by Arlington Garden | Dec 16, 2024 | Announcements, Arlington, Features, Wildlife
image courtesy of Scott Oshima On a recent Fall day, I walked in Arlington Garden’s afternoon sunlight. The light flowed bioluminescent from behind oaks and buckwheats. Lizards followed it along paths. A hawk glided silently through a sunbeam. A chatty family walked...
by Arlington Garden | Nov 18, 2024 | Announcements, Arlington
Dear Arlington Garden Community, As some of you might know, Michelle Matthews has stepped down as our Executive Director. We encourage you to take a moment to read her announcement below. Michelle became Executive Director in June of 2017. Since then, the garden and...
by Arlington Garden | Apr 22, 2024 | Announcements, Conservation, Features, Wildlife
(AJPJ) Spring in urban Southern California is … well, the word “unnatural” comes to mind, but it’s prudent to avoid provocation. Safer words might be “novel” or “anachronistic” or “cosmopolitan.” Spring in Southern California is novel. Like last year, we are...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 13, 2024 | Announcements, Arlington, Features
Photos courtesy of Tahereh Sheerazie. This past week, Pasadena received (“received” as in a blessing) 8.1 inches of rain. According to the local paper, that is 40% of our average seasonal rainfall. A representative from the City reported as of last...
by Arlington Garden | Dec 9, 2023 | Announcements, Arlington, Features
2023 has been a year of transformational growth and loss. We received a $100,000 unrestricted grant from the Harold and Colene Brown Foundation in support of our education mission and for the second year welcomed 5th grade students from Pasadena Unified. The students...
by Arlington Garden | Jun 26, 2023 | Announcements
Michelle Matthew (Executive Director of Arlington Garden) and Tahereh Sheerazie (Head Gardener) Goodbye Friend I’ve seen dead trees, but I haven’t seen a tree die before. In February, we noticed moderate dieback on the old coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) along...
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