Programs

Wednesday, October 8, doors open at 5:45 p.m., lecture at 6:00, social hour afterwards. D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D Street, Arcata, CA 95521 If you want to Zoom in remotely, register HERE. Pete Haggard and Jane Monroe will preview their new book, Rewilding: Native Gardening for the Pacific Northwest and North Coast. Learn how to use native plants to welcome … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Making gardens wildlife-friendly using native plants

California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species Wednesday, September 10, doors open at 5:45 p.m., lecture at 6:00, social hour afterwards. D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D Street, Arcata, CA 95521 If you want to Zoom in remotely, register HERE. A food truck is right outside; you can order to pickup via … [Read more...] about Evening Program. California Trees

May 14, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Randi Swedenburg and her husband first started planting native plants in 1998 when they lived in semiarid Southern California. In 2007, they moved to moist Eureka, where their garden has been a changing canvas with new lessons and rewards each season. Randi will show the highlights of gardening with California natives. Attend at Six Rivers Masonic … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Adventures in California Native Plant Gardening

Wednesday, April 9, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Riparian meadows occur in low-gradient floodplains. Over 150 years of human-caused degradation has resulted in lowered groundwater—diminishing the value of meadows for water storage, baseflow, sediment capture, wildfire resistance, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage. Karen Pope (U.S. Forest Service) will tell us about a … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Restoring Mountain Meadows to Improve Forest Wildfire and Climate Resilience

Wednesday, March 12, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Land managers spend over $50 million annually seeding degraded drylands, yet less than 10% of these efforts are successful. What if native seeds are already present on site, hiding beneath the soil surface? Dr. Kerry Byrne has found that, although the aboveground vegetation may be degraded, the seed banks of the sagebrush steppe are often … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Beneath our feet: using the soil seed bank for restoration