Plant of the Month for September, 2010 Each month, we feature a plant of the San Gabriel Mountains. The Plant-of-the-Month page is taken from the interactive CD-ROM, Plants of the San Gabriel Mountains: Foothills and Canyons. This tall, but easy to overlook plant has soft lavender to white flowers that are in bloom right now in coastal sage scrub and disturbed areas. Click here to find out more... Plant of the Month Archive

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New

SGMPlants - Plants of the San Gabriel Mountains
for iPhone and iPod Touch

This new application contains all of the contents of the highly acclaimed interpretive guide "Plants of the San Gabriel Mountains: Foothills and canyons" in a format that you can really use in the field. It was converted by Earthrover Software and is available through the iTunes application store for only $12.99.

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Plants of the San Gabriel Mountains:
Foothills and Canyons

This interpretive guide has all of the great features of the first ever field guide on CD "Common Plants of Eaton Canyon and the San Gabriel Foothills":

• Multiple photos per plant
• Common and botanical names
• Plant and family descriptions
• Quiz
• Search

plus:

• twice as many plants (258 plants in 65 families),
• over 1800 beautiful photographs,
• natural history information,
• gardening with native plants,
• bird and butterfly information,
• illustrated one-click glossary,
• spoken botanical names,
• maps of plant distribution within California,
• expanded search capability, including leaf and flower characteristics,
• and more.

Available now - for only $18.50

Click here for details.

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Common Plants of Eaton Canyon
and the San Gabriel Foothills:
Field Guide on CD

A learning tool for the outdoor enthusiast, the naturalist and anyone who wants to learn about the natural environment of the San Gabriel Mountains and especially about the plants around Pasadena. These CDs make excellent gifts for under $15.00.

 Click here for details.            

 What the press has to say.  

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Nature Essays Here are some essays by Gabi on subjects of nature and gardening with native plants. These essays have been published in newsletters of the California Native Plant Society, as well as the Eaton Canyon Nature Center.