On Tuesday April 8th, I hosted a special edition of In a North State Garden during Northstate Public Radio’s Spring Membership drive the theme for which has been “A Steady Stream.” With this in mind, my special was a celebration… Continue Reading
The 27th Annual Lemurian Shasta Classic Mountain Bike Race will be held at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area near Redding on Saturday, April 26. The parking lot at Whiskeytown Lake’s Brandy Creek Marina will be the start/finish area for the 2014… Continue Reading
Sunday, April 6, 2014; Parkville Ranch; 5810 Parkville Road Anderson, CA You are invited to come and visit the historic Parkville Ranch for the dedication of the David DuBose Nature Preserve and a conservation easement for the property. Sandra DuBose… Continue Reading
Like many people in Shasta County, I was thrilled to learn recently of the preservation of the Parkville Ranch with a conservation easement administered through the Shasta Land Trust. As the Ranch could otherwise be sold for development purposes at… Continue Reading
Gardening in Times of Drought is the subject of an inter-active workshop, free and open to the public, presented by Wayne Kessler, this Sunday, April 6, starting at 2:00 in the Social Hall of First United Methodist Church, South and East Streets, Redding. Topics… Continue Reading
Throughout our local waterways – from the ACID canal to the Sacramento River – you’ll see ducks. North American Wood Ducks to be exact. The only North American waterfowl that breed twice in the same season. over the years these… Continue Reading
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday April 10th, 11th and 12th – the Redding-based Shasta Chapter of the California Native Society will hold their annual spring plant sale open to the public. Continue Reading
PHOTO: Foothills penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus) in vigorous summer bloom in a low-water Chico home garden. Some people call them beardtongue – the visual image of which always made me laugh as a girl. Now – as an adult gardener whose… Continue Reading
Despite a long and primarily dry winter, just this week I saw some of the most colorful, lovely and resilient wildflowers – rich yellow Douglas’s violets (Viola douglasii ‘Steudel’) and shooting stars (Dodecatheon sp.). While I know it will not… Continue Reading
The Shasta Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is offering free wildflower identification classes in Redding starting on March 22. Participants will learn to identify wildflowers, shrubs and trees using the plant family method. Families covered will include the… Continue Reading
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