News+Events
You can’t stay ahead of the curve without knowing what’s happening today. Get up to date and get out there -- meet city officials, engineers, developers and other stormwater professionals and learn more about trends, news and issues facing stormwater at one of the events below.
September thru December events (hat tip chanceofrain.com)
Saturdays, September 5-26: Landscape Lab: Instructor Mike Brown leads course on landscaping and irrigation, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge
September 5: Native Plants in the Wild and in Your Garden, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance
September 5: Mountain Plant Walk, Angeles High Country, East Table Mountain, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
September 8: Island Fox, Presenter Keri Dearborn, Friends of the Island Fox, California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles Chapter, event in Encino
September 12: Scenting Natives: Kevin O’Connell leads a hike aimed at revealing the fragrances of native chaparral plants, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge
September 13: Eaton Canyon Plant Walk led by Eva Morgan, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
September 14: Plants that Grow Well in Our Area with Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker, California Native Plant Society, South Coast Chapter meeting
September 24: Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer, Garden Design Fundamentals with Laramee Haynes on arranging and showcasing native plants. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia
September 26: Wildflower planting techniques, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge
September 27: Long Beach Cactus Club Annual Plant Auction, Rancho Dominguez, Listing through the South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society
LA COUNTY DEPT OF PARKS AND RECREATION RECYCLED WATER CONSERVATION FORUM
9/30/2009, 7:30am - 5pm
visit http://lasgrwc2.org/thewatershed/eventdetails.aspx?id=220
OCTOBER
October 1: Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer, Field Trip to Three Gardens, including a North Hollywood front garden with succulents and native shrubs and a sloping Beverly Hills landscape with Mediterranean-climate plants and succulents. Must pre-register with the talk series host and sponsor Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
October 3: Sale of Plants Native to the Palos Verde Peninsula, California Native Plant Society, South Coast Chapter
October 3-4: Pacific Horticulture Symposium in Santa Barbara, Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies VII: Lessons in Sustainable Gardening, with Carol Bornstein and Pamela Berstler
October 3-4: Plant Sale, California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles Chapter. Saturday guests are ethnobotanist Richard Bugbee and Lisa Novick of the Theodore Payne Society. Sunday guest is Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden horticulturist Bart O’Brien. Event in Encino
October 5: The Role of Native Plants in Watershed Management, California Native Plant Society, South Coast Chapter meeting
October 10: California Native Plant Sale, Fullerton Arboretum
October 15: Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer, Field Trip to South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes, through the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
October 17: Plant Sale, California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter
October 17-18: Plant Sale, Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas
October 22: Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer, The Art of Staging Succulents with guest lecturer Larry Grammer, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia
October 24, 2009 West Basin’s 11th Annual Water Festival will be held on Saturday,from 10am to 2pm at the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo.
October 29: Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer, Easy Gardening with Native Plants with guest lecturer Barbara Eisenstein, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia
NOVEMBER
November 7-8: San Gabriel Valley Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia. Listing through the South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society
November 11: UC Lecturer Tom Shea on care, pruning and new varieties of citrus, Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma
November 14: Under the Oaks IX, Native Plant Sale, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter, Eaton Canyon
November 21: Native Gardening Workshop by Gabi and Cliff McLean, demonstration of how to plant natives, gloves and tools provided, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter, Eaton Canyon
DECEMBER
December 4: Winter Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale, Fullerton Arboretum
August events (courtesy of http://www.chanceofrain.com)
August 1: Waterwise Irrigation for Native Plants with Bob Galbreath, the water resource specialist behind the “Garden \ garden” City of Santa Monica project, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 4-September 18: “Scenes of the Marsh,” paintings by Douglas Simms Stenhouse; ”Colors of the Marsh,” photographs by Linda Davis; “The Magnificent Marsh,” photographs by Mark Comon, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance
August 6: Native Nights, Riverside County garden tutorials, Western Municipal Water District, Riverside
August 7, 14, 21: Replacing your Lawn. Part one (8/7): Kill the grass. Part two (8/14): Creating and caring for your native garden. Part three (8/21): Introduction to top 30 native plants. Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano
August 8: LADWP California Friendly Landscaping Class, Baldwin Hills
August 8: Hypertufa Pot Workshop with Steve Gerischer. Class members will make light weight containers that look like stone troughs. Dress for mess. Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 8: Propagating Native Plants with Louise Gonzalez and Brendan Galipeau, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 8: H2O 911. Simple steps for saving water inside and out of your home, Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
August 8: G3LA Attainable Sustainable Landscapes, Homeowner Basics, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Calabasas
August 9: “What’s Buzzing in Your Back Yard?” Science program, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance
August 12: Bird Walk, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance
August 13: California Friendly Plants, tour of Shipley Nature Center Demonstration Garden with resident nursery coordinator Carol Williams. Part of a twilight weekly series at Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach
August 13: Capturing rainwater for your garden, led by TreePeople’s Torin Dunnavan, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
August 15: Behind the Scenes at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter, event in Claremont
August 15: LADWP California Friendly Landscaping Class, Van Nuys
August 15: Tune up Your Irrigation System and Dive into Drip, Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
August 15-16: The 23rd Annual Intercity Show & Sale, South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia
