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VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

Happy New Year! As we look at 2024, we feel poised for growth, connection, and joy.

As always, our deepest delight comes from knowing we’ll see many of you in the spring. We’re grateful to Michael Solberg and Khoi Pham, Bea and Tom Schumacher, Doug and Claudia Forbes for graciously opening their gardens. We’re overjoyed the Theodore Payne Foundation and both the LA and Pasadena Garden Conservancy Open Days committees selected these spaces.

As the year begins, we hold a clear sense of what we aim to deliver to our clients and Los Angeles in our hearts. Nothing shy of optimal resilience.

We’re grateful to have a creative, dedicated, professional and skilled team, and a clear understanding of what it takes for them to be happy and engaged. We know our team extends far beyond those rolling out in our trucks. It includes each of you, amplifying LA’s resilience and habitats in your own distinctive ways.

Wishing you all the very best and hope to see you, awe-filled and happy, very soon!

Sincerely,

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi

LATEST NEWS+

With a whole new, beautiful year ahead, what will you experience and enjoy?
 
 

Isara Ongwiseth: This Sustainable Storybook Garden in Studio City will open for The Garden Conservancy’s LA Open Days.

Check out my interview with homeowner Michael Solberg, whose spectacular succulent container gardens and outdoor artwork amplify the garden’s charming aesthetic. Get Tour Host Tips
 
 

Cassy Aoyagi: In applying to The Los Angeles Times workplace assessment, I sought the data needed to hold myself to the same standard set for our team members and leaders – continual improvement.

Here’s what we learned, and why we are so happy to have engaged in the process. Read More
 
 

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Recent rains can drive abundant growth in new and well-established spaces.  
 

Oscar Ortega: Rain gardens (also known as bioswales) do more than refuel LA’s groundwater table to support water independence. They fuel a garden’s growth and endurance, rain or shine. Learn about Swales
 
 

January 2024

LATEST NEWS+

Be Enchanted
Be Engaged

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Save the Dates

SUSTAINABLE TIPS+

Prepare for Growth

BLOOMING NOW+

Rosa Californica
Seaside Daisy
Western Redbud

TEAM UPDATE+

Get Our Clients’ Tips!
Influence Water Policy

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Are you watching and waiting for blooms?

We are already looking forward to a fun-filled spring full of time with friends. Save Spring Tour Dates

 
 

BLOOMING NOW+

It’s LA. Of course, there are drought-thriving native plants Blooming Now.

Watch for delightful (edible!) candy-pink Western Redbud blooms, as well as Rosa Californica and Seaside Daisy.

 
 

TEAM UPDATE+

We come into 2024 with gratitude for being in team with you.

Our clients have valuable plant and land-use expertise and experiences all their own! Check out our Client Insights for gardening tips and a sense of what life is like in an authentic LA garden.
 
 

Our Cassy Aoyagi advocated for a full climate cycle approach as she engaged with Urban Landscape Institute members aiming to develop the organization’s approach to national water policy.
 
 

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