Tomatoes thrive with minimal water, as evidenced by Michele Zack's gorgeous Altadena red beauties.

It’s pretty clear that our days of pretending that L.A. is anything but a Mediterranean-like desert are over, and our gardens are all going to have to live with less water. Few communities have more beautiful home gardens than Altadena, which is why Altadena Heritage is taking the lead to offer a hands-on workshop on efficient irrigation this weekend. Attendees will learn how to retrofit old sprinkler systems and get good ideas for effective but water-spare irrigation for both ornamental and edible gardens.

Efficient Irrigation
Saturday, August 29, 9 – 11 a.m.
Altadena Community Center
730 E. Altadena Dr., Altadena
Free to members, $5 for non-members
RSVP to altadenaheritage@earthlink.net, 626.797.0054

Those same tomatoes, 20 minutes later