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Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 9, 2025This Mother’s Day weekend, treat Mom to a wildflower walk at one of our local gardens.Spectacular blooms are on view now at the California Botanic Garden. Heading up the list of unusual colors is the sulfur yellow Conejo buckwheat. Electric and royal blues, bright pinks, and lavenders are represented by several penstemons and an array of sages. Pretty but prickly are colorful hedgehog cactus, cholla cactus species, prickly pear cactus and beavertail cactus. Evening primrose, phlox species, yucca and agave are quite dramatic even if they are dressed “only” in white blossoms! At t...2025-05-0903 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 2, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California.In the Coast Ranges of California at Pinnacles National Park, mid-spring wildflowers are popping up along the many trails available to visitors. Maybe you will be surprised with a glimpse of a rare California Condor circling above! A fun plant easily spotted in open sunny areas is gray mule ears growing in large patches. The name appropriately describes the large, fuzzy leaves that re...2025-05-0202 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 25, 2025Since the report earlier this month, many more blooms have popped up at Casper’s Regional Park in Orange County. Along the Dick Loskotn Trail, look for patches of Catalina mariposa lilies in the grasslands, along with San Diego jewel flower and Padre’s shooting stars. Wild canterbury bells prefer sunnier slopes along with a few showy chaparral yucca. Not far from the West Ridge Trail boundary, you will find a large, blooming clematis vine. There are others nearby, but this one clematis is particularly grand with stunning flowers begging to be photographed. On the Starr Rise Trail, search for...2025-04-2504 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 18, 2025Driving around Lake Kaweah in the southern Sierra foothills east of Visalia, the landscape is transitioning from early to mid-spring bloom. Eastwood’s fiddlenecks are fading, and the hillsides are shifting from deep gold to brilliant yellow as the madia comes into flower. Surprisingly early this year, the harbingers of summer—speckled clarkia are already starting to make bold splashes of pink on the sunnier slopes. Amidst the pinks and yellow, are occasional patches of orange foothill poppies and pale blue fiesta flowers. Here and there, purple pagodas in their royal purple cloaks, add to this colorful oak woodland land...2025-04-1805 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 11, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A. Please support the Wildflower Hotline today at theodorepayne.org/donate.The annual Open House events are scheduled at Prisk Native Garden for the next two Sundays, April 6th and April 13th from 1 to 4 pm. Please attend one of the Sunday dates or bo...2025-04-1104 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 4, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A. Please support the Wildflower Hotline.The annual Open House events are scheduled at Prisk Native Garden for the next two Sundays, April 6th and April 13th from 1 to 4 pm. Please attend one of the Sunday dates or both! Visitors will learn about th...2025-04-0404 min
Louisiana Anthology Podcast619. Rien Fertel, Part 1.619. Part 1 of our interview with Rien Fertel. “I’m a Louisiana-born
and based writer and teacher. My most recent book, out September 2022, is
Brown Pelican, a human history of the very best bird. I’ve penned three
earlier books. The Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera, #133 in
Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, about a road trip based on a recent classic
album about a road trip. The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog, a personal/historical reflection on
race, labor, and foodways in the Deep South, came out in 2016 from Simon &
Schuster's Touchstone imprint. My first book, Imaginin...2025-03-2900 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 28, 2025Friday, March 28 2025 Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A. Please support the Wildflower Hotline. The herbaceous perennials, woody shrubs, and trees have leafed-out and are blossoming well following the mid-March rain events. A few hardy annuals have started to appear like goldfields, fiddlenecks, po...2025-03-2803 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 21, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A.Millions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions shaped the landscape that is now Pinnacles National Park. The remnants of these ancient eruptions have formed a striking terrain of rocky spires and deep canyons. Visitors can explore diverse environments, from chaparral an...2025-03-2103 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 21, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A. Millions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions shaped