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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! #TheNativeGuild
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 19h
Hello Bluesky! My latest essay on Substack is available here.

It's a comprehensive dive into Cleveland Sage for your garden.

open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#ClevelandSage #GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden
Beautiful Cleveland Sage in Santa Barbara County
An excellent choice for your native garden
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 1d
🌿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
Cleveland Sage growing next to a path - blurred background
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 2d
sitting here sobbing watching this💖
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you, Alberta!!🇨🇦
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d
Truth. 👎
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 2d
So proud of my little town for showing up - bigly!!

Lots of fun, bubbles, frogs, bears, and chickens🐸🐻🐔🫧🥳
Protesters in Lompoc together to save Democracy Protest sign reading: Chinga Tu MAGA and Fuck Ice Protest sign reading: YES ON 50 Protesters at No Kings event
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 3d
Let's Go!!🗽
Protest sign reading 'No Crowns, No Clowns, No Dicktators'
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 4d
wtf
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💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️‍🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎 @sassysister27.bsky.social · 4d
🚨 On Kill List

Meet my boy Triscuit!
His is a sad story, after 10yrs of having a loving human his whole world turned upside down when his owner died
He’s alone & scared in this kill shelter
@nycacc.bsky.social will murder him

💙 Real Heroes needed to Repost & help find a foster…
❤️ Pls Repost🙏
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 4d
🌿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
Curved pathway in a native garden
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 5d
chef's kiss
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 6d
🌿Design Principles for Good Chi Flow

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

Avoid straight, harsh lines

Incorporate All 5 Elements: Use plant shapes, garden art, and natural materials to balance wood, fire, earth, metal, and water
#FengShui #GrowNativePlants
Stacked rocks sitting on sand spiral
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 7d
Using Chi for landscaping balance☯️

In Santa Barbara County, our Mediterranean climate and native plants offer the perfect canvas for a garden that’s both water-wise and energetically balanced🌿

Sustainability meets harmony—right in your own backyard🌱
#GrowNativePlants #GardenHarmony #TheNativeGuild
Yin Yang symbol made from white and black pebbles and a little flower
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 8d
Hello, Bluesky! New article available on Substack today🌿

Ancient Principles, Native Roots
open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#GrowNativePlants #TheNativeGuild #FengShui #GardenHarmony
Ancient Principles, Native Roots
The Natural Harmony of Ancient Design and Native Plants
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 9d
🌱 Milkweed care cycle:

🌧️ Fall/Winter – Sow seeds, mulch, let rain work
🌸 Spring/Summer – Host caterpillars, aphids, ladybugs & life
🍂 Fall – Collect seeds, prune, prep

Each year, your patch grows stronger—fueling monarchs & native beauty🦋🌿
#PollinatorGarden #MonarchMilkweed #GrowNativePlants
Monarch butterfly on narrow-leaf milkweed
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 10d
🌿Milkweed Seed Pods & Propagation

By late summer or early fall, milkweed forms seed pods that dry and split open

Store pods in paper bags and wait until they begin to split before harvesting

Replant seeds before winter rains, save for next season, or let
nature carry seeds to new spots
#Milkweed
Milkweed seeds ready to take flight
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 11d
🌿Starting native milkweed from seed?

Many need cold stratification first:
❄️ Mix seeds with damp sand/paper towel
📝 Label & seal in a bag
🥶 Refrigerate (35–40°F) for 30–45 days

Then plant in pots or your garden! 🌱

(Don’t freeze—can damage seeds unless fully dry)
#MonarchMilkweed #GrowNativePlants
Milkweed seeds bursting from pod, ready to take flight
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 12d
If you're starting Milkweed from seed in the Santa Barbara area, the ideal planting time is approaching

Sow directly into the soil before the rains

Native species like Narrowleaf, Showy, and California Milkweed often need a cold period to germinate, and late fall is ideal
#Pollinators #GrowNatives
Monarch butterfly on milkweed
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 12d
Yay!! Our ballots arrived today✨
#YesOn50
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 13d
🌿If you plant Native Milkweed seeds now in Santa Barbara County...

By late spring through summer, your milkweed will host a whole community: monarch caterpillars, aphids, ladybugs, lacewings, and sometimes wasps🦋🐞🐝

This is a sign of balance⚖️
#GrowNativePlants #PollinatorGarden #MilkweedForMonarchs
Milkweed seed pod burst open revealing seeds
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 14d
🌿Milkweed isn’t just a pretty plant — it’s the lifeblood of any monarch garden

It’s the only host for their caterpillars and a crucial nectar stop for adults

Care for it well, and you’re feeding migration, boosting ecosystems, and keeping monarchs flying strong 💪#PollinatorGarden #MonarchButterfly
Young narrow-leaf milkweed growing in front of a wooden fence
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 15d
Hello, Bluesky!!

If you want to help Monarchs by planting Milkweed, check out my latest Substack article.

Caring for Milkweed: From Seeds to Butterflies and Back Again
open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#GrowNativePlants #Milkweed #MonarchMilkweed #TheNativeGuild
Caring for Milkweed: From Seeds to Butterflies and Back Again
A season-by-season guide to growing healthy, monarch-safe milkweed
open.substack.com
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 16d
wow!! that is one beautiful creature🥰
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The Native Guild @thenativeguild.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you, Jane🥰 I needed this message!

I miss you
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