Help the Mission Blue Nursery in Brisbane with propagation, garden tending, and the rare and endangered plants of the San Bruno Mountains! Please note this volunteer opportunity has various dates and times to participate. Sign up here to volunteer at … Read more
Winter Rose Pruning Demonstration
Winter Rose Pruning Demonstration with Garden Manager Michael Bogart and his team 🌹 Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | 10am-12pm The Rose Garden at Marin Art and Garden Center Learn pruning techniques to encourage a full bloom in spring. Garden Manager … Read more
Saturdays in the Soil
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature … Read more
California Native Plants Sale: Fall 2023
California Native Plant Society, the Marin chapter – Fall 2023 Native Plant Sale It’s the best planting time of the year! There will be an amazing array of beautiful plants being offered at the October sale. Online ordering is available … Read more
What’s the Secret of Strawberry Hill, a Butterfly Haven in a City That’s Rough on Butterflies?
For urban butterfly habitats, more is more.
Learning to Love Dandelions
It’s the epitome of the unwanted weed — but there are reasons to choose to want dandelions.
What are These Small, White, Circular Needle-Like Things?
I found this on my front door — it looks like needles in a circular motion with white tips. What is it? The small “needles” that start to decorate doors, plants, and just about any surface imaginable this time of … Read more
A Gardener in the World
Can the native plant movement outlast its scientific and cultural critics?
Do Hummingbirds Reuse Nests?
After an unfortunate pruning accident, a reader wrote in to ask: do hummingbirds reuse nests?