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Helping Santa Barbara County turn boring lawns into buzzing habitats, one native plant at a time.
We teach you how to plant native plants, attract pollinators, and fall in love with your local ecosystem.
Less mowing, more monarchs!
#TheNativeGuild
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Be KHARI 's hero
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Be KHARI 's hero
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🦋Only ONE monarch at Goleta’s Butterfly Grove today
Storm damage has been rough, but habitat restoration is happening there - preparing for new native trees and plants
🌿At your home, please plant a native plant if you can - it truly helps
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #MonarchMilkweed
Storm damage has been rough, but habitat restoration is happening there - preparing for new native trees and plants
🌿At your home, please plant a native plant if you can - it truly helps
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #MonarchMilkweed
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🌿Hummingbird sage has deep roots with the Chumash people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Santa Barbara region
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
They used the leaves to make a medicinal tea for treating lung congestion and sore throats⚕️
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #HummingbirdSage
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🕊️The Buddhist monks completed their 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace”
One of the monks who lost a leg in a serious accident early in the journey didn’t let that stop him — after recovering, he rejoined the group and completed the full pilgrimage with them & their dog🐕
#WalkForPeace #BuddhistMonks
One of the monks who lost a leg in a serious accident early in the journey didn’t let that stop him — after recovering, he rejoined the group and completed the full pilgrimage with them & their dog🐕
#WalkForPeace #BuddhistMonks
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🌿Despite its painful sting, California’s native nettle is an important host plant for several butterfly and moth species
Caterpillar species like the Milbert’s Tortoiseshell and the Garden Tiger Moth rely on it as a food source
🍵And we make tea with it
#GrowNativePlants #Nettle #PollinatorGarden
Caterpillar species like the Milbert’s Tortoiseshell and the Garden Tiger Moth rely on it as a food source
🍵And we make tea with it
#GrowNativePlants #Nettle #PollinatorGarden
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🪱Happy Darwin Day
He spent over 40 years studying earthworms
His final scientific book, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, argued that earthworms are major geological agents, slowly transforming entire landscapes through their constant burrowing and digestion
#earthworms
He spent over 40 years studying earthworms
His final scientific book, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, argued that earthworms are major geological agents, slowly transforming entire landscapes through their constant burrowing and digestion
#earthworms
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🌿Prune for Shape
By mid-to-late March, many birds begin nesting
Pruning now ensures you won't disturb a family of hummingbirds or bushtits later
Sages: If you haven't already, cut back woody sages by about a third
Fuchsias: These should be cut back hard (nearly to the ground) to encourage growth
By mid-to-late March, many birds begin nesting
Pruning now ensures you won't disturb a family of hummingbirds or bushtits later
Sages: If you haven't already, cut back woody sages by about a third
Fuchsias: These should be cut back hard (nearly to the ground) to encourage growth
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🌿It's Ceanothus season
Indigenous Californians used the flowers and seed pods as a gentle soap for centuries
Pick a small cluster of blossoms
Add a little water and rub your hands together
Result: It creates a natural, fragrant lather!
#GrowNativePlants #Ceanothus #TheNativeGuild
Indigenous Californians used the flowers and seed pods as a gentle soap for centuries
Pick a small cluster of blossoms
Add a little water and rub your hands together
Result: It creates a natural, fragrant lather!
#GrowNativePlants #Ceanothus #TheNativeGuild
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🌿Start small
This parkway garden has one young GLORIOUS Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' mixed in with succulents and alyssum
The pollinators love the sweet Alyssum nectar that provide a vital "bridge" food source during winter, as well as the lilac blossoms from Ceanothus
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNatives
This parkway garden has one young GLORIOUS Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' mixed in with succulents and alyssum
The pollinators love the sweet Alyssum nectar that provide a vital "bridge" food source during winter, as well as the lilac blossoms from Ceanothus
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNatives
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🌿Crows and ravens cache food—nuts, acorns, seeds—and often forget some of their hiding spots
Those forgotten caches sprout into new plants, helping native shrubs and trees spread naturally
Oaks, pines, and many chaparral species benefit from this behavior
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants
Those forgotten caches sprout into new plants, helping native shrubs and trees spread naturally
Oaks, pines, and many chaparral species benefit from this behavior
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants
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🌿Cleveland sage
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
My favorite💖 native plant.
It smells soooo good and is always teaming with pollinators! 🦋🐝🐞
#PollinatorGarden #ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
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🐝Bumblebees perform "buzz pollination"
They grab onto a flower & vibrate their flight muscles at a high-pitched middle C frequency, shaking the pollen loose
Without it, many of our favorite native plants wouldn't be able to reproduce!
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Bumblebees #PollinatorGarden
They grab onto a flower & vibrate their flight muscles at a high-pitched middle C frequency, shaking the pollen loose
Without it, many of our favorite native plants wouldn't be able to reproduce!
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Bumblebees #PollinatorGarden
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If you were a hungry butterfly, bee, bird, or other critter - which yard would you prefer?
Left house:
Absolutely no nutritional value
Constant care - water, pesticides, mowing, edging
Right house:
Plentiful habitat & food sources
Minimal care once established & even less water
#PollinatorGarden
Left house:
Absolutely no nutritional value
Constant care - water, pesticides, mowing, edging
Right house:
Plentiful habitat & food sources
Minimal care once established & even less water
#PollinatorGarden
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🌿Blue-eyed Grass
🐝 A Pollinator Favorite
Native bees adore them. Open during the day and close at night, offering nectar and pollen to a variety of small pollinators.
