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Pollinators Need More Habitat: Create Some in Your Garden

The bad news: pollinators are in decline, and among the many reasons for their decreasing numbers, one of the most significant is habitat loss. The good news: as gardeners we can create habitat for pollinators in our own gardens and in our communities by planting pollinator-friendly plants and treating our gardens as ecosystems where living things are interconnected.    Photo ©Robin Mitchell 
 

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Helping Preserve Jenner Headlands Preserve

On a Saturday in mid-February, an enthusiastic Greens at Work volunteer team joined Jenner Headlands Preserve staff members to remove forests of French broom from the banks of Russian Gulch Creek. In addition to feeling the satisfaction that comes with freeing natural landscapes from the clutches of invasive plants, the volunteers enjoyed the quiet beauty of this spectacular Sonoma Coast preserve and its richness of California native trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and wildflowers.   Photo ©Tom Kelly

 

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2022: A Great Year for Rare and Unusual Plants

Last year was another banner year for rare and unusual plants in the East Bay in spite of the shortened blooming period. Volunteers monitored many of our known statewide rare and locally rare (unusual) plant populations in our two counties. They found new populations and even new species that were not previously known to occur in the East Bay. Learn about their discoveries and how you can join the effort to monitor rare and unusual plants with our CNPS East Bay Chapter.    Photo ©Dianne Lake

 

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Upcoming Events:

June 3, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Garber Park Stewards Restoration (Oakland) (Restoration Project)
June 3, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Hands-on Lawn-to-Garden Workshop (Public Event)
June 10, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Greywater Laundry-to-Landscape Installation Workshop (Public Event)
June 17, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Garber Park Stewards Restoration (Oakland) (Restoration Project)
June 18, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland) (Restoration Project)
June 24, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Albany Hill Restoration Project (Albany) (Restoration Project)
July 16, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland) (Restoration Project)
July 29, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Albany Hill Restoration Project (Albany) (Restoration Project)
August 20, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland) (Restoration Project)
August 26, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Albany Hill Restoration Project (Albany) (Restoration Project)
Blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus). Photo by Elsa de Becker.
Curled inflorescence of large-flowered fiddleneck. Photo by John Rusk (CC BY 2.0).
Flower of Wyethia helenioides, Seaview Trail, Tilden Regional Park, March. Photo courtesy of total-plant.org.
Western leatherwood (Dirca occidentalis)Western leatherwood (Dirca occidentalis).

The mission of the East Bay chapter of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is to conserve California native plants and their natural habitats, and increase understanding, appreciation, and horticultural use of native plants.

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