The Laguna Beach Garden Club shares information about its educational programs and community initiatives with members and the public through local media — from print to online to radio and more. Here is a sampling of our outreach and coverage.
In the Media
May 2025 The Gate & Garden Tour Wows Visitors
On May 6, 2025, StuNews published an feature on our 2025 Gate & Garden Tour where visitors toured eight gardens in a charming South Village neighborhood bordering Bluebird Canyon. Click below to see Mary Hurlbut’s lovely photos of the event!
April 2025 Laguna Beach Indy Announces the Gate & Garden Tour
On April 18, 2025 the Laguna Beach Independent published an article announcing the Laguna Beach Garden Club’s 20th Annual Gate & Garden Tour.
April 2025 Local Media Profiles April Speaker Ken Lee
The April 8th, 2025 issue of StuNews (Volume 17, Issue 28) profiles the featured speaker at out April 11th General Meeting, Professor Ken Lee, chair of the Department of Sustainable Horticulture and Landscape Design at Saddleback College.
April 2025 “Ladies of Laguna” featured for the Gate & Garden Tour
On April 4, 2024, StuNews (Volume 17, Issue 27) published an article features our “Ladies of Laguna.” Each year our Gate & Garden Tour director chooses several women who embody the spirit of service that the club represents and honors them with this title. This year’s “Ladies of Laguna” are Laura Ford, founder of the Pollinator Protection Fund, Simone Adams, co-manager of the Friends of the Library Butterfly Fairy Garden,, Amy Amirani, LBCWD Commissioner, and Ally Cook, milliner/owner of Lucky Cowboy and the committee chair for the tour’s annual Garden Hat Contest.
March 2025 Gate & Garden Tour in Local News
On March 28, 2025, StuNews (Volume 17, Issue 26) published an article about the club’s annual Gate & Garden Tour which profiles Mike Pyle, co-host of HGTV’s Inside Out who’s home will be featured in this years tour. Pyle is a landscape designer who grew up in Laguna Beach. He has very generously donated a $10,000 gift certificate for design consultation that will be part of the raffle held on tour day.
March 2025 Laguna Beach Independent Announces March Speaker
The March 14, 2025 issue of the Laguna Beach Independent announces our March Speaker, production designer Nelson Coates, who will be speaking on the impact of plants and gardens on film.