Home & Garden
Garden tour by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants
The fifth annual garden tour organized by the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants provides a chance to explore nearly 40 private L.A.-area landscapes composed of at least 50% native plants.
Gardens will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; the $20 fee includes both days.
Information: (818) 768-1802, www.theodorepayne.org
A la carte: Class to teach cooking with native plants
Saturday, April 19
Lucie Stern Community Center at 1305 Middlefield Rd # 1, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Talk about eating locally.
How about crab cakes with rose hips and nettle? Or a miner's lettuce and wild chicory salad with a vinaigrette of lemon juice and agave nectar? It's hard to find ingredients more local than the California native plants that will be the focus of a new series of cooking classes that begin Saturday, April 19, at Palo Alto Art Center.
Meet the Designer: Alrie Middlebrook, of Middlebrook Gardens
Saturday, May 3, 2008; 10:00 – 3:00
Palo Alto gardens
Fee: $30.
This tour will be lead by Alrie Middlebrook, of Middlebrook Gardens, who designed and oversaw the installation of the gardens. All of the gardens are within one block of each other.
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Designing with Natives How to put your Humboldt garden back in ...
On Wednesday, March 12, native plant designer Alrie Middlebrook will give a talk on designing native gardens.
She runs a native plant design business in San Jose called Middlebrook Gardens, and she's the founder of the California Native Garden Foundation ...
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Arts & Entertainment
Sierra College Botanical Society presents seminar on native gardens.
The Sierra College Botanical Society opens its spring semester lecture series at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 with "Designing, Building and Managing a Native Garden," a lecture to introduce the do-it-yourself home gardener to creating a sustainable, low-maintenance and water-conserving garden.
Information: (916) 789-2703, www.lincolnnewsmessenger.com
Serving the communities of Roseville and Rocklin California
The Sierra College Botanical Society opens its spring semester lecture series on Thursday evening, February 14 at 7 PM with “Designing, Building and Managing a Native Garden” a lecture to introduce you, the do-it-yourself home gardener, to creating a sustainable, low-maintenance, and water conserving garden around your home.
This presentation will be held on the Rocklin Campus in Sewell Hall Room 111. Admission is a $5 donation at the door.
Home & Garden Digest
Designing Native Gardens
The University of California, Santa Cruz, Arboretum is offering the program "Designing California Native Gardens" at 7:30 p.m. March 10.
The program is with author Alrie Middlebrook, co-author with Glenn Keator of a new book by the same name. A pot luck begins at 6:30 p.m.
Information: (831)459-3240, arboretum.ucsc.edu
Arlie Middlebrook discusses "Designing California Native Gardens,"
Borders Books & Music, 11160 Rancho Carmel Drive, San Diego, 7 p.m. (858) 618-1814.
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Home briefs
The California Native Plant Society hosts a California native plant sale, book signing and presentation at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Casa del Prado, Room 101, Balboa Park, San Diego. Plant sale begins at 6:30 p.m. with plants from local native plant nurseries, including Tree of Life and Las Pilitas. Alrie Middlebrook, author of "Designing California Native Gardens: the Plant Community Approach to Artful Ecological Gardens," will discuss California native garden design and sign her book. Free. Visit www.cnpssd.org or e-mail info@cnpssd.org
