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Dear Friend of TPF:
We appreciate all you do to promote native plants. Because of your support last year – including an amazing $55,000 in year-end donations – we are able to educate and inspire countless Angelenos about the beauty and value of native plant landscapes. You know that sustainable native gardens make a difference in people’s lives and enhance the well-being of our natural habitat.Thanks to you, we’ll continue our work in 2018 and beyond.
This week, the first storm of the season arrived, causing great losses in Montecito. Closer to home, we’ve had mudslides and road closures in La Tuna Canyon, but nothing that compares…our hearts go out to our neighbors to the north.
At TPF, our sales yard and store have been hopping with gardeners who know that it’s planting time! We hope you’ll visit soon – to shop, learn, hike, relax, and enjoy all that TPF has to offer.
Lastly, it’s not too late to pick up your Theodore Payne 2018 Conservation Calendar with 12 original posters by our Artist in Residence Edward Lum – available online or at our Sun Valley HQ. In this issue:
- Winter Sale
- Volunteer News
- Garden Tour Tickets
- 2018 CNPS Conservation Conference & Upcoming Classes
- Employment Opportunity at TPF
HOURS
Tuesday–Saturday, 8:30am-4:30pm (Closed Sunday–Monday)
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WINTER SALE
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Rhus ovata, Sugar Bush . |
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
JANUARY 26 & 27
8:30am-4:30pm
Discounts to all on the best and most interesting selection of native plants in the region, with expert advice from TPF staff and volunteers.
Members: 15% off plants, seed & TPF gear
Non-members: 10% off plants, seed &TPF gear
(Not yet a member? Join here or at the door!)
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VOLUNTEER NEWS
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TPF Executive Director Kitty Connolly (L) with
Volunteer Louise Olson |
When a need arises, our TPF volunteers are there! We especially want to thank Louise Olson, our terrific seed program volunteer, who rose to the occasion at the start of the Creek Fire in December, when, once again, we evacuated our precious archives, seed, artwork and other valuables. Having “practiced” evacuation procedures during the La Tuna Fire in September, our van and staff cars were loaded up in minutes. And this time, almost everything was moved to a single, nearby location provided by Louise. This greatly simplified storage and return of the materials. Yes, our volunteers are the best.
Volunteer activities abound at TPF, with events and projects for volunteers of every age. Our great new online system lets you specify your interests and availability, and track your volunteer hours that can be traded for classes..
We need volunteers for our upcoming Winter Sale, January 26 & 27. Duties vary, lunch is provided and hours are DOUBLED! This sale is the perfect opportunity for high school students who need to complete service hours.
We’re also taking Garden Tour Docent signups (with 45 gardens on the tour, we need around 90 volunteers). View and register for EVENTS here. But, wait, there’s more! We need help in the bookstore and sales yard, and with K-12 field trips. Apply for PROJECTS here. Thank you! |
GARDEN TOUR TICKETS
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Illustration by Gene Bauer
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15th Annual Theodore Payne
Native Plant Garden Tour
Saturday & Sunday, April 14 & 15. 2018
The Garden Tour is our biggest outreach event of the year and a source of inspiration for Angelenos looking to create sustainable landscapes that save water and support wildlife.
Save with early bird ticket prices!
PURCHASE TICKETS
This year’s event includes 45 amazing native plant gardens in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles County, including 21 new to the tour.
A huge thank you to our Garden Tour sponsors, including:
 Susan & Dan Gottlieb |
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2018 CNPS CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
We’re excited that 10 TPF staff members will be making a strong presence at the 2018 CNPS Conservation Conference to be held February 1-3 in Los Angeles. We’ll be greeting more than 1000 attendees at our exhibit booth, building alliances, attending talks and workshops – and five TPF staffers will be making presentations and creating posters.
You, too, can attend. Registration for the conference ends January 14. Details. |
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UPCOMING CLASSES
TPF members save 20% or more on classes. Join.
Three-Part California Native Garden Design
– Saturdays, beginning Feb 10, 9:00am-1:00pm, with Andreas Hessing
– Saturdays, beginning Feb 17, 9:00am-1:00pm, with Carol Armour Aronson
More Classes
– Native Plant Maintenance Basics, a walk and talk with Steve Singer, Fri, Jan 19, 2:00-3:00pm
– Propagating California Native Plants with Jordan Isken, Sat, Jan 20, 9:00-noon
See all classes and register here.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Always wanted to work at TPF? Here’s your chance. The Theodore Payne Foundation is accepting applications for a Bookstore Assistant. The position is part-time and reports to the Bookstore and Front Office Manager.
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THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION
FOR WILD FLOWERS & NATIVE PLANTS, INC.
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