The Theodore Payne Garden Tour is this coming weekend (Mother Nature's Backyard is open on Saturday as part of the tour).  If you hav...

Take advantage of the recent rains!  Plant an edible, medicinal or useful plant.  For more on the CSU Dominguez Hills spring native plan...

Narrowleaf bedstraw ( Galium angustifolium ) - Mother Nature's Backyard An overall dry winter, with occasional bouts of rain, ha...

    Strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific.   Plenty of rain and snow in Northern California and the Sierras.    But here in South...

Rattlepod ( Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus ) - Mother Nature's Garden of Health Despite forecasts of a strong El Niño ...

Miniature (Bicolor) lupine ( Lupinus bicolor ) - in bloom Very little is blooming in Mother Nature’s Gardens right now.   But the ...