Natural History Wanderings

California Native Plant Society Chapters:

Bristlecone (Mono, Inyo and NE Kern counties) http://bristleconecnps.org/index.php
September 22, Wednesday, 7pm – CNPS General Chapter Meeting and Presentation: Walk The Sky: Following the John Muir Trail, with author John Dittli
September 25, Saturday – CNPS Annual Native Plant Sale – Bishop

East Bay CNPS  http://www.ebcnps.org/
Wednesday, September 22, 7:30 pm, Orinda Public Library Garden Room
Speaker: Pete Veilleux, landscape designer, photographer, and nurseryman with a passion for native plants  Topic: Experimenting with native plants in the landscape: If you aren’t killing any plants, you aren’t challenging yourself enough!

El Dorado (Sierra foothills around Placerville) http://www.eldoradocnps.org/chapterPages/home.html
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7:00 pm 7pm at the Placerville Library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville.

Marin CNPS http://www.marin.edu/cnps/
September 4 Field Trip Abbotts’ Lagoon, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
September 18, 6-9:30 Potluck dinner and member slide show
September 25 Field Trip Autumn on the Rift Trail,Pt. Reyes National Seashore

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Monterey http://www.montereybaycnps.org/
Thursday September 16 7:00pm -9:00pm Monthly meeting at Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.  Speaker is Mike Evans, founder of Tree of Life Nursery

Napa Valley http://www.napavalleycnps.org/
Wednesday, September 22 6:30 to 8:30 PM Gardening for Wildlife by Phi Van Soelen
Sunday, September 26 Martha Walker Garden  25th Anniversary Celebration!

North Coast (Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville area)  http://northcoastcnps.org/
September 8, 2010 (Wednesday). – “Life in Our Saltmarshes, with and without Cordgrass (Sparina Densiflora)”, evening program, Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road near 7th and Union. Refreshments at 7 p.m. with program starting at 7:30 p.m.
September 11, 2010 (Saturday), 10 a.m.-12 noon. – Conifers of the World, plant walk with Dr. Dennis Walker.
September 12, 2010 (Sunday). – Lake Earl Wetlands exploration

Redbud (Placer and Nevada Counties) http://www.redbud-cnps.org/
September 11  Saturday Wildflowers in the Fall. meet at 9AM at the Rood Center or 10:15 at the junction of Highway 89 between Truckee and Tahoe City, and the unnamed road into Pole Creek
Saturday September 18 9:30 Fall Plant Sale

Sacramento Valley http://www.sacvalleycnps.org/
September 8, 2010, 7PM Chapter meeting Native Plants in Gardens Roundtable at Shepard Garden and Arts Center, McKinley Park, 3330 McKinley Blvd  (eastern extension of E street)
Saturday and Sunday September 25-26 10AM-2PM  Fall Plant Sale

Santa Clara Valley http://www.cnps-scv.org/
Wednesday, September 1 Native Plants for Containers, a talk by Pete Veilleux 7:00 pm–8:30 pm at Millbrae Library
Thursday, September 2 Saving Water in the Garden, a talk by Deva Luna 7:00 pm–8:30 pm at Los Altos Youth Center
Friday, September 17 What’s the Difference Between a Garden and a Plant Collection? a talk by Paul Licht, Director, UC Berkeley Botanic Garden 7:30 pm–9:30 pm at Los Altos Library

Santa Cruz http://www.cruzcnps.org/
Monday Sept 13 7:30 pm Program Mark G. Hylkema
Santa Cruz District Archaeologist, California State Parks

Shasta (Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and part of Trinity and Tehama counties) http://www.shastacnps.org/
Sep 16 Thursday Chapter Meeting Greg Suba, Conservation Director for CNPS.

Yerba Buena CNPS (San Francisco/Northern San Mateo) http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/
Thursday September 2 7:30 PM Program: Bristlecone Pines of the White Mountains: Long-Lived and Long-Dead Charismatic Megaflora Speaker: Adelia Barber. Location: Recreation Room, Francisco County Fair Building

If you are interested in information on other chapters go to:http://www.cnps.org/cnps/chapters/