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The Native Guild
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Helping Santa Barbara County turn boring lawns into buzzing habitats, one native plant at a time.
We teach you how to plant native plants, attract pollinators, and fall in love with your local ecosystem.
Less mowing, more monarchs!
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🌿Planting Seaside Daisy is like bottling a bit of California’s coastline and bringing it home

It’s tough, timeless, and joyful — a reminder that the most resilient beauty often comes from the edge of the world
#SeasideDaisy #GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #BeachAster #TheNativeGuild
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌿Why your garden needs Seaside Daisy / Beach Aster:

🐝 Pollinator paradise - butterflies, bees, ladybugs, etc

💦 Erosion control - good for coastal slopes

🔧 Low maintenance - thrives on neglect

🦌 Deer resistant

🔥 Fire-wise - resistant to flame
#PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #SeasideDaisy
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🌸Seaside Daisy / Beach Aster

As a member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), Seaside Daisy brings the familiar charm of a classic daisy but with a tougher, more weathered beauty — like a flower that’s learned to live by the ocean
#GrowNativePlants #BeachAster #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🌿Seaside Daisy / Beach Aster / Beach Fleabane (She has a few names😜)

This beauty adds soft color to rock gardens, coastal meadows & containers—perfect cascading blooms for a natural look

Pair with drought-tolerant natives for a resilient, low-water garden full of coastal charm
#GrowNativePlants
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌿California yarrow is nature’s soil weaver — its fibrous roots knit loose sand together, holding fragile coastal ecosystems in place

That’s why restoration crews plant it to rebuild dunes & pollinator habitats along the Central Coast
#GrowNativePlants #NativeYarrow #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🌿Golden yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) brings bright yellow blooms on upright stems, acting like a small shrub or short-lived perennial

Its silvery-green foliage adds structure and softness to sunny slopes or native borders all season long
#GrowNativePlants #GoldenYarrow #TheNativeGuild
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Golden yarrow isn’t a true yarrow—it’s in a different genus but still part of the daisy family🌼

It loves sunny, dry hillsides and pairs beautifully with sages, buckwheats, and native grasses

Great for pollinators, drought-tolerant, and perfect for echoing California’s wild beauty
#GrowNativePlants
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
California yarrow 🌿 — a tough, fragrant native that forms soft mats of evergreen leaves

Come late spring, it sends up tall stalks topped with clusters of white blooms that can last into autumn

A beautiful, resilient part of California’s wild heart ✨ #TheNativeGuild #Yarrow #GrowNativePlants
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🌿California yarrow might be the ultimate native all-star—tough, beautiful, and easy to grow

From sea cliffs to mountain meadows, it’s everywhere, adding texture, fragrance, and life to any garden
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #CaliforniaNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #CaliforniaYarrow #Yarrow
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This weeks spotlight plant: Yarrow✨

🌿California native yarrow (Achillea millefolium var. californica) is a hardy, beautiful, and ecologically valuable perennial that’s both easy to grow and rewarding year-round
#NativeYarrow #Yarrow #GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🌿Refugio Manzanita

Range: Endemic to the Santa Ynez Mountains - Santa Barbara County

Habitat: Sandstone soils, chaparral and oak woodland edges

Form: Tall shrub; waxy, red-tinged young leaves; cinnamon-red bark

In the garden: A striking specimen for full sun and good drainage
#GrowNativePlants
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🌿Planting manzanitas isn’t just a gardening choice — it’s an act of connection

Using locally native manzanitas ties your garden to the surrounding landscape, supports local wildlife, and conserves the genetics of plants already adapted to your climate
#Manzanita #GrowNativePlants #NativeGarden
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌿Manzanitas reward patience

They’re sculptural, slow, and serene — an expression of time and place

Their bark glows red in low winter light; their blossoms feed bees in February; their berries feed birds through summer
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #TheNativeGuild
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🌿Manzanita

Few plants capture California’s wild beauty like manzanitas

With smooth red bark, sculptural branches, and urn-shaped blooms, these native evergreens bring elegance, biodiversity, and resilience to any garden
#CaliforniaNativePlants #Manzanita #GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🌿 This Week is All About Central Coast Manzanitas!

Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around Santa Barbara & the Central Coast

Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#NativePlants #GrowNativePlants #NativeManzanita
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
🌿This week's focus: Manzanita in the Santa Barbara County area

“Manzanita” = “little apple” for its fruit shape

Several Arctostaphylos species grow naturally around the area

Each varies in size, form & needs—match your manzanita to your site’s soil, sun & drainage for best success
#Manzanita
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🌿Cleveland Sage

After 1–2 years, treat it like a dry-garden shrub — very low summer water💧

Only 1 deep watering/month (or just a few per summer in SoCal)

In Santa Barbara: maybe early-summer + mid-summer if stressed

🚫 Don’t over-water — too much in heavy soil can harm this native
#ClevelandSage
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🌿Drought-adapted native Cleveland Sage needs more care early on: keep soil moist but not soggy in the 1–2 yr establishment phase

Try weekly deep watering at first, taper to 1–2×/mo later

Light mulch helps hold moisture 🌱
#GrowNativePlants #ClevelandSage #TheNativeGuild #PollinatorGarden
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🌿Cleveland Sage Growing Tips:

🌞Loves full sun (6–8+ hrs); part sun okay, but less bloom in shade

Needs well-drained soil—thrives on dry, rocky slopes; avoid soggy spots

Grows ~3–5 ft tall & wide (up to 6 ft in loose soil)

In hot inland areas, give a bit of afternoon shade to ease summer stress
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🌿Cleveland Sage Pruning tips:

Best time: late fall

Young plants — cut each branch back to 3–4 nodes for a rounded shape; avoid old wood

Mature plants — just tip-prune spent blooms & shape yearly

Deadhead to encourage rebloom

If leggy, thin to strong wood—but blooms may lag next season
#Salvia
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🌿 Pruning tips - Cleveland Sage:

Late fall = great time!

Young plants: prune back to 3–4 nodes for bushiness

Mature plants: just tip-prune & deadhead for blooms

Avoid cutting old woody stems—they may not regrow

Deep cuts = fewer blooms next season
#ClevelandSage #PollinatorGarden #GrowNatives
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🌿Cleveland Sage is an excellent choice for gardens in Santa Barbara County

It's drought-tolerant, fire-wise, fragrant, and visually striking, while also supporting hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, birds, and other beneficial wildlife💦
#ClevelandSage #PollinatorGarden #GrowNativePlants #NativePlants
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So proud of my little town for showing up - bigly!!

Lots of fun, bubbles, frogs, bears, and chickens🐸🐻🐔🫧🥳
October 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Let's Go!!🗽
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌿When designing your native garden:

Incorporate All 5 Elements: Use plant shapes, garden art, and natural materials to balance wood, fire, earth, metal, and water

Pathways Should Flow Gently - Curving, meandering paths encourage positive Chi

Avoid straight, harsh lines
#FengShui #GrowNativePlants
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM