A video presentation will be shown titled “Gardening in Fire Landscapes”, based on a book by botanists Adrienne Edwards and Rachel Schleiger.
Event Types: Meetings
Murderous Plants—Botanical Predators that Hunt on Our Planet presented by Dr. Barry Rice
We invite you to join Dr. Barry Rice and his presentation on Murderous Plants—Botanical Predators that Hunt on Our Planet
Preparing for Wildfire: Creating Defensible Space
Join Kit Veerkamp to learn how to make your home more fire-resilient to wildfire and meet State and County laws and regulations. You will learn the key concepts for hardening your home and other structures, and how to create defensible space around them with a focus on using native plants. Learn about the priorities for […]
Wildland Seed Collecting
Ed Kleiner, founder of Comstock Seed (https://www.comstockseed.com/), which collects native plant seed, will talk about wildland seed collecting. He has been working in El Dorado County since last year and is now working in the Georgetown to Union Valley area. Topics he will cover include importance and increased use of local seed to preserve local […]
Pollinators in Gardens Large and Small
Whether someone has a large or small garden, everyone can benefit from learning to create home landscapes that support bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. At the March 25 general meeting of the El Dorado County chapter of the California Native Plant Society members will watch a video by famed ecologist and educator Doug Tallamy, PhD […]
Noxious Weeds on Pine Hill Preserve – An Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Presented by Elridge Landon Pine Hill Preserve is a cooperative conservation effort between 10 different agencies protecting areas in western El Dorado County that host the rare plants of the gabbro soils of the Rescue series. The Preserve was created to protect the 5 plants with federal protections (4 federally endangered and 1 federally threatened), […]
Oaks of El Dorado County
Local arborist John Kipping will speak on the oaks of El Dorado County via Zoom. From 7 PM to 8:30 PM. This is our regular monthly program, but occurs a week earlier to avoid the Thanksgiving holiday week. Check here or in our next newsletter for registration information.
Oaks of California – A Hands on Workshop
Oaks of California, a hands-on workshop to get to know these crucial anchors of our ecosystems Curious about our local oaks and California oaks in general? Did you know that more kinds of oaks in California grow as shrubs rather than trees? That many habitats in California have oaks, including some desert plant communities? […]
The Effects of Climate Change on Oaks
Attendees will listen to a recorded presentation by expert David Muffly and will then be able to ask him questions and discuss what they have heard. David Muffly, lifelong studier of oaks, will present on the effect of climate change on oaks, and the different oak species he has researched as possibilities for planting to […]
Pine Hill: A Biodiversity Hotpot
Presented by Deb Ayres and Sue Britting. See our current newsletter for further details. https://eldoradocnps.org/news-events/newsletter/