I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
I feel like a proud mama 🥰✨
#MonarchButterfly #NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
🐝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
Its resinous leaves help it thrive in dry soil, while tubular blooms are tailor-made for hummingbirds and long-tongued bees. 🐝✨
#NativePlants #StickyMonkeyflower #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaNativePlants
Its resinous leaves help it thrive in dry soil, while tubular blooms are tailor-made for hummingbirds and long-tongued bees. 🐝✨
#NativePlants #StickyMonkeyflower #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaNativePlants
It doesn’t cause allergies (that’s ragweed!)
But it does fuel bees, butterflies & beneficial bugs late into fall
One of the last blooms of the season — and one of the most important.
#Goldenrod #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
It doesn’t cause allergies (that’s ragweed!)
But it does fuel bees, butterflies & beneficial bugs late into fall
One of the last blooms of the season — and one of the most important.
#Goldenrod #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
Although I've been working with native plants for a while, this is my first year planting milkweed, with the goal of helping the Monarchs.
I'm over the moon🌝
#MonarchCaterpillars #MonarchButterflies #TheNativeGuild
Although I've been working with native plants for a while, this is my first year planting milkweed, with the goal of helping the Monarchs.
I'm over the moon🌝
#MonarchCaterpillars #MonarchButterflies #TheNativeGuild
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
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
We’re taught to equate beauty with perfection: trimmed hedges, crisp lawns, symmetry
But native gardens invite us to embrace a different aesthetic—one rooted in cycles, resilience, and life
A messy garden is a generous garden
It feeds, shelters, and heals
#TheNativeGuild
We’re taught to equate beauty with perfection: trimmed hedges, crisp lawns, symmetry
But native gardens invite us to embrace a different aesthetic—one rooted in cycles, resilience, and life
A messy garden is a generous garden
It feeds, shelters, and heals
#TheNativeGuild
I have a new video to share. Explore this resource to discover why planting native plants is essential 🐞🦋🐝
youtu.be/sUURn2og6qQ?...
#TheNativeGuild #Pollinators #GrowNatives #MeetTheWildlife #HabitatGarden #NativePlants
I have a new video to share. Explore this resource to discover why planting native plants is essential 🐞🦋🐝
youtu.be/sUURn2og6qQ?...
#TheNativeGuild #Pollinators #GrowNatives #MeetTheWildlife #HabitatGarden #NativePlants
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
The summer-to-fall shift is not an ending
It’s a slowing, a softening, a preparation
Resist the urge to tidy too much, and give your native garden time to rest — wildlife room to thrive
Let the seed heads stand & the grasses wave🌾
#TheNativeGuild
The summer-to-fall shift is not an ending
It’s a slowing, a softening, a preparation
Resist the urge to tidy too much, and give your native garden time to rest — wildlife room to thrive
Let the seed heads stand & the grasses wave🌾
#TheNativeGuild
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
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
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
🌿 Native plants protect your home, support wildlife, and save water + money
In a changing climate, practicality might be the most beautiful thing of all
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #ClimateSmartGardening
🌿 Native plants protect your home, support wildlife, and save water + money
In a changing climate, practicality might be the most beautiful thing of all
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #ClimateSmartGardening
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
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
#thenativeguild #nativegarden #californianativeplants #seasonalplanting #blossomsallyear
#thenativeguild #nativegarden #californianativeplants #seasonalplanting #blossomsallyear
Weed cloth & gravel may look tidy, but they block air, trap heat, leach microplastics & harm soil life.
Instead, go for native groundcovers: living mulch that feeds the soil and the ecosystem.
#NativePlants #SoilHealth #TheNativeGuild
Weed cloth & gravel may look tidy, but they block air, trap heat, leach microplastics & harm soil life.
Instead, go for native groundcovers: living mulch that feeds the soil and the ecosystem.
#NativePlants #SoilHealth #TheNativeGuild
The Case for Messy — Why Native Gardens Don’t Need to Be “Cleaned Up" open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#TheNativeGuild #NativePlants #GardenWithPurpose
The Case for Messy — Why Native Gardens Don’t Need to Be “Cleaned Up" open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#TheNativeGuild #NativePlants #GardenWithPurpose
🔻Monarchs down 90%
🔻Bumble bees disappearing
🔻Insects vanishing across continents
No beetles under the rocks
No butterflies in the yard
Fewer flowers - Fewer insects - Fewer birds
🌱 But we can plant them back
Start with one native plant🌿
#TheNativeGuild #GrowNative
🔻Monarchs down 90%
🔻Bumble bees disappearing
🔻Insects vanishing across continents
No beetles under the rocks
No butterflies in the yard
Fewer flowers - Fewer insects - Fewer birds
🌱 But we can plant them back
Start with one native plant🌿
#TheNativeGuild #GrowNative
Few plants capture California’s wild beauty like manzanitas
With smooth red bark, sculptural branches, and urn-shaped blooms, these native evergreens bring elegance, biodiversity, and resilience to any garden
#CaliforniaNativePlants #Manzanita #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
Few plants capture California’s wild beauty like manzanitas
With smooth red bark, sculptural branches, and urn-shaped blooms, these native evergreens bring elegance, biodiversity, and resilience to any garden
#CaliforniaNativePlants #Manzanita #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
They grab onto a flower & vibrate their flight muscles at a high-pitched middle C frequency, shaking the pollen loose
Without it, many of our favorite native plants wouldn't be able to reproduce!
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Bumblebees #PollinatorGarden
They grab onto a flower & vibrate their flight muscles at a high-pitched middle C frequency, shaking the pollen loose
Without it, many of our favorite native plants wouldn't be able to reproduce!
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Bumblebees #PollinatorGarden
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace