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  1. #EarthDay Celebration at #DescansoGardens

    April 22 @ 1:00 pm - 6:15 pm

    Location:
    1418 Descanso Drive
    #LaCañadaFlintridge, CA 91011

    Price: Included with admission or membership

    Admission prices:
    Adult $18.00
    Senior $14.00
    Student $14.00
    Child $8.00
    Child under 3 - Free

    "Join us for a fun and inspiring Earth Day celebration! Explore creative ways to protect our planet and help it thrive through hands-on workshops and activities all around Descanso Gardens.

    Included with admission or membership, RSVP is required for the #KnitwearMending #Workshop and the #DIY #SoilBioremediation Workshop.

    #SeedNest Creation Station

    Create California #NativeWildflower 'Seed Nests' to plant in a pot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn or an entire meadow
    Rose Garden Pavilion: 1-4pm. Drop in anytime! While supplies last

    #RepairCafe Pasadena

    Bring your broken clothing, appliances, bikes, jewelry, electronics, and more to get help fixing them to make them last longer and keep them out of the landfill
    Gathering Room A: 1-4pm. Drop in anytime! Free and open to the public


    Knitwear Mending Workshop with Nico Sorensen

    Bring a sweater or knit item with a hole and learn basic surface darning and decorative mending techniques to give it new life and personal flair
    Magnolia Court (across from Center Circle): 1-4pm. RSVP required. Limited spots available


    DIY Soil Bioremediation Workshop with Dr. Daisy Rosas Vargas
    Hands-on demo to create a #mycelium #straw #wattle filled with spent #OysterMushroom substrate and housed in remnant fabrics such as burlap or canvas. These wattles help to heal soil in gardens while capturing runoff
    Main Lawn: 4-5pm. RSVP required. Limited spots available

    #Sustainability at Descanso Tours
    Find out more about the many ways Descanso works with our natural environment to care for the plants, animals, and people that live in and visit the gardens
    Meets at Center Circle: 1-2pm, 2:30-3:30pm

    #IndigenousHistory of Music with Natural Materials Performance + Presentation with Christopher Garcia
    Come close out Earth Day by experiencing #IndigenousMusic and the environmentalist history behind it
    Amphitheater 5-6:15pm "

    FMI:
    descansogardens.org/event/eart

    #SolarPunkSunday #EarthDay2026 #EarthDayExtravaganza #EarthDayEvents

  2. #PacificAster is one of my fave #NativePlants to use for #rewilding & for attracting more #pollinators.

    It's a small, hardy, beautiful purple #NativeWildflower which is found from BC to California. It's tolerant of many different coastal habitats, from ocean sand dunes to rocky outcrops to salt marshes to grasslands to forests. Great plant to use for soil erosion & slopes stabilization work. It has a deep, clumpy, extensive fibrous root system - don't grow beside plants with weaker root systems.

    Pacific aster is extremely easy to grow in it's native grow zones, across coastal PNW areas. You'll love their long bloom time, from late May into late October. It provides pollen sources for pollinators in Fall. After they stop blooming, they'll produce fluffy seed heads, full of prolific wind-born #seeds. Snip off tops of seed heads to save them. I store mine in airtight jars & share a lot of them too.

    #gardening #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #Gardeners #botanical #Flowers #PollinatorGarden #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #perennials #VictoriaBC #Wsanec #PlantLovers #FallFlowers #Autumn #Nature #SeedSavers #SeedKeepers #SeedSharing #SeedBanking #SeedCollecting #SilentSunday #biodiversity