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August 2018
Free Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Training class
The EPA Watersense certified WWLP training is a free opportunity offered by the District for Professional Landscapers to learn more about landscaping using a systems approach, redefining not only how we use water in the landscape, but how we design and maintain our landscapes for the climate we have now and into the future. It’s a professional level class with basic watershed-approach theory on day one and immediately practicable calculations and formulas on day two. The class is scientifically current…
Find out more »Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »Monarchs and Milkweed
Bonnie Bradt and Kate Brennan, both members of the Nevada County Master Gardener team of “Monarch Wranglers,” will share how to grow native milkweed and other pollinator plants to attract monarch butterflies, and how individuals can help monarchs.
Find out more »Mountain Meadow Workshop
The Friends of the Chico State Herbarium are offering a Mountain Meadows Workshop with Kyle Merriam, Province Ecologist for the Sierra Cascade Province, and Mike Friend, Beckwourth District Botanist of the Plumas National Forest, on August 25, 2018 from 9:30am to 4:30 pm. We plan to meet at the Grasshopper Flat Group Campsite at Lake Davis and will visit meadows in the area. The ecological functions of these meadows, methods for assessing their condition, management concerns, and restoration efforts will…
Find out more »Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »September 2018
Yerba Buena Work Party
Volunteer activities include weeding, planting, and general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call 415-831-6333. Every Wednesday, 12-3 p.m., Glen Canyon Park Learn more: glenparkassocation.org
Find out more »Cutting Back, a “Natural Pruning” demonstration
Speaker and Demonstration: Leslie Buck Join us for a “natural pruning” demonstration by Leslie Buck, who specializes in pruning landscapes over time so naturally you can’t tell they’ve been touched. Leslie will demonstrate easy-to-learn techniques you can apply in your gardens by using pre-cut branches of native plants. She will also give a brief reading from her garden memoir, "Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto,” published by Timber Press, describing her adventures with garden craftsmen in some…
Find out more »Weeds — the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
"The simplest definition of a weed is a ‘plant in a place where it is not wanted’! But where did these weeds come from, and why? And now that they are here what do we do with them? Some weedy species are edible, some are medicinal, and some are good habitat plants. Many weedy species have multiple reproductive strategies which make them very hardy plants. Certain truly invasive non-native species have proven to be very costly mistakes because of the…
Find out more »UC Naturalist Certificatio Course Fall 2018
Participants complete a 40+ hour hands on course with expert instructors and fellow learners -- studying natural history, environmental and conservation stewardship. Offering the option for 4 UC academic credits for an additional fee as well as discounts on future training opportunities.
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