Title of Talk: Magnificent Monkeyflowers October 8, 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. View the recording on our YouTube channel. Summary Monkeyflowers are a colorful, diverse, cheerful and scientifically

Title of Talk: Rooting for Restoration Rescheduled due to technical difficulties. This presentation was held on October 29 via Zoom ONLY. Click here to view the recording on our YouTube channel Summary Growing Natives at the Cosumnes River Preserve At the end of the Cosumnes River, along with a matrix of wetland, riparian forests, and

Annual Meeting Potluck Social June 11, 2025 at 6:30pm Please join us for the SVCNPS June Chapter Meeting and Potluck Social on Wednesday, June 11, 2025! This event will be held at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center at 3330 McKinley Boulevard in Sacramento from 6:30 to 8 pm. A main dish will be provided by the Chapter and the

Title of Talk: Sacramento’s Open Space Checkup May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM The meeting was held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. , Sacramento.  This was a “hybrid” meeting and was streamed on Zoom. Click here to to view the recording. Summary Sacramento’s Open Space Checkup –  The Sacramento Region is

Title of Talk: The Completeness of Calflora April 9th, 2025 at 7:00 PM The meeting was held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. This will be a “hybrid” meeting and will be streamed on Zoom. Unfortunately, this presentation was not recorded. Summary California’s digital online library of plant biodiversity is rapidly

Title of Talk: Preservation of Native Plants through Cultural Fire March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM The meeting was held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.  It was a “hybrid” meeting and the recorded Zoom can be viewed on our YouTube Channel here. Summary Homa’kani! This means hello in Nisenan. Our

Title of Talk: Distribution and Ecology of Vernal Pools February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM Click here to view the recording Summary Kaleidoscopes were a favorite holiday gift for children many decades ago. They displayed a quickly and constantly changing series of brilliantly colored patterns. The metaphor describes California’s vernal pool landscapes. Carol Witham will

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

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