Arcadia is going Green with the LA Garden Show!

Green isn’t just a color anymore! Going green is about saving energy, saving water and reducing our Carbon Footprint.

This year the LA Garden Show is providing Living Green Essentials for the Home Gardener. Illustrating innovative and environmentally responsible garden design and showcasing eco-gardening practices through works shops, lectures, and demonstrations.  There will also be specialty plants, books and home gardening elements  available for purchase at the Garden Show  Marketplace.

◊ Visit gardening exhibits beautifully designed by acclaimed landscape designers
◊ Enjoy garden tours, and gardening activities for kids
◊ Learn about California Native and drought tolerant plants
◊ Enter a drawing for your chance to win a one week stay on the Kona Coast in Hawaii

If you are interested in creating and edible garden or looking to design your garden around California friendly plants, horticultural experts will be on site to lend a hand.

This expo doesn’t just offer California native plants, there will be a wide variety of unique and exotic plants and trees to purchase as you shop  The Marketplace. These plants have been selected by the L.A. County Arboretum curators and will feature fruit trees, herbs, and vegetables along with cacti and much much more!

The L.A. Garden show will be held April 30th – May 2 @ The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

READ MORE:  Arcadia Community Profile

301 N. Baldwin Ave.

Arcadia, CA 91007

Admission: $3-$8

Parking is free, Preferred Parking $1o

For additional information please visit LAGardenShow.com

If you love architecture and want to keep up with the latest interior designers, you may also want to visit Pasadena’s Showcase House which is running through May 16, 2010.  I was there last week and had an awesome time.  The home is beautiful and each room is extra special!