{"id":135218,"date":"2026-01-15T22:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135218\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:06:13","slug":"cabrillo-aquarium-native-garden-gets-its-monthly-refresh-in-san-pedro-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135218\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabrillo Aquarium native garden gets its monthly refresh in San Pedro \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of volunteers, carrying garden tools and a curiosity about indigenous coastal plants, helped spruce up the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium\u2019s native garden on Saturday, Jan. 10, as part of a regular activity that occurs on the second Saturday of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Helpers are always welcome to join in the monthly endeavor, which provides an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and learn about native plants in the \u201cfront yard\u201d adjacent to the sands of Cabrillo Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A sign noting the natural garden sits among bushes at...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514771_16_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-5.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A sign noting the natural garden sits among bushes at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aquarium staff member Ixchel Sanchez carries a bundle of pulled...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514772_860_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-4.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514772_860_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aquarium staff member Ixchel Sanchez carries a bundle of pulled weeds past a cleared section of an outdoor garden at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aquarium staff members Denisse Guitierrez, left, and Ixchel Sanchez move...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514772_785_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-2-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514772_785_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-2-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aquarium staff members Denisse Guitierrez, left, and Ixchel Sanchez move a bundle of pulled weeds onto a cart as they clear up an outdoor garden at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aquarium staff member Denisse Guitierrez throws a pile of pulled...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514773_117_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-3.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514773_117_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aquarium staff member Denisse Guitierrez throws a pile of pulled weeds onto a cart as she clears up an outdoor garden at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Staff member Celeste Frometa clears weeds out of a natural...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514773_207_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768514773_207_TDB-L-CABRILLO-WORK-0111-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Staff member Celeste Frometa clears weeds out of a natural plant habitat at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 5<\/p>\n<p>A sign noting the natural garden sits among bushes at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The free group project is open to all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are requested for groups of 15 or more. Student credits are also available.<\/p>\n<p>For information and dates of upcoming garden cleanups, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cma.recreation.parks.lacity.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aquarium\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also coming up at the San Pedro aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, is the annual Whale Fiesta, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, and will celebrate the migration of Pacific gray whales and the beginning of the whale watching season.<\/p>\n<p>Family activities will include games, arts and crafts, puppet shows, a life-sized inflatable whale, a \u201cDuct Tape\u201d whale contest, and expert guest lectures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A team of volunteers, carrying garden tools and a curiosity about indigenous coastal plants, helped spruce up the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,179,3172,131,133,132,47,137,100,1439],"class_list":["post-135218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-community","tag-harbor-area","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-san-pedro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}