Design and Maintain Native Plants, a talk by Stephanie Morris

This talk is in-person only and will not be available online.

If you've wanted to get started with including California native plants to your garden, this talk is for you! Come get inspired with an overview of native plant design basics. Learn how to set functional, aesthetic, and ecological goals for your yard and draw a simple plan. We will discuss the selection of native plants for year round blooms and how to group them for pleasing design aesthetics, especially during our dry summers. Photos will be shared of attractive garden renovations and groupings of native plants that work well in sun or shade. Become familiar with favorite native plants that entice a variety of pollinators, birds, and butterflies to the garden. Native planting design basics work well for a small area with just a few plants or a larger full garden design.

This is the first talk in a three part series. Talk #2 will cover Native Plant Garden installation: planting, irrigation, and mulch. Talk #3 will cover Native Plant Garden maintenance: pruning and garden cleanup.

Stephanie Morris has been designing California native plant gardens since 1999 in the Bay Area. Her goal is to design creative, beautiful landscapes that are ecologically oriented and practical. Areas of particular focus include suggesting plants for pollinators, converting lawns to drought tolerant plants, incorporating California native plants within existing gardens, and combining edible plants with native plant gardens.

Photo by Stephanie Morris