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Hands-on Learning Opportunities for Gardening with Natives
Learn from Native Garden Tour Hosts
Other Useful Information and Resources
Hands-on Learning Opportunities for Gardening with Natives
Volunteering at a native plant nursery or restoration project is a great way to learn about native plants (while rubbing shoulders with a knowledgeable and nice bunch of people!) Below are some East Bay locations that would love additional volunteer help; there are many others.
- Albany — Friends of Five Creeks
Contact: Susan Schwartz ~ F5creeks@aol.com ~ 510-848-9358 - Berkeley — CHIA
Contact: Carol Bennett-Simmons ~ caroleannbs@yahoo.com ~ 510-527-6708
or Dave Drummond ~ 510-526-4892 - Berkeley — Native Here Nursery
Contact: prlmic@earthlink.net - El Cerrito — Canyon Trail Restoration
Contact: Jim McKissock ~ EarthCareNow@sbcglobal.net ~ 510-526-1233 - Livermore — Friends of the Arroyos
Contact: Louann Tung ~ lstung@pacbell.net ~ 925-455-8823 - Oakland — Friends of Sausal Creek
Contact: Kristin Hopper ~ field@sausalcreek.org ~ 510-387-9744
Learn from Native Garden Tour Hosts
- "How I Got Started Gardening with California Natives" by Pat Bacchetti (2005 Tour Host)
- "How I Got Started Gardening with Natives" by Kevin Callahan (2005 and 2006 Tour Host).
- "How I Got Started Gardening with Natives" by Shonduel (2005 and 2006 Tour Host)
Other Useful Information and Resources
- Lawn Alternatives
- Collect seeds, propagate, and plant natives with the Friends of Sausal Creek in Oakland.
- Easy-to-grow East Bay natives
- Plants that benefit wildlife
- Plants for butterflies from Native Here nursery
- Native plants that attract birds
from Marin Chapter California Native Plant Society - Resources for gardening with native plants in the Bay Area
from Marin Chapter California Native Plant Society - Top pest plants
- Native plant gardening resources from Bay Nature magazine
- Protecting children from pesticides
- Invasive Plant List
- Winter Garden By Arvind Kumar
- To Feed the Garden, First Feed the Bugs, article by ANNE RAVER in NYT