the landscape that is now Pinnacles National Park. The remnants of these ancient eruptions have formed a striking terrain of rocky spires and deep canyons. Visitors can explore diverse environments, fr...2025-03-2103 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 14, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A.Entering mid-March, wildflower season remains quiet. Recent rainfall may bring relief to some drought-stricken areas, and annuals may awaken later this month. Rain will certainly benefit the spring bloom of perennial and woody natives. Annuals, however, are a bit more persnickety about th...2025-03-1403 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 7, 2025Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A.Along the Mariposa Trail in the Irish Hills Natural Reserve in San Luis Obispo County, wildflowers are beginning to exhibit an early bloom. Colorful specie s should add to the display over the next few weeks if predicted storms release more life-giving ra...2025-03-0703 min
Things You Might Not Have HeardDNC Night Three, RFK Jr., Kristen Wiig & More - 8/22/2024Today's Rundown:Walz’s night, Bill Clinton’s dig at Trump, influencers flexing clout: Takeaways from Day 3 of the DNChttps://apnews.com/article/dnc-clinton-pelosi-walz-gaza-hostages-f3d10a4e9fc2af2817cd8829210fc861 RFK Jr. is planning to drop out of the 2024 presidential race and endorse Trumphttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-plans-speech-path-forward-talk-potentially-backing-trump-rcna167606 Eli Lilly weight loss drug Zepbound prevents diabetes, company sayshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/lilly-weight-loss-drug-prevents-104525425.htmlRapper NBA Youngboy to plead guilty to Louisiana gun chargehttps://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/rapper-nba-youngboy-to-plead-guilty-to-louisiana-gun-charge-9375400#google_vignette Police r...2024-08-2234 min
Things You Might Not Have HeardDNC Night Three, RFK Jr., Kristen Wiig & More - 8/22/2024Today's Rundown:Walz’s night, Bill Clinton’s dig at Trump, influencers flexing clout: Takeaways from Day 3 of the DNChttps://apnews.com/article/dnc-clinton-pelosi-walz-gaza-hostages-f3d10a4e9fc2af2817cd8829210fc861 RFK Jr. is planning to drop out of the 2024 presidential race and endorse Trumphttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-plans-speech-path-forward-talk-potentially-backing-trump-rcna167606 Eli Lilly weight loss drug Zepbound prevents diabetes, company sayshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/lilly-weight-loss-drug-prevents-104525425.htmlRapper NBA Youngboy to plead guilty to Louisiana gun chargehttps://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/rapper-nba-youngboy-to-plead-guilty-to-louisiana-gun-charge-9375400#google_vignette Police r...2024-08-2234 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 31, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-05-3104 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 24, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-05-2404 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 17, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-05-1703 min
How To LASocial Calendar: Hacking The Hollywood Bowl#279: Hey, How to LA listeners! We’re back with another social calendar to talk about the interesting, fun, new happenings in the city.Guests: Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido and Janice Llamoca, an audio producer and host. You might have heard her work on Latino USA, Vice AND she was the host of the amazing LAist Studios podcast Party Crews: The Untold Story. Here’s what each person pitched for YOUR social calendar: The Hollywood Bowl: check out Maestro of the Movies with John Williams Pro Tip! Get a shuttle pass and BYOB (wine and be...2024-05-1726 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 10, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-05-1004 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 3, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-05-0304 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 26, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May.The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-04-2604 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 19, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May!The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-04-1904 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 12, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May!The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-04-1205 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 5, 2024Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May!The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.2024-04-0504 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 29, 2024The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are...2024-03-2904 min
