Dichelostemma sp. In the edible garden, winter crops are finishing – spring crops are at their peak; summer crops are busting out of pots in greenhouses across the region – eager to get into the ground.
Happy spring Russian red kale seedlings from Redwood Seeds in Manton.
Perennials are poking up and leafing out – early bloomers are turning over the stage to the next in line.
Light through an opaque, young tomato leaf.
Take the time now to keep your weeds under control if you get to them before they flower, you won’t have to do it twice.
With Spring come her minions – aphids, wind and snakes included. Be patient – they will all subside into a more manageable balance soon.
Pacific tree frog Table Mountain, Oroville.
March 29 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society FIELD TRIP: CSU Chico Campus Tree Tours 10 am. Meet at Bidwell Mansion for a 1-1/2 hour walk to see and learn about the old trees around the mansion and on the adjacent campus. Off the 200+ woody plants in the arboretum, we will see almost 100 of the best on these 3 tours. Leader Wes 530-342-2293. For more information see website at mountlassen.cnps.org
March 29 – Chico: GRUB Education Program: Vegetable Rotation Design – enhancing year to year planning with Lee Altier 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Designing a plan to move your vegetables around your garden or fields from year to year can deter pests and enhance a plant’s use of nutrients. In this workshop at the Chico State Organic Vegetable Project we will discuss how to create a rotational pattern that optimizes plant productivity and soil health. Participants will work on planning and evaluating designs appropriate for their own gardens and fields. For more information contact: Sherri (GRUB Education) 530-342-3376 / sherri@grubchico.org
Castle Crags near Dunsmuir.
March 30 – Redding: Shasta Chapter CNPS Fieldtrip: Crystal Creek Vista Trail 9 am meet. This is an easy four-mile walk through riparian, black oak woodland, and chaparral on a trail above Clear Creek at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The changing face of the trail presents a diversity of plant species. Possible flowers blooming include Henderson’s shooting star, manzanita, pipevine, Pacific snakeroot, grand hound’s tongue, and snowdrop bush. Most of the walk is level; however, there is about a 400-foot elevation climb. A plant list will be provided. Meet in the south parking lot behind Redding City Hall on Parkview Avenue at 9 AM. No dogs, please. Rain cancels. For more information, call David Ledger at 355-8542. For more info: www.shastacnps.org
March 30 – Redding: McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Turtle Bay: Walk with Horticultural Manager Lisa Endicott 10:30 am. Bring your notebooks and camera! We’ll make our way through the Gardens with frequent stops for discussions about (what else?) plants! Free with Park or Garden admission. Meet at West Garden Entrance. Take N. Market Street, turn on Arboretum Drive. Take the right fork. Parking lot and entrance are on the left.
March 30 – Chico: CSU, Chico AS Sustainability Free Compost Demonstration 11 – 12 noon, free one hour workshop. Compost Display area, located behind Yolo Hall, past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. For more information contact AS Sustainability 530-898-6677 or as compost@csuchico.edu.
March 31 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society FIELD TRIP: Spotted Fawn Lilies and McNab Cypress in Magalia 9 am. Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot with lunch, water and hiking gear. We’ll hike down a rough trail 1-1/2 miles to the West Branch of the Feather River for lunch. On the serpentine slope are McNab cypress with carpets of yellow and white fawn lilies in one of the most spectacular spring flower displays in the are. Call leader Gerry for alternate meeting place, 530-893-5123. For more information see website at mountlassen.cnps.org
APRIL
April 1 – Chico: The Plant Barn Nursery & Gifts workshop: Designing with Succulents 2 – 4 pm. Learn the tricks of propagating succulents and creating art! Class materials fee is not yet set. For more info: http://theplantbarn.com/4.html
April 3 – Chico: Gateway Science Museum hosts Butte & Glenn County Master Gardeners for the 1st of 3 Sustainability Workshops on Considerations for Permeable Pathways and soil preparation for a Native Plant Pollinator and Phenology Garden 2:30 – 4:30 pm. Gateway Science Museum 625 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95929. Workshop #1 How and why to design and lay Permeable Pathways and soil preparation for native plants. Workshops is free in the gardens. Museum admission is $3 for children/students and $6 for adults. More information: www.gatewayscience.org.
