A JOURNEY THROUGH PLACE AND TIME

Expanding from spring to an entire year of transformation, TPF’s 18th Annual Garden Tour will take you on an adventure through a select group of gardens with HD video and 360-degree views. Together, we’ll become immersed in the urban ecosystem and the native plant community which makes it thrive. Join us for stunning garden footage, landscape designer and homeowner interviews, expert panel discussions, live music, photo contests, native plant beer tasting, and a keynote address from Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home.

For a sneak peek, please visit nativeplantgardentour.org

HOW TO ATTEND

The Garden Tour will take place over three days starting with a launch party on Friday evening, followed by four gardens on Saturday and four gardens on Sunday. One ticket grants you access to all three days live over Zoom or YouTube, and the ability to watch on demand via YouTube afterwards. Tickets purchased after the start date come with a YouTube link to catch up on any previously aired content. Please review Zoom's system requirements for an optimal viewing experience.

VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE HERE (all times, Pacific Standard Time)

• Friday from 6pm-8:45pm
• Saturday from 10am-1:15pm
• Sunday from 10am-1:45pm

Be a part of the tour! We want to see your visions of nature in California. From March 1st - April 9th, share your favorite photos of California native plants and enter to win our 2021 Spring Photo Contest.

Prizes: A $100 gift certificate will be awarded to the winner of each of the following categories:

• SPRING VIBES: Photo that evokes the season of spring
• HABITAT: Photo that captures the interactions between plants, people, winged or legged creatures
• PLANTS IN POTS: Photo of a thriving container garden

How to Enter: To submit a photo, use hashtags #NativePlantGardenTour and #TPFSpring21 on Instagram or Facebook or email photos to gardentour@theodorepayne.org with subject: Garden Tour Photo Contest. ​

Deadline: The contest is open from March 1st through April 9th. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 9th at 11:59 pm PST. Winning photographs will be announced and featured LIVE during the 2021 Native Plant Garden Tour. Good Luck! ​

The artwork for the 2021 Native Plant Garden Tour is a portrait of the Humboldt lily (Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum) by Gene Bauer. Humboldt lilies grow wild in the hills of Southern California, and make wonderful garden specimens in greater Los Angeles. As geophytes (Latin for earth-plant), they spend half of each year underground, waiting for winter rains for leaves to emerge before growing up to eight feet tall with profuse orange blooms arriving in June. With this dramatic annual cycle, we feel the Humboldt lily is the perfect icon for the 2021 tour, which celebrates native plant landscapes and their deep connection to the unique seasons and climate of Southern California. Pre-order a 2021 limited edition Humboldt Lily T-shirt here.

CONTACT THE TOUR COORDINATORS

If you have feedback or suggestions about the Tour, ideas for new gardens, or if you’d like to learn how to become a Tour sponsor, please e-mail us at gardentour@theodorepayne.org. We would love to hear from you!

Ilustration of Humbolt Lily © Gene Bauer