Arlington Garden in Pasadena

04/22/2026

Hey it’s Earth Day today! One day of the many to show appreciation for our plants and our planet 🌏 The superpowers of plants and sun will be shared this Saturday 4/25 from 9-12PM at the second of two free hands-on skills building demonstration workshops this Earth Month at in collaboration with .earth.

Certain native plants have been shown to be beneficial to healing soil of environmental toxins. Through phytoremediation, their benefits are harnessed to sequester and extract heavy metals from soil— a process that is being widely discussed as well as locally applied following the Eaton Fire.

Learn which native plants are being utilized, and how to safely utilize them, to help heal post-fire and other soil contamination, then help plant a small temporary demonstration garden onsite at Arlington Garden. 

Organized as part of Arlington’s Post Fire series with SoilWise, the workshop will be led by Dr. Daisy Rosas Vargas and Do Kyung Lee.

Please wear long sleeves, pants and closed toe shoes. Bring a bottle of water as well. Masks and gloves will be available for use, or you may bring your own. 

🔗 This is a free workshop with a limited capacity of 20, and advance sign up is requested. Link in bio with details and to sign up. Please, no late entry to this workshop.

This workshop is made possible thanks to a grant from the California Community Foundation.

📸 Slides 2-4: CA buckwheat; western sword fern and giant wild rye;  purple needlegrass and CA fescue; big saltbush and red fescue

04/10/2026

THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON! Learn how mineral amendments like zeolite and biochar are used in bioremediation to help aid soil healing at the first of two free hands-on skills building demonstration workshops happening this Earth Month at Arlington Garden in Pasadena.

This workshop is part of Arlington Garden’s ongoing Post Fire Series in collaboration with SoilWise.

🔗 This is a free workshop with a limited capacity of 20, and advance sign up is requested. Link in bio with details and to sign up.

03/29/2026

Concerned about coyotes? Have you seen or heard about coyotes in your neighborhood? Is your local gossip network abuzz with chatter about our wild canine neighbors? In partnership with Pasadena Humane we are hosting a Coyote Safety Workshop. Pasadena Humane is our go-to resource for all questions regarding local wildlife. Their wildlife expert Lauren Hamlett will share information about our urban coyotes and give us the tools we need to better understand and manage the spaces we share with these highly adaptable canines. Dog owners will also learn what to do during a coyote encounter. Join us at 6:30pm on Saturday, April 4 for this informative evening event! Kids and families are welcome.

03/20/2026

Spring is here and the garden is in bloom, bloom, bloom! If you plan to stop by the garden in the almost-cool of the early morning tomorrow from 8-10am, be sure to look for Eduardo from the Wildlife Education Team for some good conversation, city wildlife knowledge, and tips for nature journaling. He will be stationed at resource table where ever he can find a cool and shady spot, so come find him! This is part one of a three part series that to mark equinoxes and solstices, and experience the change of seasons !

✅ If you are coming to the garden anytime tomorrow, please remember to bring plenty of drinking water with you. We are working on replacing our filtered drinking water dispenser which was lost along with the shed last summer.

02/14/2026

A reminder to join us on Saturday morning for the free Citrus 101 workshop with Arlington Garden's Orchard Manager capri kasai and L.A. Compost! In the afternoon, stick around for a second workshop with artist Paige Emery too --- presented in collaboration with Fulcrum Arts.

Join us for our first February weekend workshop, where our orchard manager and garden educator, capri kasai, will be teaching folks how to care for citrus trees (Washington navel oranges to be precise) alongside LA Compost’s program assistant, Alex Formella, who will be teaching folks about Arlington’s compost hub and the importance of compost!

Our morning will include lessons on tree anatomy and physiology, harvesting of compost, feeding the oranges (compost and fertilizer), and pruning (if time permits).

Phew!

You will see firsthand what it takes to keep our orange grove healthy, so that they consistently produce the oranges that make our delicious marmalade!

01/26/2026

Join us for our first February weekend workshop, where our orchard manager and garden educator, capri kasai, will be teaching folks how to care for citrus trees (Washington navel oranges to be precise) alongside LA Compost’s program assistant, Alex Formella, who will be teaching folks about Arlington’s compost hub and the importance of compost!

