Arlington Garden is a climate-appropriate, habitat garden offering learning, inspiration, and enjoyment for all.

NOTICE: For the safety of our horticultural staff, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be closing the garden on Tuesday’s for maintenance until further notice.
When the garden is open, we recommend you do not use the furniture, maintain six-feet from others, wear a face mask, and bring your own hand sanitizer. When the garden is very busy, please consider limiting your hours there.

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HOW TO FIND US

Arlington Garden in Pasadena
275 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105

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CALENDAR

may, 2021

18may9:00 am12:00 pmVolunteer Tuesdays9:00 am - 12:00 pm

23may9:00 am12:00 pmVolunteer ProjectMandatory sign up in advance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weekend-projects-at-arlington-garden-tickets-1422640746779:00 am - 12:00 pm

25may9:00 am12:00 pmVolunteer Tuesdays9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Instead of a freeway, we built a garden! Open everyday, 8am-6pm except CLOSED on Tuesdays. No entry fee, unless taking photography shoots.

We had so much fun seed saving with our volunteers

We had so much fun seed saving with our volunteers this week! Heather and Evellyn are really excited about seeds, as you can see in the first photo 💚

We collected seeds from our California poppies, Lupine, and Caterpillar phacelia. Swipe to see what each of their seed pods and seed heads look like! You can also catch us snacking on some of our currants 😋

We always leave lots of seeds behind for birds to eat in order to increase habitat value! (Spoiler alert, birds also help plant seeds because what goes in, must come out😯)

We will safely store these seeds and then plant them in the wet season, which is a great time to plant natives.

What are some of your favorite wildflowers? Let us know in the comments!

Opossum Release at Arlington Garden. Our friend an

Opossum Release at Arlington Garden. Our friend and local wildlife expert- @laursoutdoors- came to the garden last night to release some opossums that were recently rehabilitated at @pasadenahumane.

Opossums are not only incredibly adorable, but they also make great additions to the garden ecosystem! Their diet includes, but is not limited to, ticks, mice, rats, snails, slugs, and overripe fruit and berries. We think they will find some great insects to snack on in our freshly laid out compost!

We don’t use any rodenticide at Arlington, and we encourage others to avoid it as well because it can have cumulative impacts on wildlife throughout the food chain- such as these lovely opossums!

Jump to 4:45 in this video to hear @laursoutdoors answer some questions about these omnivorous marsupials that are now officially back in the wild!

Trees! Did you know that in addition to providing

Trees! Did you know that in addition to providing access to shade and sequestering carbon, trees can also provide much needed habitat for local biodiversity 💚🌿🍃

When we plant trees, especially in developed urban spaces, it is important to choose trees that maximize the habitat value for wildlife that use them as food and shelter resources. Unfortunately, habitat value is often not considered in projects that intend to increase tree canopy in urban/ suburban areas 🐦 🦋

You can help support biodiversity in our local urban forest by signing @pasadenaaudubon’s letter that encourages the Urban Forestry Advisory Committee to only plant trees with recognized habitat value. Sign and read the letter through the link in our bio!

Fun fact, Arington Garden has many of the trees included on @pasadenaaudubon’s list, including Palo Verde, Santa Cruz Island Ironwood, Torrey Pine, California Fan Palm, Engelmann Oak, and Western Redbud💚🌳

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself

Learn regenerative gardening by doing it yourself with other rad volunteers! Our biweekly volunteer program Weekend Projects meets this Sunday the 9th from 9:00am to 12:00pm!

This week, we will be planting the meadow area with a Three Sisters summer crop and hosting a seed exchange- so bring some seeds if you can! This week is extra special because not only is it Mother’s Day 💐 but it’s also Levi’s birthday!🥳

If you have signed up for this Sunday volunteer event, please meet at the garden. Click the link in our bio to sign-up for free! You can also check out the schedule for what we have planned for future dates.

Dedicate a donation to the garden for Mother's Day

Dedicate a donation to the garden for Mother's Day! If you donate in honor of your loved one for Mother's Day, no matter the amount, we will feature them in a story on our social media accounts. You can even send us a photo and caption, and we'd love to post that too! Support the garden and help us celebrate mothers! 💐💚🌞(Instructions below)

Dedications of any amount are welcome. We suggest a $50 dedication, which will go toward the cost of ...
- Collecting wildflower seeds for next Spring!
- Watering the orange grove, to make our delicious sweet marmalade!
- Production costs for the marmalade that we sell in the garden!
- Coffee and treats for one of our volunteer appreciation days!

Dedicate now to honor your mum and help the garden grow!

***Link to donate is in our bio, and you can specify your dedication under "dedicate my donation in honor or in memory of someone." Please send any supplemental photos/ captions to maggie@arlingtongardenpasadena.org after submitting your donation. All dedications will be posted on our story on Mother’s Day.

#MothersDay #Garden #ArlingtonGarden

Today marks the first day of the City Nature Chall

Today marks the first day of the City Nature Challenge!🦋🌿 We are so excited, that we created a guide to help you identify wildlife at Arlington Garden. Check out the link in our bio to look through the digital guide 👀🔎

You can even use it at tonight’s Twilight Nature Walk from 5-6pm, where our Program Director Paloma Avila and Sam TG (@lanatureforall) will lead an in-person walk through the garden! We will be identifying animals with the iNaturalist app and learning what they use for shelter, food, water, or medicine! Be sure to visit @lanatureforall to learn more about this weekend’s City Nature Challenge and how you can join Team Nature for All!

And special thanks to @roberto.p.photography, @beesip, and @colilaoptera for contributing beautiful photos to the guide! Please give them a follow💚

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