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LIFE - Landscape Integrity Films and Education
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2016
Native landscaping conserves water, supports biodiversity and preserves authentic natural beauty.
LIFE makes short educational films that empower people to transform patios, parkways and yards into spaces that support healthy functioning food webs and ecosystems. We want to empower people to retrofit with native plants that not only make sense for our climate and soils, but also feed the birds, butterflies and other creatures that add beauty, life and movement to our gardens.
LIFE Vision - A Southern California populated by environmentally literate people engaged in sustainable practices to mitigate our water, energy and biodiversity crises.
LIFE Mission - Through video tutorials and public speaking on native gardening, smart irrigation and water catchment, help Southern California communities shift to appropriate practices that reduce water and energy consumption and support biodiversity.
LIFE makes short educational films that empower people to transform patios, parkways and yards into spaces that support healthy functioning food webs and ecosystems. We want to empower people to retrofit with native plants that not only make sense for our climate and soils, but also feed the birds, butterflies and other creatures that add beauty, life and movement to our gardens.
LIFE Vision - A Southern California populated by environmentally literate people engaged in sustainable practices to mitigate our water, energy and biodiversity crises.
LIFE Mission - Through video tutorials and public speaking on native gardening, smart irrigation and water catchment, help Southern California communities shift to appropriate practices that reduce water and energy consumption and support biodiversity.
Ecosystem Basics
To insects and other animals, isn’t one plant or flower just as good as another? Nope! Specialization in nature is THE RULE. Just as koalas need eucalyptus and pandas need bamboo, CA’s insects and other animals need CA native plants. Garden beyond ornamental: garden native to support our beautiful, biodiverse world! Every yard counts!
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Irrigation
มุมมอง 1.2K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Is your water bill higher than you’d like? If you have a yard, there’s a solution that doesn’t involve concrete, artificial turf or gravel, all of which make cities hotter. Watch this primer on how to establish and irrigate a native garden. Even in this changing climate, native plants thrive with minimal supplementary deep watering, once established. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to mak...
Native Plants for Containers
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How much habitat can containers of native plants provide? Plenty! In a sterile cityscape of ornamental plants, a native container garden had sphinx moths visiting the Hooker’s evening primrose and white-crowned sparrows eating buckwheat seeds. Native gardens work in whatever form they are found! Garden beyond ornament: garden native to discover the landscape of home. Every yard counts!
California Native Buckwheats
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Is there more to buckwheat than pancakes? You bet! With dozens of species and varieties native to California, the buckwheat genus (Eriogonum) provides an array of textures, colors and sizes to fit any garden and create superb habitat for butterflies, birds and other animals. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to celebrate the amazing diversity of California’s plant species. Every yard counts!
SoCal Native Plants for the Garden
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Think CA native plants are mostly cacti? You’re not alone, though cacti are actually only 1-2% of CA’s more than 7,000 species, subspecies and varieties. For nearly every ornamental plant, there’s a native substitute that provides aesthetic satisfaction, water savings AND habitat. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to benefit from an aesthetic with substance! Every yard counts!
SoCal Birds
มุมมอง 2.3K5 ปีที่แล้ว
What will be SoCal’s bird future? With more and more wildlands burning, our yards become evermore-crucial habitat. Native plants support the insect protein, seeds, nuts, berries and nesting materials birds need. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to help our bird future be rich in beauty, song and ecosystem services. Every yard counts!
California Native Sages
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With fragrant leaves that combat water loss, flowers that attract all kinds of pollinators and seeds that feed birds and other animals, what’s not to love? Choose among dozens of species and cultivars many are adapted to part-sun, slopes and slow-draining soil. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to revive the authentic nature of where you live! Every yard counts!
Butterfly Basics
มุมมอง 9405 ปีที่แล้ว
Why bother? Beauty & emotional satisfaction from doing the right ecological thing. Once you’ve planted caterpillar hosts and adult nectar sources, make a puddling dish (concrete-lined rivers starve male butterflies of the mud they need), then take it easy - don’t tidy up the fallen leaves. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to bring butterflies back! Every yard counts!
SoCal Butterflies
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Ever wonder why yards are green but empty of butterflies? Most ornamental plants don’t support caterpillars of local species. More native plants mean more caterpillars, butterflies and baby birds. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to help SoCal’s 150 butterfly species! Every yard counts!
