Our first #SOCAL Open Day is this Sun. 5/1 in the #Pasadena area! Meet and greet with many of the garden designers, including Judy Horton at the garden of Merrill & Donivee Nash (pictured).

You can also say hi to our friends from Garden Design magazine at the lead garden, La Casita del Arroyo. Details here: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events/pasadena-area-ca-open-day
Photo: Marion Brenner.

Sunday, May 1
10:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Start your tour at the La Casita del Arroyo Garden on Sunday, May 1 between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., where discounted tickets and maps to all of the Pasadena area gardens will be available. Admission to La Casita del Arroyo Garden is free.

Note: In one location, the Open Days Directory lists the Pasadena Area Open Day on a Saturday. The correct day is Sunday.

Admission to each private garden is $7. Don’t forget to buy discounted admission tickets in advance. They never expire and can be used at most Open Days to make garden visiting easier.

• Nonmembers get one ticket free.
• Members enjoy 50% off.

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  Yariv Residence

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Pasadena, CA, 91105

  The Yariv garden is a quintessential example of the Mid-Century Modernism style. The house, designed in 1960 by the notable local architect, Bill Blurock, presents an austere façade to the street that belies the elegance of the interior and rear garden…

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  Oak Vale

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Pasadena, CA, 91105

  When my husband and I stopped at an estate sale the object of our interest became the garden! As soon as we walked in to the home it became a secondary thought, one look out of the window and the garden became first and foremost…

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  Lomita Garden

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Pasadena, CA, 91106

  This is the first time this private, estate garden has been included in the Open Days program. The house and garden are designed to take full advantage of the mild, Mediterranean climate where outdoor entertaining can be a year-round activity…

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  Lipsig Garden

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Pasadena, CA, 91105

  Our gardens surround our Thornton Ladd-designed, modernist house completed around 1950. We extensively re-landscaped the grounds around 1990 with the assistance of the late landscape architect Owen Peters of EPT Design…

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  Garden of Lisa & Tom Evans

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Pasadena, CA, 91105

  Sited on over two acres of park-like grounds, this gracious gated estate, originally designed by noted architect Louis DuPuget Millar in 1908, was thoughtfully expanded in the 1920s by Roland Coate…

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  Garden of Merrill & Donivee Nash

  Sun 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM • Arcadia, CA, 91006

  Donivee Nash grew up in Delaware surrounded by the rich culture of nineteenth-century estate gardens like Longwood, Mount Cuba, Winterthur and Nemours. She brought this garden aesthetic with her to the New England-style saltbox (as this property was in 1938) over thirty five years ago…

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  La Casita del Arroyo Garden

  Sun  9:30 AM- 3:30 PM • 177 South Arroyo Boulevard. Pasadena, CA, 91105

  Start your Pasadena tour here on Sunday, May 1st between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Discounted tickets and maps to all of the Pasadena area gardens will be available. Otherwise hours are year round, daily, dawn to dusk.

Carl Icahn has sold all if his firms Apple Stake amid China concerns

Owned a massive 45.8 million shares in Apple at the end of 2015 (FactSet).

Sold his entire position in the gadget maker on concerns of its uncertain future in China.

This couple owns $1 million in Apple Stock.

Even at the trading average at the sale, Icahn most likely made a pretty nifty profit. Calculating that 45.8 million shares at say $95 = $4,351,000,000, that is over $4 billion!

This will weigh down Apple stock which has been battered after 13 years with positive growth now turning down and expert sentiment that at least the next quarter will also result in downward sales.

Shares of Icahn Enterprises (IEP) have plunged 33% over the past year due to bad bets on oil-related companies like Chesapeake Energy (CHK) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), according to USA Today.

The question is how will Apple fix this?

Could we see Apple stock in the $50 range? Perhaps it will hit $75, but $50 would mean massive loss in stock valuation and investors most likely would start a massive sell off which could present a buying opportunity, but could also cause issues for investors, many why hold large positions of Apple stock.

