2021 South Pasadena Beautiful Golden Arrow Awards
South Pasadena Beautiful, a local environmental non-profit organization, held their Golden Arrows recognition awards in May 2021.
By News Desk
The awards are presented annually by South Pasadena Beautiful (SPB) to residents and businesses who do an outstanding job of planning and maintaining their properties. This year, SPB primarily looked for DIY gardens: ones in which the homeowner had not used professional landscaping services to design and/or work the garden. Below are three of our favorites:
2006 Stratford (Photo – southpasbeautiful.org)
Wade Utsunomiya
Wade Utsunomiya’s rock and cactus garden at 2006 Stratford includes water retention features and a Zen type garden hidden from the front upon first look and only fully viewable from the center of the garden and the front porch.
1510 Oxley (Photo – southpasbeautiful.org)
Ty Vanderford and Rodolfo Ruiz
Drought tolerant plantings welcome tenants and visitors to the Oxley Building at 1510 Oxley (property owners Ty Vanderford and Rodolfo Ruiz) with the low maintenance desert garden that complements the color scheme of the 1961 building and includes a variety of colorful cacti, succulents and Kangaroo Paw.
312 Camino Verde (Photo – southpasbeautiful.org)
Sunita Borgohain
Sunita Borgohain spends many hours a week planning, adding and subtracting, always with an eye towards being water-wise and environmentally friendly at her garden at 312 Camino Verde. Once you round the bend to her house, the colors pull you in!
Visit southpasbeautiful.org/goldenarrows for the full list.
South Pasadena Beautiful Plant Swap on June 26
For its Annual Meeting, South Pasadena Beautiful hosts a “Bring One/Take One Plant Swap” on Saturday, June 26th 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the South Pasadena Library Park (1115 El Centro Street). Bring plants and plant clippings from your yard and take some back!
> Remember, many water efficient plants and native trees qualify for a rebate!
Source: City of South Pasadena
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