By Cheryl Buckwalter, APLD CA Advocacy Chair, Landscape Liaisons
The APLD CA Chapter Board members were recently treated to a guided tour of The Gottlieb Native Garden. Co-creator Susan Gottlieb graciously opened the gates to a flourishing California native ecosystem. She, along with naturalist Scott Logan, explained that the Garden is home to more than 200 hand-selected plants and over 1,500 documented wildlife species.
The Garden is artfully cared for by Operations Manager Emerson Funes, who shared his strategies for seasonal and plant-specific maintenance. While the Garden is only a couple of miles from Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, it is also at the heart of a WUI (Wildfire Urban Interface) zone, Emerson performs strategies to increase the property’s fire-resistance and prepare it for annual inspections by fire authorities. Here is a short video to learn more about this Garden and its incredible caretakers.
Gottlieb Native Garden Image Gallery
Photo credit: Cheryl Buckwalter, Landscape Liaisons
Naturalist Scott Logan speaking to APLD CA Chapter leaders
Emerson Funes with Francesca Corra and Marcia Scott (on right at the handrail)
Susan Gottlieb (center) showing book about the Garden that she gifted to each of us
The Gottlieb Native Garden wildfire–urban interface
One of many sources of water in the Gottlieb Native Garden
