A fire-resilient landscape "has little to do with a plant list -- and everything to do with hydration," says Greg Rubin, owner of California's Own Native Landscape Design. He favors native California plants for home gardens because "they are designed -- by millions of years of evolution, not by human intervention -- to hold water and resist heat, when properly hydrated." Greg shared insights from more than 31 years of experience designing native landscapes during our (standin

The fragrance of the bright yellow and orange flowers is said to help lead souls from their burial sites to their family homes for the...

Check out our handy, illustrated guide to native California plants that attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. We've added many of...

Several SeaWeeders enjoyed touring the greenhouses at Weidners' Gardens in Encinitas last month, shortly in advance of receiving the...

Thanks to member Jan Weir for sharing this beautifully illustrated article from the Spring 2020 edition of the Nature Conservancy's...

We developed these recipes in collaboration with Solana Center for Environmental Innovation. Click the image below to download our .pdf file. You can cutout and tape the desired label to a quart-size sprayer bottle for your mixes. Or email sbseaweeders@gmail.com to request a set of our pre-printed, weather-hardy vinyl stickers. Note: We recommend against using the “Insects Away” solution on milkweed, should you be bothered by the aphids that tend to flock to those plants.

SeaWeeder Cindi and I recently visited the pollinator garden planted April 23 at La Colonia Community Center. We were delighted to see...

The California Native Plant Society of San Diego County held a Zoom seminar in April focused on growing Asclepias fascicularis (native...

Milkweed has become a mainstay in many gardens as more and more of us join the backyard campaign to rebuild our Western monarch...

Narrow-leaf milkweed (Asclepius fascicularis) is the native variety most commonly available currently in North San Diego. It was the...

Enter your 5-digit zip code to use Audubon’s native plants database and explore the best plants for birds in the Solana Beach area, as...

Select the right tree for your garden. We can grow a wide variety of trees from around the world in Solana Beach, but which ones are best...

We love gardening, but maybe not so much the ensuing aches and pains. Guess what? You could avoid them. It’s all about how you hoe....

Amaryllis, Hippeastrum & Paperwhite Narcissus are very popular holiday gifts. Once the blooms have faded you can plant them outside in a...