Tell AT&T: “Finish the job” on robocall blocking

AT&T is making slow progress to implement robocall blocking for its customers. Tell AT&T’s CEO to step it up and make robocall blocking a priority.

Dear,

Your campaign to End Robocalls has caught fire, and phone companies are paying attention. Because of you and the half-million consumers who joined our EndRobocalls.org campaign, AT&T has started to make it easier for some of their customers to access robocall-blocking tools.

But we know that’s not enough. We need AT&T to set the gold standard and provide 100% of its customers with free and effective tools to block robocalls.

Join Consumers Union and 600,000+ other customers in telling AT&T’s CEO, Randall Stephenson: “Thanks for taking steps to block robocalls. It’s time to finish the job!”

Tell AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson: Help your customers block robocalls immediately!

Even if AT&T isn’t your primary phone provider, they’re an industry leader with millions of customers nationwide. Pushing them to act could create a domino effect that leads to action by your phone provider.

While providers like Time Warner Cable have started offering free call-blocking tools to all of their voice customers, Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, has been happy to let his customers deal with the headache.

Together, we have over 600,000 voices that AT&T can’t ignore. Join us.

AT&T, start offering robocall blocking protection right now.

Thanks for everything you do.

Sincerely,
Tim Marvin, EndRobocalls.org
Consumers Union, Policy and Action from Consumer Reports

10th Annual Gluten-Free Expo at Pasadena Convention Center

CDF is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

You can buy discount tickets to the expo from Groupon and Goldstar.

Karen Klemens, owner of Mother Moo in Sierra Madre is expanding to South Pasadena. Look for a formal announcement coming soon. Offerings will include ice cream, coffee & espresso, pie, muffins, scones, sandwiches, soup, and other surprises.  We understand the location will be where Buster’s is located. Buster’s sold last month.

Three sisters, Reneé and Colette Richards, and Monica  Barry, owners decided its time to move on after 30 years, according to South Pasadena Now.

We are saddling up our cow to hoof it to South Pasadena. We are over the Moooooon and look forward to scooping at our Moo on Mission location. #coming soon #southpasadena #icecream #pie #mothermoo — at Mother Moo Creamery.

South Pasadena Location:
Coming soon: The Moo on Mission   |   1006 Mission St., South Pasadena, CA 91030

Until the South Pasadena location opens, you can visit the Sierra Madre location:

Image from Karen Klemen’s facebook page.

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FREE attendance this year!

VegFest Los Angeles 2016 will be held on May 1st, 2016 at Woodley Park in Lake Balboa (San Fernando Valley). It’s all vegan!

RSVP on our Facebook Event Page – Click Here!

All Vegan Festival with…
Over 100+ Exhibitors!
40+ Food Booths!
Oasis Beer and Wine Garden! – $5 craft beer pints, wine, and specialty drinks
Guest Speakers: Rawvana, Freelee the Banana Girl, Durian Rider, Gene Baur, Steven Smith (Forks Over Knives), and more!
Cooking Demos with PCRM, Mr. & Mrs. Vegan, and more!
Live Bands including Nina & Randa, GrooveSession, the Turners, and more!
Animal Adoptions!
Kids’ Kingdom!

We welcome attendees to a magnificent day filled with food, fun and inspiration. The combination of a delicious vegan international food court, great live music, empowering speakers on health, environmental, humanitarian and animal topics, kids’ activities, animal adoptions, an eco-marketplace with typically over 150 vendors, cooking demos and more, make for an an unforgettable earth-friendly experience that is sure to be enjoyable for all!

For more details or to become a vendor, please visit us at: https://vegfestla.org/home/

Many of you may recognize us – we were WorldFest for the past 15 years. We’re back now as VegFest Los Angeles.
Sunday, May 1 at 10:30 AM – 6:30 PM

Woodley Park
6350 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, California 91406