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Photos of the Fall Native Plant Sale

Redbud Board Meetings

Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 PM at the Madelyn Helling Library Community Room in Nevada City. All Redbud members are invited to attend. Be a part of the planning process!

Second Annual Scotch Broom Pull
A Joint Event between Redbud, Twin Cities Church and Wildflowers Forever
Saturday, April 10, 8:30 am to 12:00

Help control the counties biggest plant invasive.  Redbud's adopted project for years has been the beautiful Hell's Half Acre site.  Our neighbor at HHA is Twin Cities Church.  We have joined force with them and or brother organization Wildflowers Forever for a second year for another very successful morning of pulling Scotch Broom to help the native plants prosper and to reduce fire danger to the area.  Come join use for a rewarding morning of exercise and comradery.

Wildflower Identification Workshop
Sponsored by Redbud Chapter, CNPS.
Teachers: Linnea Hanson and Jenny Marr
Saturday, April 17, 2010– 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

New Location!

Twin Cities Church, community classroom.
Address: 11726 Rough & Ready Highway, Grass Valley.
Workshop Fee: $25 for members of California Native Plant Society and $35 for nonmembers. Fee includes beverages, snacks and lunch.
Pre-registration is required. Class limited to 25 people.
Contact: Karen Callahan, penstemon@nccn.net or 530-272-5532.

       Immerse yourself in wildflowers for the day.  Learn how to identify major plant families in the Sierra Nevada foothills.  Spend the morning with plant specimens observing special features--hairy nectar runs, freckles, colored anthers, banner petals or seed pods.  Become acquainted with various flower shapes: funnels, tubes, bells, bowls, stars, saucers and disks.  In the afternoon, we’ll use our newfound knowledge out in the field to identify wildflowers. We’ll explore the unusual wildflower area next to the Church facility known as Kenny Ranch or “Hells Half Acre”. We’ll identify multiple wildflowers in bloom.
       Back by popular demand, professional botanists Linnea Hanson and Jenny Marr are teaching this workshop. Linnea works for Plumas National Forest, and Jenny works for the California Department of Fish and Game. Both are long time field botanists, researchers, and leaders in the northern California botany community. They will be using the family approach to identification, believing that the easiest way to learn about flowers and to expand your “plant repertoire” is to study family characteristics, allowing you to recognize attributes of the pea family, the sunflower family, the lily family and several more.
      The main reference guide for the workshop will be our Redbud Chapter’s beautiful new book: Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California.  The book is organized by plant families and will fit right into the workshop plan.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase during the workshop in case you don’t already have one of your own.  We’ll also use the Peterson Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers by T. Niehaus and C. Ripper. Bring your hand lens, too. We’ll have microscopes set up to give us a unique view of the plant world! 

 

Note: The Spring Plant Sale at Sierra College in Rocklin is May 1st

Details to be posted by Early April.