by Arlington Garden | Aug 28, 2021 | Announcements
Andrew Jewell, Communications and Volunteer Manager It is now widely appreciated that the global climate is irreversibly changed and will continue to change in our lifetimes. The magnitude of the change depends on what human beings can accomplish in the years ahead....
by Arlington Garden | Aug 27, 2021 | Conservation, Features, Guest Letters
by William Hallstrom (Arlington Garden volunteer) For the past few months, most of the volunteer crew at Arlington Garden have spent at least some of their time wrapping the trunks of each of the garden’s trees with the kind of soft tape measure you might use for...
by Arlington Garden | Jul 20, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Features, Friends of Arlington
Evellyn Rosas and Krystle Yu are members of the LA Nature for All Leadership Academy 2020 cohort. As part of their final project for LA Nature for All, they designed and implemented a digital audio tour for Arlington Garden that you can access here. In this interview,...
by Arlington Garden | Jun 14, 2021 | Announcements, Features
Vishaal Khanna is a project Manager, landscape designer, plant installation layout supervision, plant sourcing, and repository of botanical information at Elysian Landscapes. Melissa Weinberger is co-founder and partner at Touchton & Weinberger LLP. She is a...
by Arlington Garden | Apr 20, 2021 | Wildlife
Image credit VJAnderson, adult male Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) Bob Gorcik volunteers in Arlington Garden when his work schedule allows him to do so and has been a birder since he was in middle school. As an undergraduate, he had multiple opportunities to as a...
by Arlington Garden | Apr 20, 2021 | Announcements, Environmental Justice
Arlington Garden’s Commitment When 275 Arlington Drive was nothing but a barren lot, our founders Betty and Charles McKenney envisioned Arlington Garden to be a place where everyone, no matter their background or circumstance, could find joy and inspiration...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 27, 2021 | Wildlife
image from Michelle Matthews Bob Gorcik volunteers in Arlington Garden when his work schedule allows him to do so and has been a birder since he was in middle school. As an undergraduate, he had multiple opportunities to as a wildlife research assistant, where he got...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 10, 2021 | Art, Friends of Arlington, Wildlife
Michelle Matthews: In a new occasional interview feature, we talk with friends of Arlington Garden about their passions. I first met Roberto Gabriel in July of 2017 when I started as Executive Director of Arlington Garden. I spoke with him on his way to work, and this...
by Arlington Garden | Feb 6, 2021 | Conservation, Features, Landscape Architecture
Robert (Bob) Perry, FASLA is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona. He has been a landscape architect since 1972 and has written three award-winning books on Californian and Western landscape plants. His most recent book is Landscape Plants...
by Arlington Garden | Jan 14, 2021 | Announcements
pictured above: Mayita Dinos, designer of Arlington Garden, and community members soon after breaking ground on construction of the garden. Dear Garden Supporters, 2020 will be remembered as the year everything changed, and I hope that 2021 will be the year that...
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