KQED's ForumDon’t Call It a ‘Superbloom,’ But CA’s Blooms This Year Sure Seem SuperA drenching rainy season that isn’t over yet has given California another gift, besides a big snowpack and gnarly skiing: a “superbloom.” A superbloom is not a scientific term according to botanists, but this year’s bloom promises to deliver a spectacular display. Anza-Borrego Desert is already reaching its peak, the park currently awash in a carpet of desert sunflowers, dune primrose and dandelions. For many areas across the state, peak blooms are still ahead. We talk to superbloom explorers, experts and wildflower lovers about what to look out for and the best ways to experience this year’s bonanza...2024-03-2255 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 22, 2024The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are...2024-03-2204 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 15, 2024The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are...2024-03-1504 minHow To LAThe Best Hikes To See Wildflowers This Spring#252: The rain is, we hope, behind us. Although it could bring us another big wildflower bloom like last year. We all might know the popular – and overcrowded – spots to see the blooms, like Anza Borrego Desert State Park and Antelope Valley. But today, the How To LA team comes together to offer its take on best hikes to see wildflowers, and maybe even a waterfall. P.S. Please use these tips wisely! Do not step on, or pick, the flowers, stay on the path and leave nothing but footprints behind. Be a good steward of the l...2024-03-1314 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 8, 2024The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are...2024-03-0804 minThings You Might Not Have HeardJada Pinkett Smith, Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman & More = 10/12/2023A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational' Today's Sponsor: Mastering Your Moneyhttps://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Your-Money-Concise-Financial/dp/B0CJLR26XH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B4Z4JKY0Y992&keywords=Mastering+Your+Money+J+Cleveland+Payne&qid=1696842439&sprefix=mastering+your+money+j+cleveland+payne%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1 Today's Rundown:U.S. intelligence indicates Iranian officials surprised by Hamas attack on Israelhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-israel-iranian-officials-surprised-by-hamas-attack-israel/ Law Firm Rescinds NYU Student’s Job Offer After Israel-Hamas Commentshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/ny...2023-10-1226 minThings You Might Not Have HeardHolly Willoughby, George Santos, Daryl Hall & More - 10/11/2023A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational' Today's Sponsor: Mastering Your Moneyhttps://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Your-Money-Concise-Financial/dp/B0CJLR26XH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B4Z4JKY0Y992&keywords=Mastering+Your+Money+J+Cleveland+Payne&qid=1696842439&sprefix=mastering+your+money+j+cleveland+payne%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1 Today's Rundown:British TV personality Holly Willoughby quits daytime show days after alleged kidnap plothttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/holly-willoughby-ap-itv-british-london-b2427426.html Drake, 36, calls out 'weirdos' commenting on his relationship with 19-year-old Millie Bobby Brown2023-10-1124 min
The Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained162. The Healing Powers of Nature with Chris Young and Susan Ottaviano, co-authors of The Green Witch's Guide to Magical Plants and FlowersToday’s guests are Chris Young and Susan Ottaviano, co-authors of The Green Witch's Guide to Magical Plants & Flowers: 26 Love Spells from Apples to Zinnias, a practical guide on how to bring more love and contentment into your life using elements of nature. In this book, the authors help you unlock the secrets hiding in your garden, transforming everyday flowers, fruits, and plants into delightful foods, bath salts, herbal infusions, soaps, sachets, tinctures, and more. Chris, a lifelong gardener, shares his belief that all plants are magical, while Susan, a chef, artist and performer, tells us how to bring pla...2023-10-0646 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline June 2, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also del...2023-06-0204 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline June 2, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also d...2023-06-0204 min
Cultivating PlaceNormalizing Native Plant Landscape Joy, with the Theodore Payne FoundationWelcome June! This week, the third and final-for-now conversation in our series on the state of seed for native ecosystem restoration through the lens of California: seed identified, site-sourced, and grown for conservation & biodiversity support. The foundational level of seed – for scales large and small, and how it grows on from there is top of mind at the Theodore Payne Foundation in Southern California, an historic conservation icon in their region through their seed banking and native plant conservation, education, and community-based work.
