#Woodlawn cemetery wildflower meadow

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Irresistible wildflowers... Allen's Hummingbird 7850 Woodlawn Southern California_ by Pekabo Via Flickr: "Columbine (Aquilegia spp.) blooms are said to resemble jester's caps, and their effectiveness at attracting hummingbirds will certainly put bird watchers in a merry mood. This herbaceous perennial is an airy plant with attractive clover-like foliage. The blooms come in many colors, and most have spurs: long, narrow strips streaming horizontally from the back of each flower. This plant is generally planted in early spring. Established plants typically bloom for about four weeks starting in mid-spring. Columbines are short-lived perennial plants, but if you let the flower heads go to seed rather than deadheading them, they will readily self-sow and might soon form a colony of plants when growing conditions are optimal. They have a moderate growth rate, and seeds germinate in about 20 to 30 days. Columbine plants are toxic to humans." thespruce.com

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Native Plant Garden Tour of Eternal Meadow

A version of this article originally appeared in the April/May edition of Seascape.  Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden TourSunday, April 7, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary1847 14th St, Santa Monica

Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery will be featured in the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden Tour, an annual selfguided journey through the region’s most beautiful and inspiring private and public landscapes consisting of native California plants. 2019 marks the 16th annual Native Plant Garden Tour and, for the second year, will include tours of Eternal Meadow, Woodlawn Cemetery’s new green burial section. Green burial is a form of interment designed to have minimal environmental impact. Burials are performed using a simple wooden casket or a shroud made of organic fabric, with no cement vaults and no embalming fluids containing toxic substances such as formaldehyde. With its use of native California plants and wildflowers, Eternal Meadow also provides a habitat for native birds and pollinators such as the endangered monarch butterfly. In October 2016, the cemetery was even designated an official monarch butterfly site by Monarch Watch, the leading conservation group devoted to the preservation of the endangered butterfly species. Make plans to join us!

source https://www.santamonica.gov/blog/native-plant-garden-tour-of-eternal-meadow from Santa Monica Day https://santamonicaday.blogspot.com/2019/04/native-plant-garden-tour-of-eternal.html

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Native Plant Garden Tour of Eternal Meadow

A version of this article originally appeared in the April/May edition of Seascape.  Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden TourSunday, April 7, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary1847 14th St, Santa Monica

Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery will be featured in the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden Tour, an annual selfguided journey through the region’s most beautiful and inspiring private and public landscapes consisting of native California plants. 2019 marks the 16th annual Native Plant Garden Tour and, for the second year, will include tours of Eternal Meadow, Woodlawn Cemetery’s new green burial section. Green burial is a form of interment designed to have minimal environmental impact. Burials are performed using a simple wooden casket or a shroud made of organic fabric, with no cement vaults and no embalming fluids containing toxic substances such as formaldehyde. With its use of native California plants and wildflowers, Eternal Meadow also provides a habitat for native birds and pollinators such as the endangered monarch butterfly. In October 2016, the cemetery was even designated an official monarch butterfly site by Monarch Watch, the leading conservation group devoted to the preservation of the endangered butterfly species. Make plans to join us!

from https://www.santamonica.gov/blog/native-plant-garden-tour-of-eternal-meadow

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Native Plant Garden Tour of Eternal Meadow

A version of this article originally appeared in the April/May edition of Seascape.  Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden TourSunday, April 7, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary1847 14th St, Santa Monica

Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery will be featured in the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Native Plant Garden Tour, an annual selfguided journey through the region’s most beautiful and inspiring private and public landscapes consisting of native California plants. 2019 marks the 16th annual Native Plant Garden Tour and, for the second year, will include tours of Eternal Meadow, Woodlawn Cemetery’s new green burial section. Green burial is a form of interment designed to have minimal environmental impact. Burials are performed using a simple wooden casket or a shroud made of organic fabric, with no cement vaults and no embalming fluids containing toxic substances such as formaldehyde. With its use of native California plants and wildflowers, Eternal Meadow also provides a habitat for native birds and pollinators such as the endangered monarch butterfly. In October 2016, the cemetery was even designated an official monarch butterfly site by Monarch Watch, the leading conservation group devoted to the preservation of the endangered butterfly species. Make plans to join us!

from The Insider's Guide to the Beautiful City of Santa Monica https://www.santamonica.gov/blog/native-plant-garden-tour-of-eternal-meadow