April 3 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society Regular Monthly meeting and Program: California Prairies- wildflower and grassland ecology with Glenn Holstein 7:30 pm Butte County Library, Chico. “California Prairies, Wildflower and Grassland Ecology” by Dr. Glen Holstein, Consulting Botanist, Member of Sacramento Valley Chapter. For more information: http://mountlassen.cnps.org/
Spring color in the native garden.
April 6 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Spring Public Plant Sale 9 am – 1 pm. These sales are open to the public. Members save 10% off their purchases. Become a new member at the sales to receive 10% off your purchases AND an additional $10-off coupon! At this sale you’ll have access to the area’s largest selection of attractive, low-water, easy-care, region-appropriate plants including Arboretum All-Stars. All sales are held at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, Garrod Drive, UC Davis. Experienced gardeners will be on hand to help you choose the best plants for your garden design and conditions. The event is free; parking is free on the weekends and available in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 6 – Redding: McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Turtle Bay: Charlie Rabbit and His Friends 10:30 am. Join us the first Saturday of every month for an interactive program in the Gardens (or Greenhouse when it rains) for children, their siblings, parents and Grandparents. Join Charlie, our adorable jack rabbit puppet, in various gardening activities. Wear your favorite gardening clothes! Presented by Dennis and Sherrill Bambauer. Free with park admission! Meet at the Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Office (1135 Arboretum Drive next to Nursery Greenhouse)
April 6 – Redding: Wyntour Gardens 21st Anniversary Celebration Vendors, Demonstrations, Raffles and food! Wyntour Gardens, 8026 Airport Rd (1 mi. South of the Redding Airport, next to Kents Mkt). 530-365-2256/inform@wyntourgardens.com. www.wyntourgardens.com
April 6 – Chico: CSU, Chico AS Sustainability Free Compost Demonstration 11 – 12 noon, free one hour workshop. Compost Display area, located behind Yolo Hall, past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. For more information contact AS Sustainability 530-898-6677 or as compost@csuchico.edu.
April 8 – Paradise: Paradise Garden Club General Monthly Member Meeting & Program by Denise Kelly of the The Plant Barn “Inspirations for Container Gardens” 11:45 am. Program begins at 1 pm. GENERAL MEETING/POTLUCK. Bring a favorite dish to share and your own table service. General Membership Meeting follows program. Plant Sale, Benefit Drawing, Refreshments. Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway, Paradise. For more info: http://www.paradisegardenclub.org/calendar.html
April 10 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Walk with Ellen Noon, Gazebo, UC Davis Arboretum, UC Davis campus. Explore the west end gardens with the Arboretum’s Director of Horticulture, Ellen Zagory. Ellen is sought-after by garden clubs and master gardener groups across California for her extensive knowledge of Arboretum All-Stars, sustainable horticulture and gardening for pollinators and other wildlife. Free one-hour parking is available along Garrod Drive during the week. Visitor lot parking costs $7 per day midweek. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 10 – Sacramento: Sac Chapter of CNPS Monthly Meeting and Program “Species Risk from Climate Change: What are Our Options?” with Dr. Mark Schwartz, UC Davis 7 pm. Dr. Mark Schwartz, a professor in Environmental Science & Policy and the Director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis, will explore and challenge us about what we think we know about extinction risks to plants, how extinction risk is estimated, constraints on predicting extinction risks, and management alternatives given an assessment of risk. These management alternatives include controversial actions including both strategic neglect (triage) and assisted migration. Shepard Garden & Arts Center, McKinley Park 3330 McKinley Blvd (eastern extension of E Street), Sacramento, CA 95816. This talk is free and open to the public. Books, wildflower seeds, t-shirts, and annuals from the chapter’s Elderberry Farms Nursery are available for purchase. Refreshments provided.
Hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea).April 11 – 13 – Redding: Shasta College and CNPS (Native Plants) Spring Plant Sale 8 am – 5 pm Thurs & Fri, 8 am – 3 pm Saturday. held at the greenhouse/horticulture area of Shasta College. Annual flowers, vegetable seedlings, herbs, perennials, houseplants, trees and shrubs will be featured. The plants were grown by horticulture students using sustainable methods. Proceeds support the horticulture program. Displays showcasing the plants are created by nursery management students. The event also features hardy, drought-tolerant native plants propagated by the Shasta chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Horticulture students, master gardeners and native plant experts will be on hand to answer gardening questions.