This week I am joined by Executive Director Evan Meyer, Seed & Bulb Program Manager Genevieve Arnold, and Ho...2023-06-011h 09Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to GardenNormalizing Native Plant Landscape Joy, with the Theodore Payne FoundationWelcome June! This week, the third and final-for-now conversation in our series on the state of seed for native ecosystem restoration through the lens of California: seed identified, site-sourced, and grown for conservation & biodiversity support. The foundational level of seed – for scales large and small, and how it grows on from there is top of mind at the Theodore Payne Foundation in Southern California, an historic conservation icon in their region through their seed banking and native plant conservation, education, and community-based work.
This week I am joined by Executive Director Evan Meyer, Seed & Bulb Program Manager Genevieve Arnold, and Ho...2023-06-011h 09
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 26, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also del...2023-05-2604 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 26, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also d...2023-05-2604 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 19, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also d...2023-05-2005 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 19, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also del...2023-05-2005 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 12, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-05-1304 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 12, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also del...2023-05-1304 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 5, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-05-0504 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 28, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-05-0503 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 5, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-05-0504 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 28, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-04-2903 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 21, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-04-2104 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 14, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-04-2104 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 21, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-04-2104 min
Steps To Your Better YouAn Introduction To Sturgeon's Law (STYBY 360)Sturgeon's law, coined by Theodore Sturgeon, states that 90% of everything is crap. For you, that means the things you hold in high regard are probably only of average worth at best, so be mindful of what you choose to attach yourself to.2023-04-1901 min
Steps To Your Better YouAn Introduction To Sturgeon's Law (STYBY 360)Sturgeon's law, coined by Theodore Sturgeon, states that 90% of everything is crap. For you, that means the things you hold in high regard are probably only of average worth at best, so be mindful of what you choose to attach yourself to.2023-04-1901 min
Steps To Your Better You - RETIREAn Introduction To Sturgeon's Law (STYBY 360)Sturgeon's law, coined by Theodore Sturgeon, states that 90% of everything is crap. For you, that means the things you hold in high regard are probably only of average worth at best, so be mindful of what you choose to attach yourself to.2023-04-1901 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 14, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-04-1404 min
Roots and All - Gardening PodcastEpisode 232: Ecologically Integrated GardensMy guest this week is Shawn Maestretti of Studio Petrichor, a design studio working out of California. Shawn’s personal mission is to reconnect with the natural world, tread lightly on the land, nurture biodiversity, protect water, and bring people together. We speak about how Studio Petrichor designs with these values in mind and the systems and techniques that are used to achieve these goals. Dr Ian Bedford’s Bug of the Week: Orange Tip Butterflies About Studio Petrichor & Shawn Maestretti Studio Petrichor is a group of compassionate individuals on a journey to mani...2023-04-1031 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 7, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-04-0805 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 7, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-04-0805 min
Just Shoot It: A Podcast about Filmmaking, Screenwriting and DirectingImproving Your Scripts w/She-Hulk's Melissa Hunter - Just Shoot It 366In this week's episode, Matt & Oren chat with an old guest of the pod, Melissa Hunter, who's written for shows such as Santa Clarita Diet, Home Economics, & Marvel's She-Hulk!Matt's Endorsement: Bub and Grandma's Bread n BreakfastOren's Endorsement: The Last of Us PodcastMelissa's Endorsement: Theodore Payne FoundationContribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help the show.Send feedback or questions to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com.Follow Matt on twitter and instagram.Follow Oren on twitter and insta...2023-04-061h 14
