While some of our trees, such as Redwoods, are too large to fit well in a typical home landscape; other trees, such as Catalina Ironwood, cohabitate and enhance residential gardens extremely well. Learn about the variety of local native trees from an expert arborist so you can select the best choice for your garden. Barrie Coate is an ISA Certified Arborist (#0586), a Registered Arborist (#237) with the American Society of Consulting Arborists, an honorary life member of the Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and winner of two Merit Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects. He is the author of several booklets regarding California native plants and water conserving plants, as well as more than thirty articles in professional publications.
