central Coast
Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #NativeManzanita
Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around Santa Barbara & the Central Coast
Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #NativeManzanita
While you watch, just consider things some you can do to mitigate the twin climate & nature disasters that are staring us & our children in the face right now perhaps 🙄
#walk #cycle #takethebus #takethetrain #grownativeplants #donotusepesticidesorherbicides #rewildyourgreenspace #letgrassgrow
#walk #cycle #takethebus #takethetrain #grownativeplants #donotusepesticidesorherbicides #rewildyourgreenspace #letgrassgrow
June 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
While you watch, just consider things some you can do to mitigate the twin climate & nature disasters that are staring us & our children in the face right now perhaps 🙄
#walk #cycle #takethebus #takethetrain #grownativeplants #donotusepesticidesorherbicides #rewildyourgreenspace #letgrassgrow
#walk #cycle #takethebus #takethetrain #grownativeplants #donotusepesticidesorherbicides #rewildyourgreenspace #letgrassgrow
🌿Hummingbird sage has deep roots with the Chumash people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Santa Barbara region
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
February 23, 2026 at 12:24 AM
🌿Hummingbird sage has deep roots with the Chumash people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Santa Barbara region
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
🍒Toyon - Wildlife Magnet
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
🍒Toyon - Wildlife Magnet
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
🌿 On the Central Coast, more homeowners are ditching thirsty lawns for vibrant native gardens—saving water, feeding pollinators, and restoring ecology
It all starts with one step: removing the turf 💦🐞
#NativePlants #HabitatGardening #WaterWise #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
It all starts with one step: removing the turf 💦🐞
#NativePlants #HabitatGardening #WaterWise #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🌿 On the Central Coast, more homeowners are ditching thirsty lawns for vibrant native gardens—saving water, feeding pollinators, and restoring ecology
It all starts with one step: removing the turf 💦🐞
#NativePlants #HabitatGardening #WaterWise #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
It all starts with one step: removing the turf 💦🐞
#NativePlants #HabitatGardening #WaterWise #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
🦋In early February, Migrating Monarchs are shifting from "survival mode" to "action mode"
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🦋In early February, Migrating Monarchs are shifting from "survival mode" to "action mode"
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants