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California Native Plant Society
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October 2022 Newsletter
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 Marin Chapter Meeting
"Garden Allies: The Insects, Birds, and Other Animals that Keep Your Garden Beautiful and Thriving"
Monday, October 10 @ 7:30 pm
Guest Speaker: Frédérique Lavoipierre
The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side—they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. These creatures are the key to keeping our garden’s ecology in balance. Frédérique (gardener, author, educator) will show us how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into our gardens.
Register for this Zoom meeting here.
Read more. . .
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 Marin Chapter Field Trips
Field Trip Guidelines:
- Email Susan Schlosser at scschlosser52@gmail.com to sign up for a field trip, as we are limiting participants to 20.
- Electronically sign the CNPS Liability waiver for the trip (Susan will provide the link.)
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San Bruno Mountain: Ericaceae on Kamchatka Point and Other Things
 Saturday, October 15, 2022 - 10 am to 1 pm
Leader: Doug Allshouse, Yerba Buena Chapter
The Heather family is well represented on San Bruno Mountain with twelve taxa, and five are endemics. Kamchatka Point—rumored to be the Mountain’s coldest, windiest place— is a greywacke outcrop near the summit with a northern exposure and a great view of Mt. Tamalpais. It is home to four members in two genera, Arctostaphylos and Vaccinium, and three are endemic. Join Doug for about a 2 mile hike along the Summit Trail up the ridge of Cable Ravine to Kamchatka Point.
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 Ready, Set, Plant!
Purchase some native plants at Marin Chapter's 5-day online plant sale this fall. We make an effort to focus on shrubs in the fall as this is the best time of year to get them in the ground. We hope there will be lots of winter rain to help them put down deep root systems to see them through our dry summers.
- Order online: October 6, 6 pm through October 10, 6 pm
- Order pickup: Saturday October 15 from 10:30 am to 1 pm, Bon Air Shopping Center, Greenbrae
Check here for a live link to the sale at 6 pm on October 6th.
During the sale, check out the New-Member Discount for Plant Sale Customers.
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Concerns About Milkweed and Monarch Butterflies
By Laura Lovett, Gardening with Natives Committee Chair
Marin Chapter CNPS
As recently as the 1980s, millions of monarch butterflies overwintered at sites along the California coast, including in Marin. In recent years, citizen scientists have documented a plummeting population, now less than 3% of its historic size. Monarchs have been stressed by habitat degradation, loss of larval host plants, and the use of pesticides. All these factors have also contributed to potential loss of many different beneficial insects important to the food chain, but the Western Monarch, with its bright orange and black coloring, is particularly noticeable in its absence.
For information on the importance of milkweed for monarch larvae, the recent prohibition of the sale of the tropical variety of milkweed, and other native plants you can plant to provide food for adult monarch butterflies, read more. . .
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 Field Trip Report:
Laguna Trail/Fire Lane Trail/Coast Camp/Santa Maria Beach/Coast Trail/Laguna Trailhead
By Susan Schlosser: Field Trip Co-Chair
A group of plant lovers hiked the Laguna Trail in the Point Reyes National Seashore on September 10. The route led from the trailhead just beyond the Point Reyes Hostel off to Coast Camp and the nearby beach. Participants observed wetlands, coastal scrub, and the beach on this field trip.
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 Native Gardening 101: Healthy Soils to Support Native Plants in Drought
Thursday, October 6 at 5:30 pm
Soil health is defined as the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans. Healthy soil gives us clean air and water, as well as healthy plants. Learn how healthy soil supports a healthy landscape especially during drought
Register today A video of the webinar will be available later at CNPS Naturehood Gardening YouTube channel.
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 2022 ONE TAM Summit: Peak Health
Is Mt. Tamalpais at "peak health"? This question is central to One Tam's work, and to protecting the region's resources into the future. Following a kick-off summit in 2016, the 2022 One Tam Summit: Peak Health will explore how One Tam partners are evaluating Mt. Tam's natural resources and where Peak Health is headed. A series of Summit events are planned, including "Sneak Peek into Peak Health" October 26, 2022.
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Register here.
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 First Marin Creeks Symposium
Lessons Learned from People with Boots on the Ground
Saturday, October 29, 2022 10 am to 4 pm
College of Marin, Kentfield Campus
This is a working session for agencies, groups, and individuals who are actively studying, managing, and restoring Marin's creeks. Please join us for a day of information gathering and sharing, as well as networking. Our hope is that we can learn from each other and contribute relevant solutions amongst practitioners. There will be an area available to share posters and resource information.
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 "California’s Native Plants and Urban Forests”
Matt Ritter, botany professor at Cal Poly SLO, will give an engaging botanical tour of California, with natural and cultural history stories of our most iconic plants. This lecture is part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County.
October 19, 6 to 9 pm at the the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa.
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 Marin Water Continues Watershed Recreation Planning
Community Workshop #4 on Recreation Facilities and Visitor Management is October 12 5 - 7 pm via Zoom. Attend and speak up for the plants.
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Take Marin Water's Mt. Tam Watershed Visitor Survey. |
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