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September 2019
North Coast Plant Sale
CNPS member-only presale, Saturday, 9-10 am over 100 species grown by our chapter plants and bulbs from four local nurseries many species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees don't forget the ferns and succulents experienced gardeners to help you find plants for a variety of planting needs list of species at www.northcoastcnps.org>Gardening>Native Plant Sales (updated as the date gets closer) cash, check, or credit card Please bring a box to carry home your plants. Contact: Chris 826-0259 for info September…
Find out more »October 2019
Napa Valley Chapter Annual Plant Sale
CNPS Members will have first access at our Members Only pre-sale. If you are a member of CNPS, bring your membership card to show your support. If you don’t have, or can’t find, your card, we will have a list of all current active members. If you are not a member, but would like to take advantage of the ‘first access,’ you may join when you arrive by completing a membership application.
Find out more »El Dorado Plant Sale
Not only county nurseries, but also nurseries from the nearby valley will convene in Placerville to offer a wide selection of native and drought tolerant plants that will grow well in this area. Books on gardening with native plants, books on natural history, and native plant posters will also be available. If you are new to gardening with native plants there will be experienced gardeners on hand to answer your questions.
Find out more »Pogonip Park with Andy Werner Saturday
This hike is an easy six-mile loop of the beaten track with a beautiful and amazing diversity of native plants. We'll ID trees, shrubs, grasses, and notable exotics. We'll also see the Koi pond, cat temple, kilns, haunted meadow, and old clubhouse. Meet in Harvey West Park in the parking lot near the clubhouse and pool. Parking is free and should be plentiful. Bring water and lunch. Registration is required as hike is limited to 10 participants. Contact Andy at…
Find out more »Redbud Plant Sale
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. General Public 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Member Appreciation Sale Come early and become a Redbud member! On Sale Day Bring your CNPS Membership Card or receipt for online membership If a member, arrive early so you can shop during member appreciation hour, 9:30 to 10:30 am, for the best selection Bring your own (or borrowed) garden cart or child’s wagon and boxes to make it easier to gather and move your plants. Experts Available…
Find out more »Regional Parks Botanic Garden Native Plant Sale
The fall plant sale is held at the Garden on the first Saturday in October, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Friends members only from 9 to 10 a.m.) The fall sale offers the full range of California native plants, but specially features manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.), California wild lilacs (Ceanothus spp.), buckwheats (Eriogonum spp.), sages (Salvia spp.) and a wide array of subshrubs, shrubs, and trees that, for optimal success, are best planted in the fall. We accept cash, checks,…
Find out more »Monterey Bay Plant Sale
Over twelve hundred California Native Plants: as many as 250 different native species and selections, curated from many local growers, or grown on site, sourced, selected, labeled, signed with descriptive information & photos, organized and presented in this one day, pop-up, specialty nursery just in time for planting season; Seeds books and friendly advice as well. CNPS members get 10% discount on Plant and Book purchases. Not a member? Join the day of the Sale. Plant list will be posted…
Find out more »Napa Valley Chapter Annual Plant Sale
CNPS Members will have first access at our Members Only pre-sale. If you are a member of CNPS, bring your membership card to show your support. If you don’t have, or can’t find, your card, we will have a list of all current active members. If you are not a member, but would like to take advantage of the ‘first access,’ you may join when you arrive by completing a membership application.
Find out more »Half-Earth: How to Save the Natural World
Half-Earth: How to Save the Natural World 7-9pm, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Half-Earth is a clarion call to protect half the land and sea in order to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity, and ourselves. At this critical moment for our planet, the Half-Earth Project is bringing together the unique expertise and experience of scientists and thought leaders from around to world to achieve this important moonshot and solve the current environmental crisis. Join visionary biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson and…
Find out more »Plant ID Workshops
Listen to a PowerPoint presentation that explains a plant family's diagnostic features, its economic importance, distribution, and evolutionary history among other things. We are then assisted by graduate botany students to key out live specimens. Join us for a stress-free hour and a half learning about botany. Bring Jepson Manual Second Edition, if you have one, and a loupe. We do have microscopes on hand and instruments that aid with dissection of plants. Workshops begin at 6 pm and run…
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