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You may have noticed that we've introduced a new category over the past couple of years called "Summer Dry." But what exactly does it mean, and how does it differ from other garden styles? Let's dive into the fascinating world…
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Rancho Los Alamitos Rancho Los Alamitos (the "Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods") Historic Ranch and Gardens is one of Southern California's longest-inhabited hilltops. The Rancho is located on Tongva-Gabrielino's ancestral land and is a traditional gathering place of the Tonga…
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What’s the First Thing You Think of When Someone Mentions Valentine’s Day? Why ROSES of course! Your MLH board members were invited to join the Orange County Rose Society (OCRS) this past Saturday at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum…
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They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky, Mysterious and Spooky, They’re All Together Ooky, The Plants of Halloween! (Snap-snap) Macro of two insectivorous venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) one tightly closed and one open Let’s talk about oddly unusual plants: plants that…
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There's always a lovely little stream running at Oak Canyon Nature Center “Nuclear summer,” I called the hot, dry fall of Southern California. I claimed, we only have two seasons: 7 months of spring and five months of summer that get worse…
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Thank you all SO much for your support for our yearly garden tour honoring our late founder Mary Lou Heard. Even though we had to change the date, and in doing so lost several garden hosts, we saw so many…
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It has surely been a wild rollercoaster that we've all unwillingly been traveling on since the "shut-down" began last year in March. We watched in horror as hospitals were overflowing with COVID-19 patients, many of them our loved ones, friends, and…

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