Our morning will include lessons on tree anatomy and physiology, harvesting of compost, feeding the oranges (compost and fertilizer), and pruning (if time permits).

Phew!

You will see firsthand what it takes to keep our orange grove healthy, so that they consistently produce the oranges that make our delicious marmalade!

01/08/2026

Today is a day of mourning and remembrance for our community as we mark the first year since the Eaton Fire took so much of our beautiful Altadena —including its homes, people, air, landscape, and ecology.

This Sunday 1/11 from 10am-12pm, please join us for the next session of AG’s ongoing Post Fire series with .earth as we explore hands on DIY possibilities for restoring soil heath through making ecological filter socks from upcycled fabrics such as burlap and denim.

This hands on demo will focus on the hands on applications of straw and spent oyster mushroom substrate to capture and filter run off during our current rainy season deluge to improve soil health.

The workshop will be led by .daisyrosasv and .

We’ll create and commune together, and great for all ages too.

Workshop is limited to a capacity of 20 people. Please see the link for more information. 🔗

mycologicalfiltersocks.eventbrite.com

12/10/2025

This Sunday 12/14, join Lynn Fang, MS and Maggie Smart-McCabe of .earth and Arlington Garden’s Director of Horticulture Tahereh Sheerazie (aka ) for a hands-on workshop creating ecological filter socks, part of Arlington Garden’s ongoing Post Fire Series to support community restoration and learning after the Eaton Fire.

In part one of this two part series, we’ll learn the techniques of packing a mix of compost, mulch, fungi, and biochar into creative socks made from remnant fabrics such as burlap, canvas and denim.

Filter socks are the long tubes, also known as ‘wattles’, that are helping clear post-fire contaminants by capturing run off through slowing water flow and filtering pollutants—playing an important role in restoring soil ecology.

Make small sock of your own and contribute to a larger collective sock that will be used to help enrich soil health in the area of Arlington’s work shed that burned this summer.

Link in bio 🔗 Workshop registration is capped at a maximum of 20 people.

11/26/2025

Our Garden Bazaar returns! Stop by your local community-supported garden to shop unique & desirable gifts, marmalade, & more!

Sunday December 7 marks the return of Arlington Garden’s uniquely wonderful holiday market from 10:00am to 2:00pm!

Featuring sustainable gifts, art, food, home goods, beauty supplies, clothing and accessories, and gardening supplies including plants: all from local vendors who share our commitment to environmental stewardship.

Enjoy shopping in an idyllic garden setting with bird song and curious lizards. There will be many special and desirable objects at the market — sustainably made and celebrating the natural world — that cannot be found anywhere else!

The bazaar is free to enter (save your cash to support the sellers), and a portion of all vendor sales will be donated back to the garden.

** We will be posting the vendor list (with many rad returning folks) in the coming days, so check back soon for updates**

Arlington will also be offering our famous sweet orange marmalade for sale. Sometimes called a “divine nectar,” this humble preserve is made from oranges grown in our orchard and produced annually by . It makes a great stocking stuffer, hanukkah, or winter solstice gift! Rarely found outside of Pasadena, it is an excellent gift choice to wow out-of-town family and friends.

Link in bio for more information about this free and always fun event!

All photos from our 2023 Garden Bazaar courtesy of

11/15/2025

During this “storm of the year,” Arlington Garden is closed during heavy rains like those we had this morning. If you visit during light rain or a break in the storm, please stay off muddy pathways and avoid the inevitable puddling. Walking through mud creates ruts that are difficult to fix and the pathways may be slippery. The eastern side of the garden along S. Pasadena Ave. is more accessible when the garden is wet.

We have sown (and continue to sow) large quantities of wildflower seed during this storm, so expect to see a bunch of cute little seedlings in our planting beds and along pathways in the very near future.

11/06/2025

Some key moments from Krystle Hickman's book release ,signing, and mini-walk at Arlington a few weeks back highlighting "The ABCs of Native Bees" ! We loved this talk with Krystle, who was interviewed by Alie Ward of Ologies Podcast in this collaboration with Vroman's Bookstore and HeyDay Books!