🌼 A Surprisingly Tough Wildflower
Many species tolerate drought once established, making them great for native gardens
#GrowNatives
🐝 A Pollinator Favorite
Native bees adore them. Open during the day and close at night, offering nectar and pollen to a variety of small pollinators.
🌼 A Surprisingly Tough Wildflower
Many species tolerate drought once established, making them great for native gardens
#GrowNatives
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🦋In early February, Migrating Monarchs are shifting from "survival mode" to "action mode"
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants
Leaving overwintering sites to find water and nectar
The "super generation" (which has lived for 6–9 months!) is preparing for its final mission
Ready to lay eggs as soon as they head north
#GrowNativePlants
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🌿California Poppy is EVERYWHERE already
Every evening, or even on particularly cloudy and cold days, California poppies curl up their petals and "go to sleep"
They only open back up when the sun is bright and the temperature is warm enough to attract pollinators
#CaliforniaPoppy #GrowNativePlants
Every evening, or even on particularly cloudy and cold days, California poppies curl up their petals and "go to sleep"
They only open back up when the sun is bright and the temperature is warm enough to attract pollinators
#CaliforniaPoppy #GrowNativePlants
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🌿Douglas Iris
A genetic wild card
In a single meadow, you might find petals ranging from deep royal purple and sky blue to creamy white or warm yellow
Each flower features intricate "honey guides"—darker veins and a yellow splash on the sepals—that act like a landing strip for bees
#DouglasIris
A genetic wild card
In a single meadow, you might find petals ranging from deep royal purple and sky blue to creamy white or warm yellow
Each flower features intricate "honey guides"—darker veins and a yellow splash on the sepals—that act like a landing strip for bees
#DouglasIris
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🌿Dudleya "Live-Forevers"
They are a perfect example of the Fibonacci sequence in nature
Their leaves grow in a tight spiral pattern that ensures every single leaf gets maximum exposure to sunlight and channeled water without shading out the ones below it
#GrowNativePlants #Dudleya #TheNativeGuild
They are a perfect example of the Fibonacci sequence in nature
Their leaves grow in a tight spiral pattern that ensures every single leaf gets maximum exposure to sunlight and channeled water without shading out the ones below it
#GrowNativePlants #Dudleya #TheNativeGuild
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🍒Toyon - Wildlife Magnet
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
Clusters of bright red berries feed mockingbirds, robins, cedar waxwings, coyotes, and even bears
Its bright red winter berries once covered the hills around Los Angeles so vividly that early settlers called the area the holly woods
#GrowNativePlants #Toyon #TheNativeGuild
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🌿Native CA Tidy Tips
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
They are:
Easy to grow
Attract pollinators
Their succulent-like stems store water
Require very little maintenance
Bloom reliably in cool spring weather
So beautiful that British gardeners help spread their popularity
#GrowNativePlants #TidyTips #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
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Happy Wednesday!
We here at The Native Guild are broken and outraged at the lawless insanity happening all around the country
ICE must be ABOLISHED NOW!!!
And, please stay peaceful
We won't have an election in the fall if he goads us into Civil War
#AbolishICE
We here at The Native Guild are broken and outraged at the lawless insanity happening all around the country
ICE must be ABOLISHED NOW!!!
And, please stay peaceful
We won't have an election in the fall if he goads us into Civil War
#AbolishICE
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🌿Both yards look nice
Left yard:
Needs to be mowed & weeded
Needs consistent watering
Provides nothing for pollinators
Right yard:
Provides habitat for all kinds of pollinators
Provides food for pollinators
Once established, requires little care, and even less water
#GrowNativePlants #Pollinators
Left yard:
Needs to be mowed & weeded
Needs consistent watering
Provides nothing for pollinators
Right yard:
Provides habitat for all kinds of pollinators
Provides food for pollinators
Once established, requires little care, and even less water
#GrowNativePlants #Pollinators
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🌿What's flowering in the native garden right now?
Here are a handful of beauties to bring color to your garden during the winter in Santa Barbara County:
Cleveland Sage
Red Sage
'Dara’s Choice' Sage
Verbena 'De La Mina'
Pink Flowering Currant
Pollinators are happy here 💖🐝
#GrowNativePlants
Here are a handful of beauties to bring color to your garden during the winter in Santa Barbara County:
Cleveland Sage
Red Sage
'Dara’s Choice' Sage
Verbena 'De La Mina'
Pink Flowering Currant
Pollinators are happy here 💖🐝
#GrowNativePlants
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💖Manzanita - Winter Hero
On a sunny winter day, they often give off a delicate, honey-like fragrance - attracting pollinators
The primary food source for California's non-migratory hummingbirds (like the Anna's Hummingbird) and early-emerging native bees 🐝
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden
On a sunny winter day, they often give off a delicate, honey-like fragrance - attracting pollinators
The primary food source for California's non-migratory hummingbirds (like the Anna's Hummingbird) and early-emerging native bees 🐝
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden
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🐝Bumblebee enjoying the sweet sweet nectar from Manzanita blossoms this winter
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #Invertebrates #Manzanita #Bumblebee #NativePlants
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✨Trends for 2026
Connectivity & Community - Link your pollinator garden to your neighbor's, creating a wildlife corridor
Shrink The Lawn - Replace thirsty turf with 'mini prairies'
Plant "high impact" Keystone Plants - Goldenrod, Native Aster, and Oaks (if you have space)
#PollinatorGarden
Connectivity & Community - Link your pollinator garden to your neighbor's, creating a wildlife corridor
Shrink The Lawn - Replace thirsty turf with 'mini prairies'
Plant "high impact" Keystone Plants - Goldenrod, Native Aster, and Oaks (if you have space)
#PollinatorGarden
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