The LA Times Plants booth returns to the Times Festival of Books April 20-21 with the Theodore Payne Foundation and the California Native Plant Society.
Find us in the Pink Zone at booth 404, where we'll be giving away our collection of select wildflower seeds and stickers, as well as selling plant enamel pins. Our LA Times Plants Native Wildflower Mix features eight native California wildflowers: Castilleja exserts (purple owl's clover), Eschscholzia californica (California poppy), Clarkia purpurea (clarkia wine glass), gilia capitata (globus gilia), Lasthenia californica (fields of gold), Layia platyglosa (ordered advice), succulent lupine (lupine stream) and Salvia columbariae (chia).
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Experts from the Theodore Payne Foundation will fill our tent with fragrant native plants and answer questions. Professionals at the California Native Plant Society will create digital lists of the best plants for your landscape.
Festival of Books attendees smell native plants at the LA Times Plants 2023 booth.
(Varon Panganiban / For the Festival of Books)
dates: April 20-21
Location: USC main campus
Booth hours: 10 am to 6 pm April 20, 10 am to 5 pm April 21.
Ask a session reporter: 12:30 to 1:15 pm April 21 for “How to Choose the Best-Smelling Native Plants for Your Garden and Bouquets” with Plant Reporter Jeanette Marantos and Features Editor Brittany Levine Beckman at Mudd Hall. Free, or $6 for reserved seating. Reservations begin April 14. Download the free Festival of Books app for more information.
