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  • Lizards Tail, Seaside Daisy, and Sticky Monkey Flower. Photo: Veronica Bowers

    Native Plant Week | Songbirds, Biodiversity, and Native Plants

    April 13, 2019April 2, 2019
    In celebration of Native Plant Week, join us for a talk and tour in our native habitat gardens. We’ll stroll through the gardens and chat about native plants and their vital role in supporting native songbirds and biodiversity.
  • Bumblebee in poppy. Credit Jim Wadsworth.

    Modesto Pollinator Festival

    April 7, 2019April 2, 2019
    Children's pollinator costume parade, free milkweed seeds, education about local pollinators, and more at the La Loma Native Garden.
  • Gardening for Wildlife

    September 12, 2018May 22, 2018

    National Wildlife Federation Urban Wildlife Manager, Tessa Charnofsky, will explain how we can create beautiful, native gardens in our own backyards, …

  • Monarchs and Milkweed

    August 23, 2018June 7, 2018

    Bonnie Bradt and Kate Brennan, both members of the Nevada County Master Gardener team of “Monarch Wranglers,” will share how to grow native milkweed a…

  • What’s the Buzz About? Native Bees in Tierrasanta Gardens

    July 28, 2018July 20, 2018

    Come hear the “buzz” about native bees in Tierrasanta gardens This is a 45 minute presentation by Julie Serences of the Xerces Society for Invertebrat…

  • Who’s That Buzzing Around the Garden?

    June 16, 2018May 22, 2018

    From the soil to the topmost canopies of the trees a healthy garden hosts abundant populations of arthropods and other invertebrates. A garden ‘full o…

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    Habitat Value of our Gardens

    March 9, 2017April 2, 2018
    California natives' ability to help save our ecosystems and the bird and insect species that depend on them is a vital reason to grow native plants in our gardens.
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    Hummingbird Gardening

    March 7, 2017April 2, 2018
    Learn hummingbird's habitat needs and favorite blooms to add to your garden. To attract these winged wonders, focus on increasing the “carrying capacity” of your garden.
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    Bay Area Plants For Habitat

    March 8, 2016April 4, 2018
    Many of the best plants for creating insect habitat are among those rarely cultivated by gardeners. The plants on the lists are those that got the most species of visiting bees.
  • Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy and Skipper Butterfly. Photo by Laura Camp.
    Gardening

    Gardening for Butterflies

    September 26, 2012February 8, 2018
    Nectar-bearing plants will bring butterflies, but all-around butterfly gardening means living with caterpillars, chewed leaves and some untidiness.
  • A. illustre (Megachilidae) on Penstemon spectabilis
    Life With Plants

    I Said It Was Not A Bee!

    May 2, 2011October 26, 2017
    Hours searching, red-eyed and teary, Scanning late near midnight weary...
  • White flower clusters on Arctostaphylos refugioensis
    Gardening

    Feeding Frenzy-Manzanita and Friends

    November 2, 2010October 25, 2017
    Refugio manzanita blooms early and profusely, hosting a plethora of insect feeders, plus battling hummingbirds.
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