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There will be a Sacramento Valley Chapter CNPS field trip to Grass Lake (north of Luther Pass on Highway 89, near the California/Nevada border, and south of Lake Tahoe) on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Trip leaders will be Carol Witham and Greg Kareofelas. We may be joined by members of the Bryophyte Chapter and CalFlora. […]
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Title of Talk: Organizing a Community in Support of New Legislation January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM The meeting will be held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. , Sacramento. This will be a “hybrid” meeting and will be streamed on Zoom. Click here to register and attend via Zoom. Summary We
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Title of Talk: Our Favorite Butterfly, The Monarch January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM The meeting was be held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. , Sacramento. This was be a “hybrid” meeting and was not recorded, unfortunately. Summary Start out the new year with Greg Kareofelas’s talk on Monarchs. The talk
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Title of Talk: Of All the Gall! November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM Use this link to view the recording Summary If you have a native Oak in your yard or neighborhood, you are likely to have a lot (or not) of galls. Galls and gall wasps come in all shapes and sizes and are
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Title of Talk: Grassland Gardens for the Grid: Bringing Native Grassland Species to the Urban Fabric October 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM The meeting was held in person at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center. This was a “hybrid” meeting and the (partial) Zoom recording can be viewed on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/wA-0lUEuS2I Summary
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Title of Talk: Seed Saving Basics September 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM The meeting was held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. , Sacramento. It was a “hybrid” meeting and was live streamed on Zoom but not recorded at the presenter’s request. Summary What are seeds? Tiny time capsules! Living genetic potential!
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There will be a Sacramento Valley Chapter CNPS field trip to Grass Lake (north of Luther Pass on Highway 89, near the California/Nevada border, and south of Lake Tahoe) on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Trip leaders will be Carol Witham and Greg Kareofelas with special guest leader Cynthia Powell. Grass Lake is a unique floating
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Chapter Meeting and Potluck Social June 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM Please join us for the SVCNPS June Potluck Social on June 12, 2024! This will be our first in-person chapter meeting since last year’s potluck. There will be a slideshow presented by five Garden Tour hosts. It will be at the Shepard Garden
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Title of Talk: Diverging restoration pathways for canopy and understory communities in riparian ecosystems along the Sacramento River March 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM Click here to view the recording on YouTube Summary This study repeats an overstory and understory survey of 37 restored and 41 reference forest sites along a 100-km span of the
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Title of Talk: Greywater for the Golden State: Luxuriant Sustainability for Native Plant Gardens February 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM Click here to view the recording on YouTube Summary You don’t have to use more water to give your garden more water—at least not when you divert greywater to the landscape. Get inspired by the possibilities of greywater for
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