April 12 – Anderson: Anderson Valley Garden Club Monthly Meeting and Program 12 noon, public welcome. Anderson Valley Garden Club meets the 2nd friday of each month at the Anderson City Hall Community Room unless otherwise stated. Meeting begins at noon. For more information call Nancy: 530-365-2014.
April 12 & 13: Redding: McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Turtle Bay Spring Plant Sale Fri Night 5 pm – 8 pm MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW, Saturday 9 am – 2 pm. Spring into the gardening season at Turtle Bay’s Plant Nursery. We encourage visitors to bring a wagon to fill with our popular heirloom vegetables, drought-tolerant plants, California native plants, and hard-to-find perennials, shrubs, and trees. Everything is propagated and grown here in our Nursery and acclimated to Redding’s challenging climatic conditions. Get your garden going and have fun doing it at this unique spring fundraising event. Sale includes a discount for the public, and an even greater (than the everyday 20% off) discount for Turtle Bay members. For more information, go to www.turtlebay.org/nursery or call (530) 242-3178 or 242-3169. FRIDAY IS MEMBER NIGHT with music and wine. (Memberships available at the gate) FREE admission into the Gardens
April 12 & 13: Oroville: Butte College Horticulture Department Spring Plant Sale Friday April 12, from 9am-5pm, and Saturday, April 13, from 9am – 3pm. All plants are 30% off and selected items, 50% off. Early Bird Special on both days from 9am-10am for an additional 10% off your entire order! Mark your calendars!Butte College Nursery 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville – Off parking lot #4 More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/429669463792960/
April 13 – Mt. Shasta: Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens Workshop: STARTING SPRING VEGETABLES FROM SEED 10am – 12 pm. Free. Micah Dobush demonstrates organic biodynamic practices for growing spring vegetables. Please Bring Your Own Chair. Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens, 1234 Nixon Rd, Mt Shasta CA. For more information: 530-926-2565; http://springhillnurseryandgardens.com/Spring_Hill_Nursery_and_Gardens/Welcome.html.
April 13 – Durham: Hodges Nursery: Tomato fest 2013 10 am. Join us for all things Tomato! 9681 Midway Rd. Durham, CA just 4 miles south of Chico- Call for Directions- Phone 530-894-6598. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/shellysgiftshop
April 13 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society FIELD TRIP: State Park at Sutter Buttes – Peace Valley & Vicinity 8:30am. Meet 8:30 am at west lot Chico Park & Ride (Hwy 99 / 32) or 9:15 am at Arco Gas Station in Live Oak (Hwy 99 & Pennington Rd.). To sign up contact Woody Elliott by email (preferred): woodyelliott@gmail.com or phone: (530) 342-6053. For more information see website at mountlassen.cnps.org
April 13 – Chico: CSU, Chico AS Sustainability Free Compost Demonstration 11 – 12 noon, free one hour workshop. Compost Display area, located behind Yolo Hall, past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. For more information contact AS Sustainability 530-898-6677 or as compost@csuchico.edu.
April 13 – Chico: Gateway Science Museum hosts Butte & Glenn County Master Gardeners for the 2nd of 3 Sustainability Workshops on Planting Considerations for a Native Plant Pollinator and Phenology Garden 1 – 3 pm. Gateway Science Museum 625 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95929. Workshop #2 Focuses on Unique Features of Native Plants & Their Irrigation.Workshops is free in the gardens. Museum admission is $3 for children/students and $6 for adults. More information: www.gatewayscience.org.
Rock garden-happy native allium on Table Mountain, Oroville.
