Garden Tour 2022

Our 2022 tour featured water thrifty gardens, colorful native and mediterranean plants, a greenhouse growing tomatoes, a bocce ball court, DIY aquaculture, cozy gathering spaces, rainwater capture systems, unusual succulents, and the Los Arboles school garden.

Sapia Garden

Mystiere Sapia shares her garden journey

Echium pininana towers over the garden

Overlook of the food garden

Happy Protea in the front garden

Area of whimsey by the front door

Another peek at the food garden layout

Hentges Garden

Joni shares the backyard courtyard with visitors

A garden enthusiast with her tour ticket and guide

Lavatera maritima is a native California mallow that grows easily in the sand

Signs point to many cities in the heart

Another visitor views the before photos of the garden

Gathering in the low water needs front garden

Reindollar Perc Pond Garden

Grace discusses the finer points of worm composting

More of those stunning Echium ‘Blue Boys’ in the front; E. candicans in the back

Before photos of the percolation pond garden and the city sign marking the project

Gardner Garden

Jackie greets tour visitors to her garden

Lots of low water color at the entrance. A play structure for the grand children

Succulent display in repurposed wicker setee

One of several Fairy garden creations

A group of visitors made the rounds via bicycle

Tantillo Garden

Stephen describes the work in his garden

Laura’s garden appeared on an earlier tour but has changed to include more native plants

Some of the new CA natives hug the fence line

A very vigorous Angel’s Trumpet threatens to cover the bedroom window

Path winding around the house

Woodpecker ornament

red buckwheat in full bloom

Smith-Dadigian Garden

Kerry answering questions about the garden

Creative seating in the narrow access around the side of the house

All of the roses were selected for deep fragrance and resistance to the coastal diseases

California Flannel bush in glorious color

A rosarian admirer takes a pic

Garden tour ticket/guide

Leslie’s Garden

Leslie with one of her laying hens

Chicken pen keeps the hens out of the more cultivated areas of the garden

Some of the egg layers bounty

Lots of colorful tile features

Strawberries in a very fine pot

Outdoor fireplace to gather around during chilly evenings

Coastal driftwood find captures the sense of place

Silva Garden

Need name in her garden

Colorful vertical succulent wall

A closer look at the drip irrigated succulent wall

Admiring the raised beds built for dwarf fruit trees

ReGen tabled the event to share district messages

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Kimberle preaches to the choir about food waste diversion strategies such as… composting

beatiful side yard with numerous native salvias

Front yard as seen from the street

A vistor takes notes on the selection of fruit trees suitable for the coast

a fun revision of funky old industrial parts

Directing a visitor to the next garden

Hillcrest Garden

Ticket booth crew – Tina, Joy, Dustin & Kathleen

Hillcrest Ticket booth for day of tour tickets

Admiring the growth of the native plants

Memorial bench for Candy Owen is central to the garden

Garden visitors reviewing the garden description

Fielding questions about the planting selections

Telling the story of how this public garden was conceived, funded and installed with volunteer enthusiasm

Getting a closeup of the Channel Island buckwheat

Many use the bench located in the heart of the city Hall and offices