April 9 and 10, 2011, 10 am to 4 pm Tickets: $20 per person, both days A self-guided tour of 35 private gardens across the Los Angeles Basin reveal the beauty and practicality of gardening with California native plants. Southern California residents will have the chance to experience the beauty and ease of gardening with California native plants at the eighth annual Theodore Payne Native Garden. Admission to all gardens on both days is $20. To buy tickets or for information, visit www.theodorepayne.org/Tour/ or call (818) 768-1802. Learn how to save water, eliminate or reduce pesticides and attract wildlife (birds, hummingbirds, butterflies, etc.) to your garden. It’s a great tour. Seventy-four percent of attendees said they were very likely to attend this year’s tour and 88% said they would recommend the tour to someone they know. You’ll learn a lot. Seventy percent of last year’s attendees said that they were more favorable to native plants after attending the garden tour.
Locally, there is one North Hollywood garden on the tour, and several more in the Vally. Take a look: http://www.theodorepayne.org/Tour/gardens/19-NorthHollywood.htm
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