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 31, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-03-3105 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 31, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are a...2023-03-3105 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 24, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-03-2405 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 24, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are al...2023-03-2405 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 17, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phen...2023-03-1705 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 17, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also...2023-03-1705 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 10, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phen...2023-03-1003 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 10, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phen...2023-03-1003 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 3, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phen...2023-03-0306 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 3, 2023The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild to Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California. While super blooms are a beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, they are also deli...2023-03-0306 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryHow P-22 United Our City: Love Letters to LA’s Favorite CatThis program features personal stories by various individuals who made a connection with P-22 and understand the immediate need for wildlife protection, along with guests who answered an open mic call to share their knowledge and admiration for P-22. The evening features California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation’s Beth Pratt, writer Martha Groves, author Sherry Mangel-Ferber, LA Times reporter Laura Nelson, Senior Manager of Community Science for Natural History Museum Miguel Ordeñana, Chumash and Tataviam elder Alan Salazar, and illustrator Alexander Vidal. The open mic welcomes (in order of appearance) playwright, actor, and musician Amy Raa...2023-02-231h 10
818s and HeartbreakTheodore Payne Foundation and Valley Native Plants w/ Tyler PetersThis week we are once again joined by Tyler Peters to talk about plants that are native to the valley and about the Theodore Payne Foundation!2022-12-131h 36
Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline May 20, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild to Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage people to treat thes...2022-05-2004 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, May 13, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild to Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage people to treat these f...2022-05-1604 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, May 6, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encou...2022-05-0803 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 29, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encoura...2022-05-0804 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 22, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage...2022-04-2403 min
Pod PPLPOD PPL Episode 6: Native Plants with Evan Meyer from the Theodore Payne SocietyIt's almost Earth Day! To commemorate this upcoming celebration of the natural world, Larry discusses Southern California's native plants with his guest: Evan Meyer from the Theodore Payne Foundation.
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2022-04-2025 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 15, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encoura...2022-04-1603 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline April 8, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encou...2022-04-0804 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, April 1, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage...2022-04-0104 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, March 25, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage people to tre...2022-03-2503 min
Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, March 18, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encourage peop...2022-03-2004 min
F-Stop Collaborate and Listen256: Francesco Carovillano - Trying to Fail Better at PhotographyWelcome to episode 256 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen!
This week on the podcast, I was joined by a travel, landscape, and stock photographer from Italy, now residing in France, Francesco Carovillano.
Francesco and I had a wonderful conversation about his journey and some revelations he has made while pursuing multiple careers in the arts.
On this week's episode we discuss:
Francesco's transition from 3D computer graphics to travel photography and now landscape photography,
How his work as an animator has influenced his work as a photographer,
Stories and lessons learned about his wor...2022-03-141h 09Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline, March 11, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encou...2022-03-1103 minTheodore Payne Foundation Wildflower HotlineWild Flower Hotline March 4, 2022The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles. We balance the spectacle of annual flower displays with perennial plants and their spring color.
The Hotline is meant to help people enjoy the unique and beautiful nature of Southern California, without diminishing that resource in years to come. We encour...2022-03-0403 min
SOUNDFOODPLEASURE AS THE PRESCRIPTION with Master Herbalist Kelsey BarrettWe are back and so grateful to welcome cosmic sister and healer Kelsey Barrett to Soundfood. Our conversation opens up a portal into the healing realms of pleasure and taps into the tendermost layers of the psycho-emotional body. Whether you are celebrating Valentines or not; Kelsey’s whole being reverberates so powerfully with beauty and Eros that your heart is bound to soften, expand and heal with us in this one. Kelsey Barrett is a clinical herbalist based in San Diego. Focusing on detoxification, density nutrition, and chronic illness, Kelsey uses her own intuition and clin...2022-02-101h 49
The Confident HomeownerDo's and Don'ts of Drought Tolerant LandscapingWith many years of drought behind us (and potentially many more years to come), it is important for landscapers and homeowners to rethink what plants are being used in their residential landscapes. So how do we build drought tolerant landscapes—and is it possible to do so without ridding our gardens of the beauty of plants? Today Evan Meyer, Executive Director at Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, will be joining the show to discuss how to create eco-friendly, wellness-enhancing, and visually pleasing landscapes for your home. You can find show notes, resources, and mo...2021-11-1131 min
