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At 34, Matt Smith is a widower and amateur botanist whose grief and passion are fueling a quest some might call quixotic — to photograph every plant native to Los Angeles County.
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The world feels apocalyptic. I saw a Forest Therapist at — of all places — the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens. It helped.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its ‘plant hardiness zone map’ for the first time in a decade.
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Western monarch populations have rebounded since their calamitous drop in 2020 but are still far below historic norms. Are native milkweed giveaways helping?
Visitors to the Huntington Library can tour a restored 18th century Shoya House, a residence from rural Japan.
Flower vendors in the Flower District of downtown L.A. prepare cempasúchils for ofrendas and Día de Los Muertos celebrations weeks in advance.
Chad and Stacie Vanags’ backyard cutting garden has become a healing sanctuary for the couple and others, following Chad’s Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis.
For work, he tends roses at the Huntington. At home, he inspires his Watts neighbors with his low-cost, DIY garden full of native plants, herbs and food.