Habitat and Water Savings
มุมมอง 9805 ปีที่แล้ว
State of the biosphere got you down? Help nature where you live by planting native. In this time of extinction and water stress, native gardens are not only water-thrifty, they’re essential oases for butterflies, birds and other animals. Garden beyond ornament: garden native to support your ecosystem! Every yard counts!
Holly-leaf Cherry, Caterpillar Food Plant - Inland Native Garden - Ep.23
มุมมอง 3.3K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Very adaptable, evergreen and neat-looking, Holly-leaf Cherry is one of the caterpillar forage foods for the Pale Swallowtail butterfly. High wildlife and garden value! Useful as an informal hedge or screen.
Chaparral Bush Mallow, California Sagebrush and Buckwheat Hybrid Cluster - Ep.22
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If space permits, this lovely cluster of varying leaf types and bloom seasons is a "must" for an inland habitat garden, providing nectar, caterpillar forage food, and seeds. The sagebrush adds fragrance, too!
Showy Penstemon, Caterpillar Food Plant - Inland Native Garden - Ep.21
มุมมอง 2.8K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Showy Penstemon is breathtakingly beautiful in bloom. Like all penstemons, it is caterpillar forage for the Variable Checkerspot butterfly. Pollinators will be all over this plant! Showy Penstemon reseeds prolifically!
Flat-topped Buckwheat, Caterpillar Food Plant - Inland Native Garden - Ep.20
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Flat-topped Buckwheat provides nectar for all kinds of pollinators and forage for many species of butterfly caterpillars. To support the complete butterfly life cycle, always plant the nectar AND caterpillar forage plant(s) for the butterfly species. More caterpillars = greater survival of baby birds! Pollinated buckwheat flowers make seeds for birds and other animals!
Oregon Grape, Mixing Native and Non-native Plants - Inland Native Garden - Ep.19
มุมมอง 1.6K6 ปีที่แล้ว
An important nectar and berry-producing plant, Oregon Grape is evergreen and looks neat year-round. Useful as a barrier plant. Like all California natives, Oregon Grape may be mixed with non-native plants of similar sunlight, soil and water needs.
Howard McMinn Manzanita and Hummingbirds - Inland Native Garden - Ep.18
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Howard McMinn Manzanita and Hummingbirds - Inland Native Garden - Ep.18
Laurel Sumac and Felt-leaved Yerba Santa Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.16
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Laurel Sumac and Felt-leaved Yerba Santa Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.16
San Clemente Bush Mallow, Caterpillar Food Plant - Inland Native Garden - Ep.15
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San Clemente Bush Mallow, Caterpillar Food Plant - Inland Native Garden - Ep.15
Bladderpod, Lacy Phacelia Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.14
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Bladderpod, Lacy Phacelia Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.14
Holly-leaf Cherry, Flat-topped Buckwheat, Showy Penstemon Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.13
มุมมอง 2.8K6 ปีที่แล้ว
Holly-leaf Cherry, Flat-topped Buckwheat, Showy Penstemon Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.13
Refugio Manzanita, California Everlasting Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.12
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Refugio Manzanita, California Everlasting Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.12
Island Snapdragon and Toyon Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.11
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Island Snapdragon and Toyon Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.11
Bush Anemone, False Indigo, Coffeeberry Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.10
มุมมอง 3.2K6 ปีที่แล้ว
Bush Anemone, False Indigo, Coffeeberry Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.10
Yarrow, Purple Aster, Sunflower Cluster with Birdbath - Inland Native Garden - Ep.09
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Yarrow, Purple Aster, Sunflower Cluster with Birdbath - Inland Native Garden - Ep.09
Pollinators with Cleveland Sage and Incienso Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.08
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Pollinators with Cleveland Sage and Incienso Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.08
Nevin’s Barberry, St. Catherine’s Lace Buckwheat Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.07
มุมมอง 3K6 ปีที่แล้ว
Nevin’s Barberry, St. Catherine’s Lace Buckwheat Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.07
Varied Bloom Seasons Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.06
มุมมอง 3.3K6 ปีที่แล้ว
Varied Bloom Seasons Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.06
Blue Elderberry and Toyon Wildlife Support - Inland Native Garden - Ep.05
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Blue Elderberry and Toyon Wildlife Support - Inland Native Garden - Ep.05
Wildflower and Evergreen Cluster - Southern California Inland Native Garden - Ep.04
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Wildflower and Evergreen Cluster - Southern California Inland Native Garden - Ep.04
Point Sal Purple Sage, White Sage, Brandegee’s Sage Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.03
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Point Sal Purple Sage, White Sage, Brandegee’s Sage Cluster - Inland Native Garden - Ep.03