Fwd: wanted: gardens on Peninsula and San Jose

Forwarding   -   Seán O.
From: tanyak@IGC.ORG
Subject: wanted: gardens on Peninsula and San Jose
To: CA-NATIVES@CALYPTEANNA.COM

Wanted: Gardens in San Mateo or Santa Clara County with California native plants prominently featured

For: The second annual Going Native Garden Tour on Sunday, April 18, 2004, from 10 to 4

Goal: Meet other people interested in incorporating natives into their gardens, and share your enthusiasm for native plants and your work-in-progress with them. The tour is an opportunity for visitors to choose from a wide range of gardens, to see new (to them) plants at all stages of growth, to talk to knowledgeable gardeners, and to go home with a different idea of what a front yard can look like, or with enthusiasm for trying out some appealing plants they saw.

Scope: Here's what we said about the 2003 tour, which featured 27 home gardens and 2 community gardens from Redwood City to San Jose: Most of the gardens on the tour are small suburban front yards. Some of them have mature shrubs, or an astounding collection of plants; others are simple and feature the most common and easily found natives. Many of them have replaced lawns with drought-tolerant natives and Mediterranean plants; others have retained some lawn, and use natives as foundation plants. Many gardeners are transitioning to natives, or mixing native plants with edibles. Several mostly native gardens provide wildlife habitat and attract birds and butterflies with colorful native plants. A few gardens feature swaths of native wildflowers and bulbs, some with native grasses complementing the flowers.

Deadline: To submit your garden for consideration, contact Tanya Kucak at tanyak@igc.org before January 15, 2004.

Criteria: Healthy garden with at least half natives, or natives prominently featured. Enthusiastic gardener. Located in San Mateo or Santa Clara County.

The tour is free, but visitors must preregister. For more information, e-mail info@GoingNativeGardenTour.com.
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