Dear Friends of TPF:
Days are growing shorter and nights are getting longer and cooler. Fall begins on September 22. Time to plant! Details follow on our big Fall Plant Sale, including a preview sale for high-level members. .
We’ve just debuted our new v3 website. Check it out! It’s easy to navigate with many new features and, as always, plenty of great information for new and seasoned native plant gardeners.
September 1 marked the first anniversary of the La Tuna Fire that came far too close to the Foundation. Our new website’s blog includes reflections on that event. Read.
More seasonal news below. Read on.
In the issue:
- Fall Plant Sale
- Garden Tour Application Open
- Upcoming Classes
- TPF in the News
- New Show in the Theodore Payne Gallery
- Job Openings at TPF
- HOURS
- Summer Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 8:30am-4:30pm (Closed Sunday-Wednesday)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FALL PLANT SALE
THURS. FRI & SAT, Oct 25, 26 & 27, 8:30am-4:30pm
(with Special Preview Sale for members at the Contributor level or above, Wed, Oct 24, noon-6:00pm) 
Just in time for planting season! The region’s largest and most interesting selection of California flora with discounts to all on plants, seed and TPF gear – plus expert advice from TPF staff and volunteers.
TPF Members: 15% off
Non-members: 10% off
(Not yet a member? Join at the door!)
Hundreds of different easy-to-grow plants and collector’s items, including manzanitas, sages and other fabulous natives — most grown onsite by TPF’s propagation crew. Look for many plants in large sizes, plus a wide array of native seed and bulbs.
Shop early for best selection. Bring your own boxes and wagons!
16th ANNUAL THEODORE PAYNE
NATIVE PLANT GARDEN TOUR
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 6 & 7, 2019
Apply to be a garden tour host.
Is your LA County garden 50% or more native plants? Consider applying to be on the 2019 Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour. Learn more and submit your application.
The deadline for applications is October 1, 2018, but gardens are being considered now. The online application lists all garden criteria.
Being a garden tour host is a great way to share your love of California native plants with other gardeners! Don’t be shy – apply!
Illustration of cholla courtesy of Gene Bauer.
UPCOMING CLASSES
Fall and winter classes and events are open for registration.
TPF members save 20% or more. Join.
Three-Part California Native Garden Design – choose one of these series:
Talks and Walks
– Right Plant, Right Place with Lili Singer, Saturday, September 8, 1:30-3:30pm (repeats October 6)
– Right Plant, Right Place with Lili Singer, Saturday, September 8, 1:30-3:30pm (repeats October 6)
– NEW! Fall Gathering Workshop with Kat High, Saturday, September 22, 1:30-4:00pm
– Sustainable Slopes with Joshua Link, Saturday, September 29, 1:30-3:00pm
– Irrigation Basics for the Native Garden, a Walk and Talk with Tim Becker, Friday, October 12, 1:30-2:30pm
– Wild Suburbia: Learning to Garden with Native Plants with Barbara Eisenstein, Saturday,October 13, 10:00-11:30am
For the Body and Spirit
– T’ai Chi Ch’uan in the Garden with Iren Jensen, Thursdays in September, 8:30-9:30am. Exercise, good health and relaxation under the Pergola at TPF!
And one more – for families!
– NEW! Free Family Walk & Workshop:Living Light/Sun Prints with Julia Paull and Diana Sherwood, Saturday, October 6, 10:00-11:30am.
– NEW! Free Family Walk & Workshop:Living Light/Sun Prints with Julia Paull and Diana Sherwood, Saturday, October 6, 10:00-11:30am.