August 17: Teacher Features, K-2 Earth Science Standards on the shaping of the California’s marine coast, inland valleys, mountain ranges and deserts, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
August 18: Teacher Features, Plants in the Curriculum, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
August 18: Birds of the South Bay, with Dave Moody and Ron Melin at the Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance
August 19: Teacher Features, Science Notebooks, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
August 22: TPF Kids – Art and Science of Native Plants with Pamela Burgess and Lisa Novick. Make shadow drawings, experiment with leaf adaptations while learning about plant-animal connections and, of course, learn about the Sun. Wear a hat. Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 22: LADWP California Friendly Landscaping Class, Downtown LA
August 22: Rainwater Collection at Home, Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
August 23: Malibu State Park Oak Savannah Restoration, California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles Chapter
August 23: Malibu Bluffs Ramble to the Sea, California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles Chapter
August 24: Monday Morning with natives. Talk native gardening with Joan Bockman and Debra Buroughs, Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center, Oceanside
August 26: August 8: G3LA Attainable Sustainable Landscapes, Homeowner Basics, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Calabasas
August 27: Behind the Scenes at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter, event in Claremont
August 27: Water Smart Landscaping, Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
August 29: Succulent Symposium, Huntington Gardens, San Marino. Listing through the South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society
August 29: LADWP California Friendly Landscaping Class, West Los Angeles
August 29: Native Plant Garden Maintenance with Jan Scrow. Registered arborist and contractor will lead workshop in how to live more sustainably. Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 29: California Native Seasoning and Condiments with Connie Vadheim, adjunct professor of biology at CSU Dominguez Hills and a key figure at Madrona Marsh Preserve in Torrance. Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
August 29: Toss the Turf. Landscape Alternatives, Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
August 31: Monday Morning with natives. Talk native gardening with Joan Bockman and Debra Buroughs, Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center, Oceanside
May
May 20: The Magic of Composting, Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach
May 20: Green Gardens Group, LA Sustainable Landscape Professional Certification, Tree People Conference Center, Beverly Hills
May 20: Ask the Designer: Landscape Design Consultations with Connie Beck, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
May 21: California Native Plant Photography, California Native Plant Society, Orange County, Irvine
May 21: H2O 911, Simple Ways to Save Water Inside and Out, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
May 22: Ask the Designer. Landscape Design Consultations with Linda Whitney, The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
May 23: Toss the Turf. Vickie Driver leads a course in soil evaluation, irrigation adjustments and design ideas with alternatives for turf. The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
May 23: Changing Season in the Native Garden, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
May 30: Heritage of Abundance, sustainable gardening workshops, Altadena Heritage, Altadena
Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of The Urban Homestead, lead a greywater workshop and demonstration at GOOD.
Wed 27 May 2009 at 07:00PM
GOOD Space
6824 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
This event is open to the General Public.
RSVP to http://www.good.com
MARCH
March 30 - April 2, 2009:Water Efficiency and Conservation Conference
Newport Beach Mariott
Newport Beach, CA
www.waterec.net
DECEMBER
December 1: California Water Summit
On December 1st, the Water Summit is going to convene once again in the Los Angeles area. One of the major goals of the December summit meeting is to adopt a master strategy for a comprehensive California water policy and to identify two to three issues that the summit as whole would like to work on.
California Water Summit
December 1, 2008
10am to 4pm
LA River Center & Gardens
570 West Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA 90065
December 4: Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan: River Update Meeting
Thursday, December 4, 2008
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Water District
Board Room (1st Floor)
700 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
There will be a River Update Meeting to discuss implementation of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (LARRMP). This will be a two-part session in which City staff will first discuss LARRMP implementation activities from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, and then the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will discuss scoping for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. During the first session, City staff will provide progress reports on a variety of topics related to the LARRMP, including:
• The River Improvement Overlay (RIO) District
• The Cornfields Arroyo Seco Specific Plan (CASP)
• The River Authority
• Discussion on River access and uses
• The River Revitalization Corporation
• The River Foundation
• Various River projects
Please direct questions to Carol Armstrong of the City’s Los Angeles River Project Office: (213) 485-5762, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or to Cathy Shuman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Office: (213) 452-3797, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). To find out more about the City’s ongoing efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River, please visit http://www.lariver.org.
LA River Revitalization website
NOVEMBER
Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments in Water Sector
On November 14th, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced several new Water appointments. Check them out here:
Water Appointments
SEPTEMBER
September 16-17: L.A and San Gabriel Watershed Council Conference
Is the San Gabriel River Watershed healthy? What defines a healthy watershed? This conference will bring together leaders from various fields to consider and discuss how their work informs our understanding of watershed health and how their ongoing projects improve watershed health. Mixing experts of different backgrounds will highlight the common threads in our work and strengthen collaboration among.
El Monte Auditorium, free of charge
September 22-23: CASQA 4th Annual Stormwater Quality Conference
The theme for this year's Conference is: "Collaboration and Innovation to Achieve Water Quality Goals." The CASQA 2008 Conference will again offer a full program of training workshops, presentations and exhibits for holders of municipal, industrial and construction NPDES stormwater permits.
Oakland
September 25: American Academy of Environmental Engineers Dinner Meeting: Water Crises and Recycle Water
Whittier, Los Angeles County Sanitation District