Writings of a Wanderer: Chico Creek Nature Center Offers New Nature Lab for Kids

The Chico Creek Nature Center is more than a gateway to Bidwell Park. It’s a place where wild animals and their strange yet familiar homes can be experienced. It’s a place where children and their questions are encouraged. Brushing up…

35 years old - Evergreen & Growing Strong: Pacific Horticulture

Age in a garden is a wonderful thing – worthy of celebrating. Age in a gardening publication in my mind is to be celebrated equally because it is through gardening publications that the ephemera of gardens and gardeners live on…

Jan. 24: 6-Week Organic Gardening Classes in Chico

What: 6-Week Organic Gardening Classes

When: Jan. 24 to Feb. 28, 2010

Where: Chico Grange

Cost: $60 pre-registration, $15 at the door

Join David Grau and Chico area Farmers and Gardeners for this exciting six-week series starting Sunday.

For more information contact:

David Grau or Hazel Van Evera
Chico Organic Gardening
hazel@valleyoaktool.com
530…

Jan. 22: Roe v. Wade Anniversary - WHS Open House

What: Roe v. Wade Anniversary - WHS Open House

When: Jan. 22, 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Where: Women’s Health Specialists, 1901 Victor Ave., Redding

Join us at our Open Houses and mark the historic 1973 Supreme Court ruling that gave women the legal right to choose…

Jan. 27: 6th Annual Cultural and Heritage Tourism Symposium

What: 6th Annual Cultural and Heritage Tourism Symposium

When: Jan. 27-29

Where: Chico, CA

Cost: $119, register here.

The California Cultural and Heritage Tourism Corps brings together many perspectives - arts, language, museums, heritage, crafts, public lands, architecture, design, film and broadcasting, agriculture, as well as economic development…

Writings of a Wanderer: Walking (and Eating) in the City of Sin

The atmosphere in Las Vegas creates a feeling that anything can happen, whether you’re ready or not.

Despite my initial reservations about going to Vegas on a holiday weekend, I still had the time of my life. And if I ate…

Simplicity: January in the Garden & The Monthly Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

What is January without resolutions? Getting to the far side of the holidays in and out of the garden often leaves me feeling overwhelmed, overdone and over the top. Perhaps this is why so many of my resolutions are variations…

Queen of Winter Flowers: Camellias in the Garden with Jerry Mendon

Camellias - also known as the Queen of Winter Flowers because almost all varieties of the genus bloom from late fall through late spring - are for many gardeners synonymous with history, beauty and refinement. These flowering evergreen shrubs or…

Terra Madre Day Celebrates Food, Ranchers & Farmers

What: Terra Madre Day at Llano Seco Rancho Chico, Ca.

When: Dec 10

Free ranch tours scheduled at 1 and 4 p.m.
Appetizers - 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Dinner and Dessert - 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Where: Llano Seco Rancho Chico, Ca.

Cost: Meal Tickets are $22
Slow Food International has…

Branching Out: In a North State Garden Is Growing!

Northstate Public Radio - KFPR 88.9 FM Redding, CA and KCHO 91.7 FM Chico, CA is in the midst of their Fall 2009 Membership Drive and the theme of the drive is: Branching Out! During the drive, regular programming is replaced…