Weeding! It’s an inevitable part of Wildflowering L.A. for all of our hard-working participants and sites.

Something this project has taught us here at LAND is that, while a few wildflowers will come up in spite of weeds, most of a field’s potential is strangled by their competition for space, light, water, and nutrients. So, weeding is vital, but who wants to do it alone?

At the same time, there was much interest from people who wanted to participate in the project, but did not have a site of their own that was feasible. What happens when you put these things together?

Community Weeding! The Community Weeding Day is set for March 8th. Initially a Community Weeding Day was also planned for March 1st as well, but all sites have been postponed to March 8th due to the rainstorm (!) forecast for this weekend.

For more information, whether you have a site or just want to help, email wildfloweringla@nomadicdivision.org or visit this Facebook invitation (and invite your friends!)

Posted by LAND

Tomorrow we host a Wildflowering L.A. open house at the Theodore Payne Foundation from 1-3pm. This is one of my favorite places in the Los Angeles area, a special sanctuary to consider what our land was like before it was urbanized, and a primary inspiration for the project. There will be a short native gardening talk, we’ll hike up to see Theodore Payne Foundation’s Wildflowering L.A. site, and the whole team will be there to answer questions, offer advice, and exchange stories about the project. I’ll be serving my home-baked bread, freshly picked native plant tea infusions, and farmer’s market fruits. All are welcome, contact wildfloweringla@nomadicdivision.org with RSVPs or questions.

Saturday, February 22nd, 1-3pm
Theodore Payne Foundation
10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley 91352

Posted by Fritz Haeg

Perhaps you can hear the loud cheers and sighs of relief echoing from the 50 Wildflowering L.A. sites across Los Angeles County today as we welcomed our first real rain of the year!

Posted by Fritz Haeg