Our Gardens for 2026
Peggy's Garden:
This garden was started in August 2011. It's main feature is the Eco-Lawn, a drought tolerant lawn left unmowed for a free-flowing natural effect. A bubbler fountain is tucked in one corner. Low water usage plants surround the center lawn and towards the back of the front yard, a butterfly garden rests inside a quaint stone planter. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees enjoy this garden as well as an occasional raccoon who is attracted to the water feature.
Plant List:
Duranta, Tree Mallow, Nearly Thornless Climbing Rose, Buddeleia, Rice Flower, Salvias, Thyme
and: Society Garlic, Butterfly Plant, Candy Tuft, Alyssum, Eco Grass, Chinese Fringe Flower
Marie's Garden:
This newly planted drought tolerant garden was formerly a conventional lawn and flower bed garden. It has been transformed to an almost all California Native and California friendly garden. It has a copper drip system that uses 50 - 70 % less water and a rainwater catchment system fed by rain gutter pipes. Efficient pumps for the fountains use about 25 % less electricity, Designed for work and entertaining; the goal is to make people want to stay and create their own garden paradise.
Plant List:
Yarrow, Desert Mallow, Globe Apricot Mallow, Buckwheat, Island Bush Poppy, Blue Elderberry, St. Catherine’s Lace, Creeping Snowberry, Erigonum Giganteum
Mother Nature's Backyard Preview:
Mother Nature's Backyard is a water-wise and life-friendly demonstration garden.
Installed in the Spring of 2012, the garden is located within the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve - funded by the West Basin Water District and the South Coast Chapter of the CA Native Plant Society.
The garden looks like a local backyard with a shady back porch and attractive permeable walkways. The garden demonstrates many ways to make your home garden more water-wise and life friendly including gutters and French drain, a rain garden, gardening based on water-zones (hydrozones, a bubbler fountain and use of California native plants for clay soils. Talks and hands-on workshops presented each month.
The Garcia Garden This amazing Calif. native garden sits on hill. The front yard has a dry riverbed and some container vegetables. The backyard contiains assorted salvias (Leucantha and Clelandii and Apiana) Verbena, Eriogonum, Erigeron. Step down into the lower leverl to see the food forest.
The Garcia Garden
This is a fine example of a"tiny" native garden at a place of business. More businesses should do this to help our environment and the pollinators. Large Verbena de la Mina, tiny fountain, monkey flower, ceanothus, penstemon.
Lil’ Vegerie
RainForest Flora. A premier N. American grower of airplants (Tillandsia), bromeliads and staghorn ferns. A tropical showroom experience with waterfalls and koi ponds.
RainForest Flora
Garden was started in 2009 to support native wildlife; butterflies, bees, insects etc. All Calif. natives: buckwheat, sages., Blue Eyed Grass, Pink Currant, Ceanothus. A certified Wildlife Habitat.
Jim and April's Garden
The Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden, located in Polliwog Park, serves as an ecological haven in urban California. Established in 1995 by the local community and city officials, it promotes native plant species and sustainable gardening practices.
Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden
