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Spring 2018 Native Plant Extravaganza

• Please join us at the Native Plant Extravaganza*, which will take place on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, 2018, from 10:00-5:00.

A portion of the proceeds from this event go to support
the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour

Take advantage of this opportunity to shop for unique or hard-to-find native plants that are not normally available in most nurseries.

This shopping extravaganza will offer native plant fans a good selection of native plants and provide a more relaxed and less crowded shopping experience than one normally finds at native plant sales. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to help shoppers select the right plants for their gardens. You do not have to register in order to shop at these nurseries. Directions to nurseries can be found below, or use Google maps. (Note that Google and Yahoo directions are not correct for Annie’s Annuals and Perennials; use the directions below.)

For information on how to successfully plant natives, please see Yerba Buena Nursery’s excellent Transplant Guide.

Nurseries selling native plants on Sunday May 6, and gardens where native plants can be purchased on Sunday, May 6 from 10:00–5:00

Talks in the Nursery:

• Alameda – East Bay Wilds will sell garden art and native plants, including many varieties of the manzanitas, California lilacs, buckwheats, and sages featured in the talk,
  2:00 “Great manzanitas, California lilacs, and buckwheats for your garden” by Pete Veilleux at Natalie and Armand’s garden.

   

• Alameda – Ploughshares Nursery will sell native plants at 2701 Main St., Alameda.

  12:00-1:00 “12:00 – 1:00 “Choosing natives that benefit pollinators”” by Jeff Bridge

  Ploughshares Nursery Manager Jeff Bridge will discuss which native plants best serve our native bees, hummingbirds and butterflies and why choosing natives to feed pollinator populations is better than choosing non-natives.

• Berkeley – Oaktown Native Plant Nursery,  702 Channing Way, Berkeley (at Channing and Fourth Street, across from Vik’s Chaat Corner). Oaktown’s native plant list is here.

   

• Concord – Markham Nature Park and Arboreteum will sell native plants at 1202 La Vista Avenue, Concord. Come early for the best selection of native ornamental grasses, trees, shrubs, and perennials. The Arboretum has plants to satisfy the beginning gardener, as well as unusual plants to delight the plant collector. Proceeds of this plant sale support Markham Nature Park and Arboretum.
• Lafayette – Wild Jules Crafted Seed Balls will sell a variety of wildflower and grass seeds at the home of Martha and Kerwin Lee.
• Livermore – Core Conservation Growers will sell native plants at the home of Heather and Ryan Day.
• Richmond – Annie’s Annuals and Perennials, 740 Market Ave. Richmond, (510) 215-1671  Please use these directions; internet mapping sites will give you wrong directions. Coming from the south, take I-80 east toward Sacramento. Exit at San Pablo Dam Rd. (two exits past San Pablo Ave.) and make a left at the light. Turn right at the 3rd light onto San Pablo Ave. Turn left at Church Lane, which turns into Market Ave. Go approximately 1.5 miles (through 2 lights – 23rd St. and Rumrill) and over 2 railroad tracks. “Annie’s” is on the left a few feet past the second set of tracks, where you will see the “Annie’s” sign and large green fence. You will not see an address.
• Richmond -The Watershed Nursery, 601 A Canal Blvd. Richmond, (510) 234-2222
  Offering hundreds of species of California native plants; located in Point Richmond.  You can see the list of available plants at the Watershed Nursery here.

   

  11:00-12:00 “Choosing the Best California Native Plants for Attracting Butterflies to your Garden” by Laura Hanson

  Learn which California native plants will bring butterflies to your garden. Imagine sitting in your garden in the summer time with a flurry of butterflies and other pollinators aflutter. Laura Hanson, co-owner of The Watershed Nursery will help you bring that dream to fruition. She will focus on the species that draw the greatest abundance and diversity of pretty pollinators. Samples of these plants will be shown either in containers or in Nursery’s garden. She will also weave into the talk information on the greater ecology of plants and their pollinators.

• San Lorenzo – San Lorenzo High School students will sell native plants and a variety of edibles at 50 E. Lewelling Blvd. in San Lorenzo.

  11:00–4:00 (running continuously) “How to replace your lawn with natives the cheap and easy way, and get paid for it, too!—includes handouts” by San Lorenzo High students, Steve Wiley, Sandra Nevala-Lee of Green Thumb Works, and a representative from EBMUD

  12:00 “How to attract bees and butterflies to your garden with native plants” by Sharon Horgan

  1:00 “Ten native plants needed to create a Native American school garden and curriculum—includes handouts” by Steve Wiley

  More than sixty species of native plants, including monkeyflowers, flowering currants, yerba buena, native grape, St. Catherine’s lace, several types of manzanita, ferns, and fuchsia will be available in exchange for donations. Ask the volunteers to help you select plants that will do well in your garden! The plant list is here. Cash and checks only.

• San Ramon – Wild Jules Crafted Seed Balls will sell a variety of wildflower and grass seeds. The seeds will be sold in the courtyard in front of Lorraine Kalich and Melissa Bandler’s gardens, at 15 Cherokee Ct., San Ramon.