Raj, 35, was at the Thursday to open a seed library, similar to Little Free Libraries, stocked with packets of seed instead ...

Clockwise from top left: Nina Raj, founder of the Altadena Seed Library; a sampling of seeds being sorted for the library last year; Raj started the seed library in 2021 to expand access to shade ...

Seeds are special for Nina Raj, a docent at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and the founder of the Altadena Seed Library in Southern California. So when Raj and her partner fled from the Eaton Fire on ...

Suman: Trophys don't matter, the only thing that matters is love. Nina: How long have you been working here? Suman: Long enough. You can't live of thin air. Suman: [to Nina] Don't you dare come back ...

Almost six months after the Eaton Fire first erupted in the canyons above Pasadena, Nina Raj is still planting seeds of hope. The naturalist and master gardener is sowing the real stuff too, from ...

Seeds are special for Nina Raj, a docent at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and the founder of the Altadena Seed Library in Southern California. So when Raj and her partner fled from the Eaton Fire ...

That recovery is already underway in Altadena. Recently, a woman whose home and community garden space burned in the fire came to Raj looking to begin again. Thanks to donations, Raj was able to ...

Join the grand opening of a seed library at Altadena Library's Loma Alta Park location. Nina Raj of the Altadena Seed Library ...

Seeds are special for Nina Raj, a docent at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and the founder of the Altadena Seed Library in Southern California. So when Raj and her partner fled from the Eaton Fire on ...

Claire Schwartz (left) and Nina Raj with a child's drawing recovered by Raj after the Eaton Fire. (Steven Cuevas for KQED) Surprisingly, the fierce Santa Ana winds that whipped the Palisades and Eaton ...

When deadly wildfires began to ravage Los Angeles last January, Nina Raj’s first thought was this: Save the seeds. Raj is the founder of Altadena Seed Library, a beloved community seed library ...