April 13 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Guided Tour: Ethnobotanical Plant Walk and Meditation 2 pm, Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum, UC Davis campus. Learn about traditional uses of California native plants from the Arboretum Ambassadors, and enjoy a guided meditation and tea brewed from native plants. Parking is available for free on weekends in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 14 – 21: California Native Plant Week
April 14 – Redding: Shasta Chapter CNPS Fieldtrip: Vernal Pool Venture 9 am meet. We’ll take a relatively short walk on a Millville Plains ranch featuring numerous vernal pools and swales. We’ll see dozens of plants less than four inches tall, including several uncommon plants such as Red Bluff dwarf rush, watershield, and possibly Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop. Plan to get your feet wet and muddy! A plant list will be provided. Meet at Redding City Hall’s south parking lot on Parkview Avenue at 9 AM. Bring water and a snack. No dogs, please. Heavy rain cancels. For more information, call Don Burk at 347-0849. For more info: www.shastacnps.org
April 14 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Guided Tour: Garden Ideas Galore 2pm, Arboretum Terrace Garden, next to Whole Foods in the Davis Commons Shopping Center, Downtown Davis. From containers to companion plants, get easy ideas for your home garden during this spring tour of the Arboretum’s Terrace Garden. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 14 & 15 – Yankee Hill: Spring Fever Nursery & Garden OPEN GARDEN Come walk the gardens, enjoy the spring. For more info: 5687 Wendy way, Yankee Hill, California 95965 (530) 534-1556
April 15 – Cottonwood: Cottonwood Garden Club regular monthly meeting 10 am – 12 noon. Potlucks follows meeting. For more information please call: 530-347-1281
April 17 – Fair Oaks: Fair Oaks Horticulture Center and Sacramento Master Gardeners GARDEN OPEN DAY 10 am – 1 pm. Master Gardeners offer their time-tested gardening tips. Watch grape thinning. See how our raised beds are prepared for summer vegetable planting. Learn about perennial plant propagation. For more information: http://ucanr.org/sites/sacmg/Fair_Oaks_Horticulture_Center/Workshop_Schedule/
April 18 – Redding: Shasta Chapter CNPS Regular monthly meeting & program Pete Figura, wildlife biologist will give us a presentation and an update on a new plant species found in the Trinity Alps: Antennaria, common name pussytoes, in the Asteraceae family 7 – 9 pm. Pete will talk about the plant’s location, characteristics, and ecology, and where it is in the process of being published. Pete has worked at the Redding office of CDFW for 14 years, and holds a Masters degree in Biology from Humboldt State University. Pete is also a member and past Board officer of Shasta Chapter CNPS. Meet at 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 the building). A Board meeting will be held before the regular meeting, at 5:30 PM at Angelo’s Pizza Parlour in the Foundry Square, 1774 California Street, Redding. For more info: www.shastacnps.org
April 19 – Chico: Cultivating Community North Valley Workshop: An Intro to Tool Maintenance, Sharpening & Basic Handle Repair 3 – 5 pm. Kick off your Earth Day Weekend with Zeke Lunder of Zeeko Salvage at the GRUB Cooperative to learn some practical repair skills to grow your resourcefulness!!! Location: GRUB Cooperative 1525 Dayton Road – Please use back entrance off McIntosh. Workshop will take place under the walnut tree. Using, maintaining, and repairing basic tools. We live in an era of cheap, poorly-made tools. While it may be cheaper to buy a new shovel than to replace a broken handle, good luck finding a new one that is worth owning! Luckily, there are still plenty of high-quality tools in circulation that we can restore, use, and pass on to our children. This hands-on workshop will teach you about some simple / essential tools that you need to repair and maintain a wide variety of other tools. Pre-registration is required at our website. You’ll notice the structure of our registration process has changed giving priority to Qualifiers. Non-Qualifiers will be placed on a waiting list. We will contact you to confirm workshop placement 1 week prior to the event so you may plan accordingly. Live every day like it’s Earth Day. More info: http://cultivatingcommunitynv.org
April 20 – Mt. Shasta: Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens Workshop: GARDEN MAGIC: GARDENING with CHILDREN AND SEED BALL MAKING 10am – 12 pm. Free. Let Pamela Cundy help you take a simple first step into gardening – for children, parents and the novice gardener. Then, Sarah Alexander leads participants in making herb and flower seed balls for planting. Please Bring Your Own Chair. Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens, 1234 Nixon Rd, Mt Shasta CA. For more information: 530-926-2565; http://springhillnurseryandgardens.com/Spring_Hill_Nursery_and_Gardens/Welcome.html.
