Pondering the social constructs of romance, friendship, and femininity, The Los Angeles Gardening Guide presents a bittersweet sense of prose centered around growing up in the outskirts of a starstruck city. This collection of poetry examines the self in observing inflation of the ego, superficial tendencies, and toxic traits blamed as an after effect of living in the city. Growth is then found with the release of toxins and the grand celebration of sunlight.