| EBCNPS Mission |
The California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of more than 10,000 laypersons, professional botanists, and academics organized into 32 chapters throughout California. The Society’s mission is to increase the understanding and appreciation of California's native plants and to preserve them in their natural habitat through scientific activities, education, and conservation.
The East Bay Chapter represents over 10% of the Society’s membership. It carries the Society’s mission to the East Bay counties of Alameda and Contra Costa.
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Plant Fair Catalogs
Alphabetical catalog in Excel format
Alphabetical catalog in PDF format
Catalog by origin of plant stock in Excel format
Catalog by origin of plant stock in PDF format
Bulb catalog
Bulb planting and care instructions
Catalog of special plants in Excel format
Catalog of special plants in PDF format
The special plants, mostly iris and ferns, are for sale but not ready for planting.
Nifty wooden birdhouses will be for sale at the Plant Fair.
Click here to download a pdf of the instructions for setting up the birdhouses.
| 2010 Plant Fair Fun |
Plant Fair
Pictures of the first day of the annual East Bay Chapter California Native Plant Society Plant Fair, October 1, 2011. Photos by Joe Willingham.
Pictures of the October 1-2 2011 Native Plant Fair by Elaine Jackon
Hats decorated with locally native plant material provided rare and unusual fall fashion . Photos and photo arrangement by Delia Taylor.
Pete Veilleux won the container plant competition with an Arctostaphylos ‘Greenleaf’. Photo by Delia Taylor.
The weather cooperated in making October 1 and 2 lovely days to be at Native Here Nursery. In addition to the sixteen 2011 Plant Fair Committee members, 62 chapter members volunteered during and right after the Fair, members of Kappa Alpha Order from UC Berkeley helped with traffic control, and students from San Lorenzo High School helped on Saturday morning. Nita Stull and Liz Shedd kept all volunteers well fed at the volunteer refreshment area. Volunteers were especially happy to enjoy the pizza donated by Little Star Pizza in Albany.
Plant Fair-goers were treated to talks by two authors: artist, natural science illustrator and naturalist Laura Cunningham spoke about the landscape of the Bay Area and California thousands of years ago, and illustrated her descriptions with some of the beautiful paintings from her book, A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California, which was sold at the fair. Local historian, storyteller and building contractor Richard Schwartz told stories about the forest of monumental old-growth redwood trees that once grew in the Oakland hills and provided graphic evidence of their massive size by marking the outline of a 33.5 foot diameter tree on the ground. Richard’s books on local history—Berkeley 1900: Daily Life at the Turn of the Century; Eccentrics, Heroes, and Cutthroats of Old Berkeley; and Earthquake Exodus, 1906: Berkeley Responds to the San Francisco Refugees—were available at the fair.
Seedy Friends, a volunteer group with the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, had a booth selling seeds to fairgoers on both Saturday and Sunday.
Heidi Rand, GardenDelightsArts.com, and Dianne Lake, Lake & Lake Photography, returned to the Fair with wonderful photographs and gift items both Saturday and Sunday. Cinda MacKinnon sold plant photography based items on Saturday. The vendors really contribute to the festive atmosphere of the Fair.
Janice Bray demonstrated how to use the CD East Bay Native Plants which she had revised with many new pages and improved search by both newly assigned and familiar names.
Posters from our Restoration Team and other related restoration efforts appeared in time for the Fair and were on display throughout both days.
The hat decorating and container plant contests arranged by Delia Taylor added greatly to the festive nature of the Fair.
Thanks to everyone who helped, who shopped, and made the Fair the “annual gathering of the EB-CNPS membership” this fall.
Charli Danielsen and Sue Rosenthal