Avalon, take care of your native habitat

THANKS to Lili Singer for her terrific article on Catalina Island’s native plant restoration (“A Quiet Revolution on Catalina,” Aug. 10). As she points out, many of Catalina’s unique species or varieties of native plants have been planted in gardens for 100 years .

I hope folks in Avalon start to appreciate the opportunities they have to connect with the deep and long history of the island they call home.

KAY STEWART

San Diego

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I enjoyed your thoughtful article about Catalina.

As it happens, we have a house at the top of the Burma Trail on the island. Our garden, which landscape designer Mark Bartos helped craft, is not native, but it is Mediterranean and drought resistant.

OLIN BARRETT

Pasadena