Gardening Classes for Beginners

Discover gardening classes and courses designed for new Southern California gardeners

Get Your Garden Readiness Guide

Upgrade your garden and your skills with this easy-to-follow guide. Consider it summer reading for the school year ahead, with the info and resources you need to jumpstart your growth!

Grow Your Own Food

Turn your backyard into a reliable source of flavorful, seasonal food.

Garden Care Made Easy

The secret to a low-maintenance garden starts with proper planning. Learn how to set yourself up for success from the start, then care for your garden the best—and easiest—way.

Grow Your Own Herbs & Spices

Want fresher, more flavorful ingredients? Grow them right in your own backyard. Learn how to plant, care for, and use common herb varieties—and some unusual herbs and spices worth growing.

Summer Veggie Gardening in SoCal

Frustrated by low yields, struggling plants, or mysterious problems in summertime? Learn how to get more out of your garden with better harvests, a longer growing season, and fewer losses

Plan for Fall Planting Success

Fall is the single best time to plant in California, but most online advice doesn't apply to our climate. Learn essential steps to set your plants up for year-long success.

Beautify Your Garden

Create a drought-tolerant, vibrant, and thoughtfully designed garden.

Fabulous Bulbs for California Gardens

Bulbs mean more color with less water and less work. Discover spring, summer, and fall bloomers and how to have bulbs blooming in your garden almost every month of the year.

Hot Color, Dry Garden

Get a more beautiful, colorful garden without using more water. Learn how to use drought-tolerant plants to make your garden feel vibrant and alive.

Growing California Native Plants

Planting natives is one of the most impactful things you can do for your garden, your water bill, and wildlife. Learn how to select, plant, and care for California native plants and discover what most online advice gets wrong.

Bye Bye Grass: How to Remove Your Lawn

Lawns don't belong in Southern California. Learn how to get rid of yours and what to plant instead—and why artificial turf is never the answer.

Drought-Proof Your Garden

California's Mediterranean climate means your plants are fighting drought every summer. This class teaches you how to help your garden thrive when precious resources are restricted.

Happy Houseplants

Stop wasting money on houseplants that wither, lose their leaves, and die. Learn how to match the right plant to the right spot in your home and keep them thriving year-round.

Plants in Pots

Grow thriving container gardens and potted plants.

How to Design Container Gardens

Great container gardens aren't magic. They simply follow a few key rules. Grab my free guide and discover the styling secrets that make all the difference.

How to Water Potted Plants

Struggling with potted plants? You're probably watering wrong. I'll teach you the correct way to water, so you can help your potted plants thrive.

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