Immerse yourself in native plants at the L.A. Times Plants booth at Festival of Books

Want to larn much astir California autochthonal plants? Take a heavy dive with experts from the Theodore Payne Foundation and California Native Plant Society April 26-27 astatine the L.A. Times Plants’ Native Plant Booth astatine the Festival of Books, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. connected April 26 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. connected April 27.

The booth volition beryllium brimming with displays of California autochthonal plants provided by the Theodore Payne Foundation, on with handouts successful English and Spanish astir however to make fire-resilient landscapes utilizing autochthonal plants and however to debar and/or regenerate invasive (and highly combustible) plants.

On April 26 only, the California Native Plant Society volition supply visitors with escaped customized lists of autochthonal plants based connected their peculiar ZIP Code and scenery needs.

The Theodore Payne Foundation volition connection chances to instrumentality location stickers, tote bags, autochthonal poppy and chia seeds and 4-inch pots of autochthonal plants. L.A. Times Plants volition beryllium handing retired escaped packets of autochthonal (and precise casual to grow) sunflower seeds to existent subscribers of the L.A. Times Plants Newsletter, arsenic good arsenic radical who registry connected the spot to person our escaped monthly email newsletter. We’ll besides person stickers and pins.