A sweeping view across Table Mountain, Oroville.
April 20 – Redding: Shasta Chapter CNPS Fieldtrip: Upper Sacramento Ditch Trail 9 am meet. oin members Jay & Terri Thesken for a 3.5- to 4-mile hike on a fairly level trail (with one uphill section for about 1⁄3 mile at the end) on the Upper Sacramento Ditch Trail south of Shasta Dam. The trail, at about the 1,700-foot elevation, has great views of the dam, crosses small canyons with streams, and runs through habitat areas of California bay, black oak, big leaf maple, canyon live oak, oracle oak, and Brewer’s oak stands. We expect to see buckeye and snowdrop bush in full bloom, giant whiteleaf manzanitas, and wildflowers such as brodiaea and iris. There are also at least four types of native ferns, three types of vines, and special treats such as ginger in bloom. Meet in Redding at 9 AM at the south side of City Hall (Parkview Avenue side), 777 Cypress Avenue, or at 9:45 AM at the Shasta Dam Visitor Center parking lot. Bring water, lunch, and adequate hiking footwear. Heavy rain cancels. No dogs, please. Call Jay or Terri Thesken at 221-0906 for details. For more info: www.shastacnps.org
April 20 – Chico: Chico Creek Nature Center ‘Celebrate the Jewel’ festival of Bidwell Park A day f fun and information all about Bidwell Park, the Jewel of Chico. For more information: http://www.bidwellpark.org/page/calendar/event-20130420.php
April 20 – Chico: CSU, Chico AS Sustainability Free Compost Demonstration 11 – 12 noon, free one hour workshop. Compost Display area, located behind Yolo Hall, past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. For more information contact AS Sustainability 530-898-6677 or as compost@csuchico.edu.
April 20 & 21 – Sacramento: The Sacramento Orchid Society Annual Spring Show and Plant Sale 10 – 5 Saturday, 10 4 Sunday. $5 advance tickets, $7 at door. Demonstrations, Classes, vendors & door Prizes. Free Parking. April 20-21, at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento. For more info: http://sacramentoorchids.org
April 21 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society Biennial Spring Wildflower Show and Native Plant Sale Noon to 5 pm. Biennial Wildflower Show & Plant Sale by Mt. Lassen Chapter – CNPS. CARD Center, 545 Vallombrosa Avenue, Chico For more information: http://mountlassen.cnps.org/
Ribes speciosum.April 21 & 22 – Yankee Hill: Spring Fever Nursery & Garden OPEN GARDEN Come walk the gardens, enjoy the spring. For more info: 5687 Wendy way, Yankee Hill, California 95965 (530) 534-1556
April 22 – Earth Day
April 25 – FULL MOON
Example of nature journaling with John Muir Laws. A not-to-be-missed opportunity.
April 27 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society & Friends of the Chico State Herbarium present: Opening the World Through Nature Journaling with John Muir Laws 10 am – 5 pm Selvester’s Cafe at CSU, Chico. In this hands-on, workshop John Muir Laws will teach the skills and techniques to integrate drawing and journaling into the classroom and daily life. – California Native Plant Society has just released the 2nd Edition of its acclaimed Opening the World Through Nature Journaling curriculum – includes expanded materials on the techniques to draw plants and animals – new kid-tested, teacher-approved, standards-based activities – new materials to write poetry in the field. – Come and learn how to make nature sketching and writing a part of your classroom or family experience. Bring your own drawing supplies and sketchbook. $100 registration ($90 for members). Minimum 11 participants, 30 max. For more information: http://mountlassen.cnps.org/
April 27 – Mt. Shasta: Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens Workshop: EDIBLE FOREST GARDENING WORKSHOP 10am – 12 pm. Free. Author Deborha d’Arms shares how to create your own low maintenance edible ecosystem with edible perennial plants shrubs and trees. Please Bring Your Own Chair. Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens, 1234 Nixon Rd, Mt Shasta CA. For more information: 530-926-2565; http://springhillnurseryandgardens.com/Spring_Hill_Nursery_and_Gardens/Welcome.html.
