Theodore Payne Foundation For Wild Flowers & Native Plants Inc

Education: tpf offers educational programming for landscape industry professionals, adults seeking continuing education, and k-12 students. These efforts are aimed at increasing public awareness of native plants and providing the skills necessary to design, install, and maintain ecologically beneficial and wildfire defensible landscapes in southern california. During this fiscal year, tpf hosted 165 adult education classes to 3,450 students. During the same time, 304 southern california landscape industry professionals completed the 20-hour california native plant landscaper certification program offered by tpf.

Outreach: through diverse outreach programs, tpf seeks to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly landscapes in southern california. The native plant garden tour, a two-day event showcasing visionary landscapes around los angeles had 3,000 attendees. Tpf tabled at 44 events throughout southern california attended by over 163,000 members of the public. 18,400 free seed packets were distributed to the public, and over 1,200 plants were installed in community spaces. In addition to in-person events, robust online outreach programs and traditional media appearances reached a large audience, in addition to over 51,300 social media followers and 33,000 newsletter subscribers.