Riviera Garden Club

04/04/2026

Local Waterwise garden 🪴 tour. Looking for a fun time in the South Bay? After you spend Earth Day 🌎 at Wilderness park,come to this self directed tour, all located in the South Bay.

See what your friends and neighbors are doing to bring beauty to the South Bay.

The South Bay Water-Wise Garden Tour is a self-guided/self-drive tour of drought tolerant gardens and California native plants. The gardens are located in the following participating cities: El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, and To....

03/29/2026

What are you doing on Sunday? Check out the South Bay native gardens on Tour 3/29/26. Here is all the info you need!
Want to come last minute? You can pay on this link

https://cnps-south-coast.square.site/

This Sunday, the California Native Plant Society South Coast Garden Tour is opening the gates to some of the most beautiful, thoughtfully designed native gardens across the South Bay… and I’m honored to share that my garden is on the tour—along with the incredible work of Mike Garcia.

✨ This is not just a garden tour…
It’s a chance to see how real homes are transforming into living, thriving ecosystems—right here in Redondo, Torrance, Hawthorne, and beyond. https://chapters.cnps.org/southcoast/page/16/

🕙 Sunday, March 29 | 10am–4pm
🚗 Self-guided tour — go at your own pace, visit the homes that inspire you most

🌼 Expect:
• Stunning native plant design ideas
• Water-wise landscaping that actually works
• Pollinator gardens full of life
• Real inspiration you can bring home

💬 And if you’ve ever thought:
“I want a more beautiful yard… but I also want to do the right thing for the environment…”
👉 This is where those two worlds come together.

🎟️ Get tickets here:
https://cnps-south-coast.square.site/

03/20/2026

🌼 Spring Artisan Market – Tomorrow! 🌼

Looking for the perfect way to welcome spring? 🌿

Join us at C&S Garden Center for their Spring Artisan Market—one of our favorite local spots to soak in all the beauty of the season 💚

✨ Local artisans
🌱 Gorgeous plants & garden inspiration
🛍️ Unique, handmade finds
🌼 Fresh spring energy everywhere

It’s one of those feel-good events where you can wander, get inspired, and maybe bring home something special 🌸

We love supporting places that bring our community together—this is what South Bay living is all about 💫

03/20/2026

✨ Spring Equinox vibes ✨

Tomorrow marks the first day of spring 🌼
A time for balance, renewal, and new beginnings.

One of my favorite local spots to feel it all?
Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve 🌿

Quiet trails. Native blooms. Birds everywhere.
A reminder that growth happens naturally… when we give it space 🌱

If you go, tag me—I’d love to see it 💚

02/25/2026

02/25/2026

🌿✨ Support Local. Plant Native. Grow Community. ✨🌿

Today we were so fortunate to learn from the family behind C&S Garden Center and C&S Nursery — three generations working side-by-side, from their retail garden center on Marine in Lawndale to their wholesale nursery on Hauser in Los Angeles, with growing grounds in Fallbrook. Their focus today was California native plants — why they are essential for pollinators 🐝, birds 🦋, water conservation 💧, and building resilient gardens in Southern California.

And here’s the takeaway:
If we truly care about our environment, we need to shop small, family-owned businesses that understand our local ecosystem — and be mindful about relying on big box stores that don’t specialize in regionally appropriate plants.

When you shop local:
🌱 You get knowledgeable guidance
🌱 You support multigenerational family businesses
🌱 You strengthen our local economy
🌱 You plant smarter for our climate

Let’s commit to focusing on natives — plants that belong here, support habitat, and thrive naturally in the South Bay.

📍 C&S Garden Center
4167 Marine Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
🌐 www.csgardencenter.com

📍 C&S Nursery (Wholesale)
3615 Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
🌐 www.csnursery.com

Thank you to this incredible family for sharing your expertise and inviting us to visit. Let’s grow wisely — and grow locally. 💚🌿

02/24/2026

Looking for local edible starter plants? 🌱check out this local Redondo Beach nursery! Across the street from the dog park!

We grow a variety of edible seasonal seedlings (also known as plugs, starts, or transplants) that thrive in soil or hydroponic gardens. 🌱 FREE shipping with

02/21/2026

🌿 Local Garden Club Giving Back to the Community 🌿

Members of the Riviera Garden Club recently visited Narbonne High School’s Garden Club to support and encourage the students in their growing garden program. The energy and enthusiasm from the young gardeners made the day especially meaningful.

This impactful partnership began thanks to the vision and leadership of Ellyn Meikle, whose dedication to youth gardening and community outreach helped bring the club together with Narbonne High School. Her initiative continues to create lasting opportunities for students to learn, grow, and connect with nature.

Special appreciation goes to Kellogg Garden Products for generously providing soil, manure, compost, and other materials, and to Mike Garcia of Enviroscape for coordinating the delivery and supporting the effort every step of the way.

Judy, our Youth Activities Chair, is working to bring this inspiring project to the attention of CGCI so it may receive the broader recognition it deserves.

The Riviera Garden Club is proud to nurture the next generation of gardeners and environmental stewards.

02/20/2026

Can you say Catalina? 🚢 Costa Verde has arranged this.

02/20/2026

Stop by to see our next guest speaker at our meeting at this fun event! Free giveaways!

02/18/2026

🌿✨ Riviera Garden Club Welcomes Cristian from C&S Garden Center ✨🌿

We are excited to welcome Cristian of C&S Garden Center as our guest speaker!

He represents the next generation of this beloved family-owned garden center serving the South Bay and Los Angeles.

C&S is known for its beautiful selection of plants, pottery, soils, garden supplies, and — most importantly — knowledgeable, hands-on guidance for gardeners of all levels.

🌱 He will be sharing plant care insights, seasonal gardening tips, and what it’s like growing a multi-generation garden business rooted in community.

📅 February 24, 2026
📍 South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Blvd.
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274
Meeying starts at 10:00am
Soeajer at 11:00am

🎟 RSVP Required
Please email: [email protected]

We look forward to gathering in one of the most beautiful garden settings in the South Bay for what promises to be an inspiring and informative event! 🌸🌿



1. C&S Garden Center – Retail garden center with indoor plants, outdoor plants, pottery, garden supplies, etc., located at 4167 Marine Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260. This is the garden-center storefront most people visit for plants and gardening goods. 
2. C&S Nursery (wholesale nursery location) – The grower/production nursery where many of the plants sold at the garden center are grown, located at 3615 Hauser Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016 (known as C&S Nursery, Inc.). This is part of the same business family but functions more as the nursery/grower than a retail garden store.