Join us for a hands-on adobe brick making workshop, where we’ll craft natural, sun-dried bricks that will later be integrated into a cob bench for seating in Arlington Garden's orchard. Learn the ancient art of adobe construction—used by civilizations for thousands of years—while connecting with sustainable building techniques. The free, intergenerational workshop will be led by Ricky Martin of SoilWise with Altadena-based artist Ching Ching Cheng as part Arlington Garden's Post Fire Series of spring programs organized in collaboration with Lynn Fang of SoilWise. Discover how adobe bricks—made from a simple mix of clay, sand, straw, and water—offer surprising strength, natural fire resistance, and even resilience to earthquakes when properly reinforced. This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in natural building, community projects, or getting their hands dirty with purpose! Please wear clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty. Bring a water bottle and some snacks to sustain you. Space is limited. Please RSVP on Eventbrite.

     

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other volunteers! Every final Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 12:00pm join us for a Weekend Projects volunteer event. Participation is free and getting dirt-ish in a beautiful garden is enjoyable. All events that are part of this final Saturday program are project-based rebuild projects -- learn how to garden regeneratively with native and mediterranean climate plants by working on a specific rejuvenation or rebuild in the garden. Examples of possible projects include replanting a native plant walk subsumed by CA wild roses and weeds, redesigning garden "rooms" damaged by heat and improving their irrigation, prepping beds for wildflower sowing, joining a garden survey to catalogue the different species found in the garden 20 years after our founding -- sign up now! 💚🌿

Holding Space is a new monthly gathering and family-friendly event organized by Hands in the Soil (HITS) at Arlington Garden this spring dedicated to rest, renewal, and collective healing in partnership with nature. Organized by Hands in the Soil (HITS), this free wellness pop-up is part of ongoing wildfire wellness support efforts, centering our community impacted by the recent fires. Through creativity, collective care, and connection to nature, we hold space for grief, renewal and resilience. Intentional activations—ranging from movement and meditation to grief circles and creative expression—cultivate spaces for all to pause, reconnect, and strengthen bonds within community offer a different experience monthly.  Please bring blankets or an outdoor rug, snacks, personal water bottle which you can refill at the free filtered water dispenser, and N95 mask or higher. This free event is open to all, with a high focus on on the givers, healers, first responders and community organizers.   For more information and to RSVP, visit the Hands In The Soil website.

The Shadow Hills Nature Journal Club comes to Arlington Garden every first Thursday of the month this Spring through June. Originally scheduled to take place at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center beginning in January, we have welcomed the group to hold nature journal sessions onsite here from 9:30-11:30am. The meet up is led by Terri Mando, who also hosts nature journaling groups across the region inspired by naturalist, artist, and educator John Muir Laws' methodology of nature journaling. Shadow Hills Nature Journal Club is dedicated to help develop artistic and naturalist skills, and to nurture a deepening love of nature. People are invited to explore nature through curiosity, look closely and record their observations.  All are welcome to join with an RSVP at this link.

Mission

• Shadow Hills NJC is dedicated to help develop artistic and naturalist skills, and to nurture a deepening love of nature.
• Learn about nature (plants, animals, geology, weather—the physical world) through observations, and recording facts, images and impressions.
• Explore art mediums, papers and methods to produce and “grow” your journal.

Values

• Cultivate curiosity and observational skills.
• Promote a supportive learning environment thru inspiration and enjoyment.
• Build skills to foster confidence.
• We all learn from each other.

Join Alex Coffey of Pasadena Audubon as we welcome the first morning of May with a free hour long Bird Sit. A bird sit is a period of time spent quietly observing birds, their vocalizations, and their movements as a mindfulness practice. Birds recently seen at Arlington Garden include Townsend's Warbler, Allen's Hummingbird, Oak Titmouse...and even a Red-Shouldered Hawk eating a lizard for breakfast in the branches of the garden's large coast live oak. Quiet your mind by opening your eyes and ears to the birds around you as you greet the morning with us. Feel free to bring a pillow or a blanket to get comfortable. The sit will begin promptly at 8:30am for optimal observing. No need to RSVP, just stop in!   

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other volunteers! Every final Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 12:00pm join us for a Weekend Projects volunteer event. Participation is free and getting dirt-ish in a beautiful garden is enjoyable. All events that are part of this final Saturday program are project-based rebuild projects -- learn how to garden regeneratively with native and mediterranean climate plants by working on a specific rejuvenation or rebuild in the garden. Examples of possible projects include replanting a native plant walk subsumed by CA wild roses and weeds, redesigning garden "rooms" damaged by heat and improving their irrigation, prepping beds for wildflower sowing, joining a garden survey to catalogue the different species found in the garden 20 years after our founding -- sign up now! 💚🌿

The Shadow Hills Nature Journal Club comes to Arlington Garden every first Thursday of the month this Spring through June. Originally scheduled to take place at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center beginning in January, we have welcomed the group to hold nature journal sessions onsite here from 9:30-11:30am. The meet up is led by Terri Mando, who also hosts nature journaling groups across the region inspired by naturalist, artist, and educator John Muir Laws' methodology of nature journaling. Shadow Hills Nature Journal Club is dedicated to help develop artistic and naturalist skills, and to nurture a deepening love of nature. People are invited to explore nature through curiosity, look closely and record their observations.  All are welcome to join with an RSVP at this link.

Mission

• Shadow Hills NJC is dedicated to help develop artistic and naturalist skills, and to nurture a deepening love of nature.
• Learn about nature (plants, animals, geology, weather—the physical world) through observations, and recording facts, images and impressions.
• Explore art mediums, papers and methods to produce and “grow” your journal.

Values

• Cultivate curiosity and observational skills.
• Promote a supportive learning environment thru inspiration and enjoyment.
• Build skills to foster confidence.
• We all learn from each other.

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other volunteers! Every final Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 12:00pm join us for a Weekend Projects volunteer event. Participation is free and getting dirt-ish in a beautiful garden is enjoyable. All events that are part of this final Saturday program are project-based rebuild projects -- learn how to garden regeneratively with native and mediterranean climate plants by working on a specific rejuvenation or rebuild in the garden. Examples of possible projects include replanting a native plant walk subsumed by CA wild roses and weeds, redesigning garden "rooms" damaged by heat and improving their irrigation, prepping beds for wildflower sowing, joining a garden survey to catalogue the different species found in the garden 20 years after our founding -- sign up now! 💚🌿

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other volunteers! Every final Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 12:00pm join us for a Weekend Projects volunteer event. Participation is free and getting dirt-ish in a beautiful garden is enjoyable. All events that are part of this final Saturday program are project-based rebuild projects -- learn how to garden regeneratively with native and mediterranean climate plants by working on a specific rejuvenation or rebuild in the garden. Examples of possible projects include replanting a native plant walk subsumed by CA wild roses and weeds, redesigning garden "rooms" damaged by heat and improving their irrigation, prepping beds for wildflower sowing, joining a garden survey to catalogue the different species found in the garden 20 years after our founding -- sign up now! 💚🌿

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other volunteers! Every final Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 12:00pm join us for a Weekend Projects volunteer event. Participation is free and getting dirt-ish in a beautiful garden is enjoyable. All events that are part of this final Saturday program are project-based rebuild projects -- learn how to garden regeneratively with native and mediterranean climate plants by working on a specific rejuvenation or rebuild in the garden. Examples of possible projects include replanting a native plant walk subsumed by CA wild roses and weeds, redesigning garden "rooms" damaged by heat and improving their irrigation, prepping beds for wildflower sowing, joining a garden survey to catalogue the different species found in the garden 20 years after our founding -- sign up now! 💚🌿