Natural History Wanderings

California Native Plant Society Chapters:

If you are interested in information on other chapters go to:http://www.cnps.org/cnps/chapters/ If you are interested in more information on any of the programs below go to the chapter website.

As you may have noticed there are many plant sales listed this month.  This is the ideal time to buy plants.  The beginning of the rainy season is the best time to plant as this gives the new plants a several months of regular (hopefully)  rain to help them get started.

Bristlecone (Mono, Inyo and NE Kern counties) http://bristleconecnps.org/index.php
October 6, Wednesday, 7 pm – Creosote Ring subchapter program: CNPS Rare Plant Treasure Hunt presented by Amber Swanson, Botanist and CNPS Program Coordinator. Meet at the Maturango Museum, 100 W. Las Flores, Ridgecrest.

East Bay http://www.ebcnps.org/
Saturday Oct 16 10AM to 3PM and Sunday Oct. 17  12-3PM Native Plant Sale at Native Here Nursery 101 Golf Course Drive- Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA (across from Tilden Golf Course)

El Dorado (Sierra foothills around Placerville)  http://www.eldoradocnps.org/chapterPages/home.html
Saturday, October 9, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Plant Sale at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, in the Corker Building The fairgrounds are located at 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA.

Marin http://www.marin.edu/cnps/
Monday, October 11, 2010  7:30 “Winged Visitors in Your Garden Sanctuary” speaker Charlotte Torgovitsky

Mile Baker (Sonoma County) http://www.cnpsmb.org/

Monterey http://www.montereybaycnps.org/
October 2, 2010 10AM-1PM Annual Plant Sale Held at Carmel Middle School Hilton Bialek Habitat.
October 14 at 7:00p -9:00p Monthly Meeting at Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.

Napa Valley http://www.napavalleycnps.org/
Saturday and Sunday October 2 & 3 10AM to 4PM Fall Plant Sale  at the CNPS Nursery at Skyline Park in Napa

North Coast (Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville area)  http://northcoastcnps.org/
October 9, 2010 (Saturday), noon – 5 p.m., appx. – Chapter picnic and book sale & auction, at the Ralphs’ on Arcata Bottom
October 13, 2010 (Wednesday). – 7PM  “Unexpected Delights: the People, Fruit Stands and Flora of Jamaica” – evening program, Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road near 7th and Union.

Redbud (Placer and Nevada Counties) http://www.redbud-cnps.org/
Saturday, October 16, 8:00 AM Mosses and Liverworts (Bryophytes) Leader: Carl Wishner Meet in Nevada City at the Rood Center, off Highway 49, in front of the main building,

Sacramento Valley http://www.sacvalleycnps.org/
Sunday October 10th, 9-Noon CNPS/Audubon Joint Outing. Check out the flora and fauna of Bobelaine in the early fall. The leisurely walk will begin at 9:00 am, but you are encouraged to meet at 8:35 for carpooling at the Bel Air shopping center on Arena Blvd.
Wed., Oct. 18 at the Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery Bulb Propagation with Robin Rietz at the Nursery.

Santa Clara Valley http://www.cnps-scv.org/
Friday, October 1, 2010 7:30 pm–9:30 pm Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, a talk by Mike Hamilton, Director at Los Altos Library
Thursday, October 7, 20107:00 pm–8:30 pm Aesthetic Pruning, a talk by Jocelyn Cohen at Milpitas Library
Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:00 am–3:00 pm CNPS Native Plant Sale at Hidden Villa Ranch Talk: Succeeding With Native Plants, by Stephanie Curtis 1:00 pm–2:00 pm at Hidden Villa Ranch
Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Gardening for Wildlife, a talk by Kevin Bryant at Campbell Library

Santa Cruz http://www.cruzcnps.org/

Sequoia (Madera and Fresno counties) http://www.cnps.org/cnps/chapters/pages/sequoia.php

Shasta (Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and part of Trinity and Tehama counties) http://www.shastacnps.org/
Oct 9 Saturday Field trip. Join member David Ledger for a fieldtrip to Mill Creek trail in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Meet in Redding at 9 AM at the back side of City Hall (Parkview Avenue side), 777 Cypress Avenue.
Oct 21 Thursday Chapter Meeting. Join us for an evening with long-time Shasta CNPS member Wayne Steffes and his great photographs of the natural resources, unique features, and wildflowers of the north state! new time and location: 7 PM at the Shasta College Health Science & University Programs building in downtown Redding, 1400 Market Street, Community Room 8220 (clock tower building at the north end of the Market Street Promenade; enter on south side of building)
Oct 30 Saturday Field trip. Shasta Divide hike. Meet in the south parking lot behind City Hall on Parkview Avenue at 9 AM.

Willis Lynn Jepson (Solano County) http://www.cnpsjepsonchapter.org/
Sat, Oct 2, 9-1pm Autumn Garden Workshop Benicia Comm. GardenSat,
Oct 16, 10-2 Native Plant Sale Benicia City Park Native Plant Sale

Yerba Buena (San Francisco/Northern San Mateo) http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/
Thursday, October 07, 2010 at 7:30pm Program: Invasive Plants: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly – And What is Being Done  Speaker: Bob Case, CNPS Invasive Exotics Chair  Location: Recreation Room, Francisco County Fair Building

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

If you are interested in more information on any of the above programs go to the chapter website.