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California Native Plant Society - Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Palo Alto, CA, US

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This group is for anyone interested in California native plants. We have activities for everyone -- whether you enjoy hiking, gardening, photography or in other ways learning about California native plants, this is the group for you. We have volunteer and restoration projects opportunities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Please join us!

The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of California's native plants and how to conserve them and their natural habitats through education, science, advocacy, horticulture, and land stewardship. The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS covers Santa Clara County and southern San Mateo County. For more information about our organization visit www.cnps-scv.org. If you're not a current member of the California Native Plant Society, please consider joining: https://www.cnps.org/membership

Upcoming events (4+)

Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 7:00 PM PDTThe Diversity of Mariposa Lilies - a talk by Dr. Adriana Hernandez
Los Altos Library, Los Altos, CA
This talk will be held in-person at the Los Altos Library and will not be available online.

Under natural selection, plant traits often become homogeneous, but how exactly that happens is not well understood. What mechanisms shape and maintain gene flow? How does trait variation occur and how is it maintained across generations and heterogeneous landscapes?

Jasper Ridge scientist Dr. Adriana Hernandez has developed Mariposa lilies (Calochortus sp.) as a model system to investigate the evolution of strikingly diverse floral traits. She uses the highly variable California native species Calochortus venustus to identify and interpret the evolutionary significance of geographical patterns of floral trait variation, genetic diversity, range evolution and the genetic mechanisms underlying climatic adaptation. Her work utilizes comparative methods from population genetics and genomics to identify candidate genes that may be responsible for the morphological diversity observed in this plant.

Come to this talk to deepen your knowledge of this beautiful plant from a scientific perspective.

Picture credit: Dr. Hernandez
8 attendees+3
Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 8:00 AM PDTHabitat Restoration @ Lake Cunningham
Lake Cunningham Native Garden, San Jose, CA
TIME: 8am
VENUE: Native Garden Parking Lot

Join us to restore habitat (weeding and mulching) in the Native Garden at Lake Cunningham Park, San Jose. During the summer months, we remove invasives throughout the park. Meeting place may change from one week to the next.

First timers: please follow directions in this meetup to get to the native garden. It is a very large park (200 acres) with two entrances. You want to head to the Google map pin for "Lake Cunningham Native Garden".

Wear a hat, gloves, and sturdy garden shoes. Bring plenty of fluids and hydrate often. We start with a 5-minute orientation, then walk to the site, so please be on time.

First-timers: Bring a signed waiver form available at https://lakecunninghamnativegarden.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/2021-volunteer-service-agreement-adoptapark-version.pdf

Workdays are sometimes rescheduled or canceled. Always RSVP to confirm, and check the latest updates Friday night. If you can't make it, please change your RSVP so we know and wait-listers get a chance.
1 attendee
Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 9:00 AM PDTCommunity Work Day at the Native Plant Garden in Kirk Park
Briarwood Drive & Wawona Drive, San Jose, CA
TIME: 9am
VENUE: Kirk Park Native Garden

Volunteers meet at the garden on Saturdays from 9 AM to 11 AM, weather permitting, for weeding, watering and other maintenance activities. Occasionally there will be other tasks such as mulching and planting. Community volunteers, including families with children over 6, are always welcome! First-time volunteers will need to fill out a form from the City of San Jose available at https://lakecunninghamnativegarden.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/2021-volunteer-service-agreement-adoptapark-version.pdf

Wear a hat, gloves, and sturdy garden shoes. Bring plenty of fluids and hydrate often.

Address: Briarwood Drive at Wawona Drive, San Jose (click the address to show it on a map).

Directions: From Meridian Avenue, go east on Foxworthy Avenue. Turn left on Briarwood Drive and go about a block. The park is on your left. Park along Briarwood Drive. The garden is along the cement walkway that parallels the north edge of the park.

Workdays are sometimes rescheduled or canceled. Always RSVP to confirm, and check the latest updates Friday night. If you can't make it, please change your RSVP so we know and wait-listers get a chance.
2 attendees
Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 9:00 AM PDTHabitat Restoration @ Cataldi Park, San Jose
1797 Bethany Ave, San Jose, CA
Join us to restore habitat in Cataldi Park, San Jose. We are planting and maintaining native plants in a 1/4 acre area of the park off Bethany Ave. We will be weeding and sheet mulching from July to October in preparation for planting in the fall and winter.

Wear a hat and garden shoes and bring plenty of water to stay hydrated. Work gloves will be provided.

First-timers: Please bring a signed waiver form available at https://lakecunninghamnativegarden.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/2021-volunteer-service-agreement-adoptapark-version.pdf

Workdays are sometimes rescheduled or canceled. Always RSVP to confirm and check the latest updates Friday night. If you can't make it, please change your RSVP so we know and wait-listers get a chance.
1 attendee

Past events (1263)

Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 8:45 AM PDTMulch Day at the Native Plant Garden in Kirk Park
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6 attendees+1

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