Greater LAHow to rebuild nature, conserve water, and create habitats for animals? Invest in native plantsNative plants are vital to the health of the local ecosystem, particularly during a time of climate change, hotter weather, and droughts. KCRW tours the Theodore Payne Foundation to learn about the power of native plants and how to grow them yourself. Plus, there are 18 endangered butterfly and moth species that the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance works to protect. And Santa Ana is Orange County’s first city to adopt rent control.2021-10-2627 min
DragonfruitEvan Meyer: The Biodiversity Crisis and How Planting Native HelpsEvan Meyer is the Executive Director of the Theodore Payne Foundation, an organization in Los Angeles focused on California native plants. This episode gets into the current biodiversity crisis and how planting natives can help combat environmental harm and connect wild spaces. We also discuss topics like making the field of ecology more inclusive, the need for interdisciplinary teams, ideas for popularizing native plants, and finding mentors. I learned so much talking to Evan and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Learn more:
Evan Meyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-meyer-976775100/
Theodore...2021-05-2050 min
The Mt. San Antonio College PodcastSustainability and Resiliency with Doug Walters of Department of Sanitation & the EnvironmentToday we are talking with Chief Sustainability and resiliency officer, Doug Walters of the Department of Sanitation & the Environment in Los Angeles and he shares with us an overview of the green new deal and the environmental goals it harbors to create a more sustainable existence worldwide. Doug also shares the many environmental issues that are being faced and addressed locally and how you can get involved now and in the future by choosing a career path that supports these efforts. Resources: City Plans: https://cityplans.org Theodore Payne Foundation : https://theodorepayne.org2021-05-0437 minThe Mt. San Antonio College PodcastTrees, Birds & Buildings: How They Connect & How We Can Help with Architect, Isabelle DuvivierEver wonder how you can help add trees to your neighborhood or how to bring your energy bill down or maybe how to attract more birds and butterflies to your yard? Our speaker today is Isabelle Duvivier, she is a Los Angeles architect by trade but has a passion for sustainability and in particular…trees. In honor of Earth Month we hope you learn a little more from Isabelle about how you can get involved locally around this endeavor. Enjoy. Resources: City Plans: https://cityplans.org Theodore Payne Foundation : https://theodorepayne.org L...2021-04-2729 min
Growing Our FutureEp.5: Jade Luu with Ellume Life - Educator, Grower, Naturalist, Alchemist (Special Guest)On today's Podcast, the garden sensei himself, Stephen Lucke, is joined by Jade Luu, an educator, grower, naturalist, and herbal alchemist. They discuss her journey from Vietnam to the United States to founded Ellume Life.As a grower and earth steward, Jade has lived a garden-centered life for over 20 years and now teaches natural/organic & regenerative gardening, cold/hot/vermicomposting, and seed-to-table cooking. Her passions include practicing the art of preserving, dyeing, and natural lake pigments, paints, and inks with plants, herbs, and minerals. She is currently training with the Theodore Payne California Native Plants Foundation to bec...2021-04-1232 min
Nature's Archive#18: Kerry Knudsen - The Magic of LichenYou’re gonna be liken this episode. Well, let me rephrase that - you’re going to like this episode about lichen.What’s a lichen? If you’ve hiked just about anywhere, you’ve probably seen one. They are colorful organisms that grow on rocks, tree branches, and even fence posts. Around where I live, I see lichens growing on people’s roofs, too!I called them organisms because they are complicated. Sometimes they are characterized as symbiotic relationships between a fungi and an algae. But it’s much more interesting than that.And there...2021-04-1256 min
The Daily GardenerJune 19, 2019 Iris, Joseph Banks, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Theodore Payne, Elbert Green Hubbard, James Matthew Barrie, Reader's Digest New Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, and New Work GlovesIrises are in full bloom right now. Although, there are around 300 species of iris, Bearded Iris and Siberian Iris are two of the most common types of irises grown. Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow. During the Middle Ages, irises were linked to the French monarchy, and theFleur-de-lis is now a national symbol of France. Brevities #OTD It was on this day in 1820, that the botanist Joseph Banks died in England. Banks is best known for his study of Australian flora and faunaIn his role as botanist on board The Endeavor with Capt. James Cook...2019-06-1910 min
Family Looking UpEp 71. 3 Ways Moms Can Avoid The Comparison Trap - Guest Sara Payne.Moms, if you could name the sinister voice inside your head that is constantly comparing yourself to other moms, who would it be? Cruella de Vil? Miranda Priestly? Ursula? Or the Wicked Witch of the West? My sister-in-law Wendy named hers Bellatrix (an evil witch in the Harry Potter series). Of course Bellatrix and her crew of dark thought-provokers don’t stop with comparisons to others, they create havoc in our mind and insecurities in our hearts that drag us down. Their specialty, though, is toxic comparison. As Theodore Rooseve...2019-03-0541 min
LINUX Unplugged278: Shell in a HandbasketWe chat with a developer who's gotten Linux running on iOS devices, do a deep dive into Clear Linux, and discuss Xubuntu ending 32bit support.
