Two Unique Gardening Events in September

Chat with experts, and pick up some new plants at these regional events

Two fabulous horticulture event are happening in our region in September that I am excited to tell you about . They are both organise by the Greater Los Angeles District of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers ( APLD ) . This is a national administration in which I attend as president of the California Chapter .

First is the Santa Barbara / Montecito Garden Tour on Saturday , September 7 , beginning at 9 am . We will visit six gardens , all plan by Margie Grace & Associates , include her own personal abidance , which win her APLD Designer of the Year in 2018 . We will enjoy lunch here . This is a guided tour , which means that all attendant will show up at the first garden at the same fourth dimension , and then we all will drive from garden to garden in a gearing of cars , hopefully shortened with some carpooling . The fix of the first garden will be revealed to attender briefly before the actual day of the tour .

This is beyond any run - of - the - mill garden spell you have ever been on . Everyone can remember the horrible Thomas Fire in 2017 and subsequent mudflow that shut out down and whole devastated that section of the California coast . We will get a behind - the - scenes depend at three gardens that were resurrected and restore from the cataclysm . Margie is not only a brilliant interior designer , but she is supremely entertaining and enthusiastically share entropy on her design decisions and installation challenges and tip . I ca n’t wait to see how they strike all those dozens and tons of boulders and earth around .

For tickets and data , clickhere . If you are lucky enough to grade a just the ticket before it sells out , come equipped with water , a hat , and easy place .

The next case is the 2nd Annual Designer Plant Fair on Saturday , September 14 , at the Los Angeles Arboretum from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm . If you are a plant geek , you do not want to escape this ! All the top plant growers and greenhouse people in the country will be exhibiting , selling plants , and socializing . There will be scheduled lecture times during the day when these industry leaders will introduce their top pick and and wax poetic about them . If you have a works indirect request list , this could be the perfect opportunity to mark some plant life at great price , without deliver to drive around half the state and into Arizona . Each vendor will have its own method acting of collect payment , but cash will harness the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Bring a station wagon , too ! Light bite will be available , and there will be multiple areas to purchase food throughout the garden .

The works clean will be inside Ayres Hall , but you should also take advantage of the opportunity to search the garden and appeal of the Arboretum itself , which is very child and family friendly . Take a feel at thecalendarfor that day at the Arboretum and you might be entice to make an full day of it with a family chick walk , story hour , and a concert with the Pasadena pop to round out the experience .

A chapeau and water bottle will be ready to hand when you explore the gardens .

Tickets can be bought at the door , but for improvement purchase and complete entropy , clickhere .

Francesca Corra , APLD is a across the country certified Landscape Designer and owner of Dirt Diva intent located in Studio City , California .

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The 1st Annual Designer Plant Fair, 2018