We've decided to make this blog to track the progress of our little California native plant garden at East Hollywood's Cahuenga Branch Library. It started in May 2010 and we've been tending to it ever since then. We want to get the community, and people in general, interested and educated about California native plants, which are not just drought-tolerant, but also great for the environment (they don't require any pesticides) and overall ecosystem (insects and animals depend on these plants for food and sometimes shelter).
Los Angeles, despite what's been said, isn't really a "desert," but an area that originally had amazing biodiversity. Natural creeks ran down the mountains and into rivers, which let out into the sea. Before California was settled by the Spanish, the local Native American Tongva tribe (who once had a village called Cahug-na, of which our Cahuenga Library derives its name from) lived sustainably in what is now the Los Angeles area for thousands of years, depending on these native plants for food, medicine, shelter, transportation, clothing and ritual use.
We hope you'll enjoy following the progress of our plants as well, and hopefully get inspired to help volunteer and join us sometime!
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