Plus why Android in the cloud, and a bunch of community news.Special Guests: Alan Pope, Martin Wimpress, and Theodore Dubois.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:One Raspberry Pi 3 not powerful enough? Try this five Pi cluster for computing on the edgeXubuntu Will Stop Producing 32-bit ISOs Beginning With Xubuntu 19.04 — The Xubuntu development team has now decided to go ahead and eliminate their 32-bit builds moving fo...2018-12-051h 04
Cultivating PlaceCultivating Place: Genny Arnold And California Native BulbsThis week on Cultivating Place, we’re joined by Genny Arnold, Seed Program Manager at the Theodore Payne Foundation who speaks with us about the care and long-term keeping of our native geophytes — those coolest of plants which have an underground storage organ, like a bulb or tuber or corm, which helps them to withstand some of the planet’s harshest conditions: cold, heat, drought and dark. Or a hot dry California summer.
California is home to close to 300 species of native geophytes, many of which are now rare or endangered. This spring, after a winter of closer-to-normal rainfalls, many of our...2017-09-2529 min
Root Simple Podcast087 Foraging Controversy with Lisa NovickGoldfinches on Hooker’s Evening Primrose. Photo: Lisa Novick.
On the podcast this week we talk to Lisa Novick Director of Outreach and K-12 Education of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants. We contacted her after seeing her blog in the Huffington Post, Forage in the Garden, Not in What’s Left of the Wild. In that post Lisa expresses her concern about foraging and suggests that people grow native plants in their yards and in public spaces. While our conversation is California-centric, I think, the principles we discuss apply to other regi...2016-06-1500 min
Root Simple Podcast087 Foraging Controversy with Lisa NovickOur guest, Lisa Novick is the Director of Outreach and K-12 Education for the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants. We contacted her after seeing her blog in the Huffington Post, Forage in the Garden, Not in What’s Left of the Wild. In that post Lisa expresses her concern about foraging and suggests that people grow native plants in their yards and in public spaces.2016-06-1556 minRoot Simple Podcast080 Lessons From the Theodore Payne 2016 Garden Tour
What’s the good side of our historic drought here in California? Native gardens, of course! In this episode of the podcast Kelly and I share the lessons we learned from a native garden tour put on by the Theodore Payne Foundation. During the podcast we discuss:
a provocative white paper by two UC horticulturalists on why some residential drought measures are shortsighted.
A blog post we did on the 2016 Theodore Payne Garden tour.
Pictures of the gardens on the Theodore Payne tour.
The new Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery and Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery Facebook page.
...2016-04-0600 minRoot Simple Podcast080 Lessons from the Theodore Payne Garden Tour 2016Kelly and Erik discuss what they learned from the 2016 Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour.2016-04-0650 min