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Save the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden at UCLA

URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TO SAVE AN IMPORTANT GARDEN!!  UCLA is in the process of listing for sale the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, a 1-1/2 acre hillside garden that was donated to the University in 1964 by the Carter family.  It is among the largest and most significant private residential Japanese-style gardens built in the United States in the post-WWII period.  For more information and a link to a letter to express your concerns to the Chancellor, please click here  hannahcarterjapanesegarden.com

Free worm composting workshop

Grow Native Nursery Westwood is offering a free workshop on worm composting. The workshop will be held on Sunday, February 12th at 11am. Join Stephen Baldonado, horticulturist, garden designer and longtime worm wrangler to learn about one of the easiest methods for composting fruit and vegetable kitchen and garden scraps in this one-hour workshop.

No yard? No problem! Vermicomposting is perfect for apartment dwellers who want to cut down on their waste stream.

This workshop is free and open to the public. A question and answer session and a tour of the Grow Native Nursery Westwood worm composting system will follow the workshop.

Held in conjunction with the Free Worm Tea Sundays attendees are welcome to take home free worm tea.

For weekend directions to the nursery, please check the GNN Westwood page

For more information please view the event listing

Native Plant Week Symposium

Native Plant Week Symposium Wildflower Show and Plant Sale

Saturday, April 21, 9 am - 4 pm

Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd., Encino, CA 91436

Free; California Native Plant Society & Theodore Payne Foundation co-sponsors

Contact: 818-881-3706, lacnps@lacnps.org, http://www.lacnps.org/

Speakers, wildflower show, native plants and books for sale, exhibits and demos.

New 3-Course Series in Arboriculture

Certified Arborists are in demand, by public agencies and in private practice.  Start now, and by next September, you could be licensed as a Certified Arborist!!

Council for Watershed Health seminar on California Oaks!

California Oaks: Planting & Protecting Our Urban Forests

Thursday, November 17, 2011, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge

You are invited to our next Sustainable Landscape Seminar! Join California oak experts for an engaging day of presentations and field activities. Don't miss this opportunity to learn best practices related to design installation, care, and management of oaks in urban landscapes.

Seminar Topics
- LA County Oak Management Plan
- Genetic Distribution: Concerns and Threats
- Assessing Health & Disorders
- Construction Protection: Lessons Learned
- Oaks & Wildlife Habitat

Speakers

- Bart O' Brien, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

- Rosie Dagit, Santa Monica Mountains

- Tom Scott, UC Berkeley and UC Riverside

- Jan C. Scow, Jan C. Scow Consulting Arborists, LLC.

Registration

Includes morning refreshments, lunch, and resource materials.  Seats are limited. Pre-registration required.

CEUs to be determined.

$140 early bird registration by Oct. 31st.

$175 Nov. 1st - 14th.

$100 student registration with a valid ID.

For Seminar Details visit: http://www.cvent.com/events/california-oaks-planting-protecting-our-urban-forests/event-summary-486270c74e4a44c2b4a8ebfd630e99a0.aspx?i=4fa92901-47f7-45fd-ab21-5ed9d7a13335

Photographic field trip to Getty Villa with master photographer...

CALIFORNIA GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE HISTORY SOCIETY

PROUDLY PRESENTS

A PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD TRIP TO THE GETTY VILLA WITH

MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER TIM STREET-PORTER

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 NOON TO 6:30 PM

The Getty Villa offers a wealth of opportunity to study and learn how to use light and compose professional quality landscape photographs. We will meet at the home of Kelly Comras at noon and carpool to the Getty Villa; then start the afternoon with a picnic lunch and discussion, followed by a walk-and-shoot session until the Villa closes at 5pm. The day will end with wine and appetizers on Kelly’s deck overlooking the ocean.

ALL TYPES OF CAMERAS AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE ARE WELCOME!!!!

Class is limited to first 15 enrollees.

$195 for CGLHS members, $225 for non-CGLHS members includes a one year membership. Fee includes parking, entry, and picnic lunch at the Getty Villa; instruction with Tim Street-Porter; and sunset reception.

Your reservation will be held by sending a check to:
Kelly Comras
17721 Tramonto Drive
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
For more information contact: 310-459-5661 OR k_comras@hotmail.com