April 27 – Redding: Whole Earth Watershed Festival Redding City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, from 10 AM to 4 PM. More info: http://wholeearthandwatershedfestival.org
Fragrant salvia and sculptural dudleya make a nice contrasting companion planting.
April 27 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Guided Tour: What’s New in the Native Plant Garden? 2pm, Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center, UC Davis campus. Tour the recently renovated pathways and plantings in the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants for examples of native plants that work well in home landscapes. Parking is available for free on weekends in the South District Parking Structure near the Mondavi Center for Performing Arts, at Old Davis Road and Hilgard Lane. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 27 – Redding: McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Turtle Bay: Walk with Horticultural Manager Lisa Endicott 10:30 am. Bring your notebooks and camera! We’ll make our way through the Gardens with frequent stops for discussions about (what else?) plants! Free with Park or Garden admission. Meet at West Garden Entrance. Take N. Market Street, turn on Arboretum Drive. Take the right fork. Parking lot and entrance are on the left.
April 27 – Chico: Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society & Friends of the Chico State Herbarium present: A free Lecture on the Subtle but Essential Relationships Between Species in the SIERRA NEVADA with John Muir Laws 7 pm Holt Hall room 170 at CSU, Chico. Join us for an exciting evening with the author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. John Muir Laws will illustrate some amazing relationships between plants and animals in the Sierra Nevada and some conservation challenges. Don’t miss this great opportunity to enrich your next exploration in the Range of Light! Suggested donation $3.00-$5.00 For more information: http://mountlassen.cnps.org/
April 28 – Davis: UC Davis Arboretum Spring Public Plant Sale 9 am – 1 pm. These sales are open to the public. Members save 10% off their purchases. Become a new member at the sales to receive 10% off your purchases AND an additional $10-off coupon! At this sale you’ll have access to the area’s largest selection of attractive, low-water, easy-care, region-appropriate plants including Arboretum All-Stars. All sales are held at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, Garrod Drive, UC Davis. Experienced gardeners will be on hand to help you choose the best plants for your garden design and conditions. The event is free; parking is free on the weekends and available in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
April 30 – Red Bluff: Red Bluff Garden Club Monthly General Meeting 12:30 PM Meeting Public Welcome! Regular Club Meetings are held the last Tuesday of the month. 12:30 Refreshments 1:00 PM Meeting Union Hall 12889 Baker Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 For more info: http://redbluffgardenclub.com/Calendar_of_Events.html
April 30 – Chico: Butte Rose Society Regular Monthly Meeting and Program 7 pm Public Welcome! At the Chico Veterans Memorial Hall on 554 Rio Lindo Ave in Chico, California. Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Butte-Rose-Society/189382585776 Or contact us by US Mail at: Butte Rose Society, P. O. Box 8888, Chico, CA 95927For more info: http://www.butte-rosesociety.org
MAY
May 4 – Mt. Shasta: Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens Workshop: SEED SAVING CLASS 10am – 12 pm. Free. Gardening Master, Wendy Crist will share the importance of seed saving. The history, scientific background and techniques for saving seed will be explored. Please Bring Your Own Chair. Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens, 1234 Nixon Rd, Mt Shasta CA. For more information: 530-926-2565; http://springhillnurseryandgardens.com/Spring_Hill_Nursery_and_Gardens/Welcome.html.
May 4 – Chico: St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church of Chico 30th Annual Garden Tour! 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature 5 unique gardens. Ticket cost is $25 in advance or $30 the day of the tour. Price includes 5 gardens, luncheon and a plant boutique. Garden locations and a map are printed on the tickets. Tickets are available at 11 Chico and Paradise locations. For more information, please contact St. John’s Episcopal Church at 894-1971, visit the church web-site: http://stjohnschico.org
May 4 – Chico: CSU, Chico AS Sustainability Free Compost Demonstration 11 – 12 noon, free one hour workshop. Compost Display area, located behind Yolo Hall, past the tennis courts along the railroad tracks. For more information contact AS Sustainability 530-898-6677 or as compost@csuchico.edu.
May 4 & 5 – Redding: Shasta Iris Society Floral Design Show 12 – 6 pm Saturday, 12 – 4 pm Sunday. Mt. Shasta Mall Redding. For more information: jbfree@charter.net
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