July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Live Oak Landscape is a small, design and construction company located in Berkeley and serving nearby Bay Area communities within a 40-mile radius. Owner, Neil Collier grew up in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in Scotland and spent some years in England and Australia and now has lived in California many years. In his garden design and construction he blends old world tradition and charm with Mediterranean and Californian style.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Hakone is the oldest Asian and Japanese estate in the Western Hemisphere – eighteen acres of magnificent beauty nestled in the verdant hills of Saratoga overlooking Silicon Valley. Hakone offers ongoing gardening, art and cultural classes.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Established in 1968, the gardens are a living museum, a wildlife habitat, an outdoor classroom, and a beautiful place for everyone to enjoy. The nonprofit education center includes demonstration gardens, classes, tours, plant sales, and membership and volunteer opportunities.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Garden for the Environment maintains a nationally acclaimed one-acre urban demonstration garden and offers environmental education programs about organic gardening, urban compost systems and sustainable food systems. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening and low water-use landscaping. Thanks so much for your interest in volunteering with GFE! We’d love to have you come by and get your hands dirty with us! Every Wednesday and Saturday of the year we host volunteer hours unless it’s a holiday or otherwise indicated on our website. It’s good practice to check our website before showing up because sometimes we are away at conferences or other garden-related events. Our volunteer hours are on Wednesdays from 10am – 2pm and Saturdays 10am – 4pm. You can show up for as long or as little as you wish! Just send us an email a few days before to let us know what day(s) you plan to show up and we’ll send you a volunteer form just to ensure you have a fun and safe day in the garden! Be sure to bring clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, closed-toe shoes, layers as it can swing from chilly to warm in a matter of moments, a hat, water bottle (we have potable tap water onsite) and sunscreen. Otherwise, we have all the tools you’ll need as well as gloves! We like to enjoy lunch together so if you plan to be around during lunch hours (12:30ish – 1pm) feel free to bring a bag lunch. Often times someone is heading to a favorite lunch spot around 9th & Irving so no problem if you forget your lunch. We look forward to meeting you and sharing the garden with you!
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in its work of public education, horticultural development, and conservation. The Garden is a beautiful 10-acre living museum of California native plants located in the hills above Berkeley, California, and open to the public daily. The Garden also offers free weekend tours and fee-based classes.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
An organic gardening supply center. Also offers classes, tours, and a demonstration garden to help you hone your organic gardening skills.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
The East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to preserving California’s native flora and focused on Alameda and Contra Costa counties. East Bay CNPS volunteers are active in native plant conservation advocacy and restoration work in our two-county area. The chapter also offers field trips, presentations on native plant-related topics, and a year-round native plant nursery, Native Here Nursery, specializing in the plants of our two counties. Membership in CNPS is open to all, and everyone is invited to participate in the East Bay chapter’s many activities.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Cal Flora is a small unconventional nursery devoted to natives and habitat gardening with an exceptional diversity of offerings. Honest, intelligent, and original with attention to local Bay Area needs and conditions. Open seven days a week from March through October. Call for winter hours. Located at the intersection of Somers and D streets in Fulton, Sonoma County, just north of Santa Rosa.
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
We’ve been building quality residential landscapes since 1983. We install new gardens and renovate older ones in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Francisco Counties. Our designs synthesize your needs and our vision. Through expert construction, our installations transform properties into dream getaways and natural habitats. We also offer lawn to edible conversions, children’s and container gardens. Our approach is sustainable, low water use, and cost effective. Our beautiful hardscapes– Patios, paths, retaining walls, fences–provide settings for California natives and Mediterranean plants that thrive here. Our crews get rave reviews. We also offer consultations to homeowners, realtors, Homeowners’ Associations.
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