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Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Volunteer at Mother Nature's Backyard
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Volunteer at Mother Nature's Backyard. We'd like to keep the garden open as much as possible. If you enjoy plants - and would like to volunteer for a few hours a month - we may have a place for you as a Garden Docent. Gardening experience (particularly with native plants) helpful but not necessary. For more information or to volunteer, please contact us at mothernaturesbackyard10@gmail.com. Monthly Volunteer Days (ages 12 and older, please). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Visiting the Garden: Directions, etc.
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Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Insect Visitors (Recent)
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What a cute face! Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (. Nectaring on Western Yarrow (. Loves the Red Buckwheat. Gray Bird Grasshopper (. On the mulch - 8-2-12. Sp) is a good wasp mimic. Nectaring on. Busily nectaring on Western Yarrow. Nectaring on Western Yarrow. Nectaring on Western Yarrow. Green Fruit Beetles (. Are very active now, running. Into things and people - 7/14/12. Green Fruit Beetle (. Looks almost black in some. Light Here nectaring on Black Sage (. Spp) nectaring on Red Buckwheat. There was an error...
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Sitting Knitting: Native Plant Society Meeting
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Native Plant Society Meeting. Seaside Daisy, Erigeron. I went to the meeting of the. South Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. On Monday evening. It was held at the. South Coast Botanical Garden. The meeting was all about the upcoming native plant sale which will take place on October 2 nd. Were on hand with sample cuttings to tell us about the natives that would grow well in our area. The aroma in the room was wonderful! Red Flowering Currant, Ribes.
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Native Plants at CSU Dominguez Hills: Celebrate National Pollinator Week (June 15-21, 2015)
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Thursday, June 11, 2015. Celebrate National Pollinator Week (June 15-21, 2015). National Pollinator Week (the 3. Week in June each year) celebrates the importance of pollinators for all. Life on earth. Eighty percent of food crops, as well as many ornamental plants, require insect pollinators. Life without living pollinators would be very different, indeed. Here are some things you can do to celebrate National Pollinator Week:. Learn more about the key role of pollinators. View my complete profile. Calen...
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Native Plants at CSU Dominguez Hills: Plants Available - November 2016 Plant Sale
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Plants Available - November 2016 Plant Sale. Plant sale will be held. At the CSUDH Native Plant Greenhouse (S. of NSM Building) on Friday, November 18th (11:00 am-4:30 pm) and Saturday, November 19th (1:00-4:00 pm). See our November posting for more. To learn more about a plant, click on the link. Plant List –. CSUDH Native Plant Greenhouse – November 18-19, 2016. CSUDH-Project SOUND Propagation Lab. New offerings in green. 1 gallon shrubs/trees and woody vines - $8.00 - $10.00. Rain gardens, swales.
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Education & Research: Resources & Links | Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
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Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (Southern California). Restoration and Land Stewardship. Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. White Point Preserve and Education Center. Linden H. Chandler Preserve. George F Canyon Preserve and Nature Center. Defense Fuel Support Point and Nursery. Restoration and Land Stewardship. Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. White Point Preserve and Education Center. Linden H. Chandler Preserve. George F Canyon Preserve and Nature Center. Defense Fuel Support Point and Nursery. Where ...
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Southern California Botanists
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Field Trips and Events. No field trips at this time, check back soon. Links to other sites with Botanical Field Trips. CNPS Channel Islands Chapter Activities. CNPS Los Angeles-Santa Monica Mountains Chapter. CNPS Orange County Chapter Field Trips. CNPS Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter. CNPS San Diego Chapter. CNPS San Gabriel Mountains Chapter. CNPS South Coast Chapter. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Classes and Events.
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Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Current Photos of Mother Nature's Backyard
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Current Photos of Mother Nature's Backyard. The calendar may still say August, but the garden looks like fall. The plants progress quickly through the seasons in times of drought. The buckwheats are spectacular - wonderful to have the garden maturing! Still many butterflies, other native pollinators and dragonflies. Come visit the garden to see just how pretty a fall garden can be. These pictures are from 8/28/16. Just enough green to keep the fall garden interesting. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Friends ...
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Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Plant of the Month (August) : Telegraph plant – Heterotheca grandiflora
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Plant of the Month (August) : Telegraph plant – Heterotheca grandiflora. Tall upright plant in foreground. Early August and it’s full-on summer in the garden. Most of our annual wildflowers are long gone. But several local sunflowers add their cheery notes from now into fall. One of these is the Telegraph plant, Heterotheca grandiflora. Telegraph plant is an annual or short-lived perennial native to Southern California and Northern Mexico. The term ‘weed’ refers to ...It may re...
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Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Native Plants for Butterfly Gardens
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Native Plants for Butterfly Gardens. Plants for adult butterflies:. Http:/ www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/south-bay-native-plants-for-butterfly-nectar-111. Plants for caterpillars (larval food):. Http:/ www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/south-bay-native-plants-for-butterfly-larva-111. South Bay Butterflies and Their Food Sources:. Http:/ www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/south-bay-butterflies-and-their-native-food-plants-111. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Current Photos of Mother Nature's Backyard. Out of the Wilds' talks.
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