Native plant holiday pop-up sale

Christopher Nyerges (Pasadena Weekly, 12/7/23); Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

USC's Dr. Adams apprenticed with Native American healer Cecilia Garcia to write this text.

Imposed image of Parker Davis (right), leading a Hahamongna Plant Nursery activity (PW).

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Portia and Parker (Hardy Cali's)

Hardy Californians, a fun native plant nursery located next to Arnold’s Hardware in Sierra Madre is hosting a pop-up nearby at 283 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, through Sunday, Dec. 10.

Hardy Californians is a native plant nursery and landscape design studio, run by local residents Parker Davis and Portia Besocke.

Within their outdoor pop-up format, they make available a wide selection of locally grown plants native to California, or those that have adapted to the state's relatively low levels of precipitation and extremely hot summers or Mediterranean climate (which is not really a desert, hot as it may seem sometimes).

The best for local California Native plants

Both naturalists have been growing, propagating, selling, and consulting about native plants for several years.

They will return to this location on March 1st, 2024, and they will still be available for consultations. They also recently established a landscape design studio at 37 Auburn in Sierra Madre, so you could visit them there as well.

Parker and Portia said native plants use less water and are evolved to thrive in our region.

With concerns over drought and climate change, native plants offer a viable alternative to the otherwise ecologically sterile imported bushes and trees, and the outdated colonial lawn.

Gathering local seeds and sprouting them

Those who really wants native plants in the yard but have no idea how to get started may want to share information with Davis and Besocke. They are each a wealth of information, guiding home gardeners to those wild natives that are food, medicine, and attractants for birds and butterflies.

“We specialize in locally grown native plants that are uniquely adapted to our climate, requiring little to no supplemental irrigation, while contributing the most ecological benefit in supporting our local birds, bees and butterflies.”

Map to Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery

For several years, Davis led volunteers in restorative efforts at the Audubon Society center at Deb’s Park in neighboring Highland Park, and he also guided visitors on interpretive walks.

Subsequently, Davis and Besocke developed the Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery in the Arroyo Seco on Pasadena’s west side.... More

School of Self-Reliance Founder Chirs Nyerges

AUTHOR: Christopher Nyerges is a plant educator, prodigious author, and journalist who has written Urban Survival Guide, Foraging California, Extreme Simplicity, and other books. Learn more about him and from him at schoolofself-reliance.com.

• Hardy Californians Pop-Up
• WHEN: Through Sunday, Dec. 10
• WHERE: 283 W. Sierra Madre Bl., Sierra Madre
• COST: Free admission
• MORE INFO: (626) 674-4504
• hardycalifornians.com