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.  

April 27: Guided journaling led by AuTree | Sound and somatic support led by YD Nature A guided somatic journaling experience supported by sound. Participants will be led through non-intellectual prompts while immersed in live sound to support relaxation, body awareness, and intuitive expression. This practice uses sensation and observation—rather than thought—to explore what the body knows. No prior journaling or movement experience is needed—just a willingness to listen inward. Please bring: 

• One or more blankets (for comfort and grounding)

• A small personal or meaningful item (to place nearby or hold)

• A journal (Journals will be provided for those who RSVP)

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! 💚🌿