Guide Collection
Places across the San Gabriel Valley where plants, water, foothills, and urban landscapes meet.
Places to visit
Rosemead
California American Water maintains this conservation garden at its Los Angeles office in Rosemead. The utility presents it as a demonstration of drought-tolerant and California native landscaping that customers can adapt to their own properties.
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Monrovia
A community garden demonstrating growing your own produce in beautiful raised beds. A great spot to check out if walking or driving by. They also collect food waste for compost and do occasional workshops.
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Monrovia
Located just before Monrovia’s Old Town from the south, Grow Monrovia’s Demonstration Garden features a hugelkultur, bioswale, and native plants. It demonstrates how common commercial parkways can utilize native plants to achieve an inviting space.
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Monterey Park
This demonstration garden was created by the City of Monterey Park to demonstrate multiple different styles of landscaping that are drought tolerant. It has signs to explain each section of the park. It also features two bioswales. It was inaugurated June 2, 2017.
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Arcadia
Built over old quarry land and along the San Gabriel River watershed, this is an active community park that features demonstrations of native plants and bioswales.
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California American Water’s demonstration garden outside of their location in Rosemead, CA. Their garden uses a mix of cacti, succulents, and California native plants to demonstrate water tolerant landscaping.
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