08-LA Native Plant Source

The form my garden has taken was influenced by the many native plants I found already growing here: toyon, blue elderberry, laurel sumac, and a grove of coast live oaks. The presence of these and other remnant natives suggested that there must have been others at one time, so I decided to garden as if restoring the land to what it might have been before it was developed. The result, while idealized, is a garden of mostly “hyper-local” native plants that reflects the site’s specific geographical location, supports the well-being of the oaks, and attracts and nurtures wildlife.