I just got my newsletter from the Yerba Buena Nursery. If you're not familiar with Yerba Buena, it's a native plant nursery located up here on Skyline just south of the Four Corners (where 84 intersects Skyline). Not only do they have a wide, albeit pricey, selection of native plants, but they also have a 50-year-old native garden that showcases the mature plants in a landscaped setting. It's a great place to visit just to walk around the garden and look at the signs on the plants, educating yourself about the flora of the Bay Area.
At the bottom of their events listing in the April newsletter is a note for a Going Native Garden Tour of 30 Peninsula gardens, to be held on Sunday, April 29 from 10 am to 4 pm. It's free, and will include opportunities to speak with the garden owners about their native garden experiences. This seems like a great opportunity for all of you environmentally conscious gardeners out there.
If you're not familiar with the native garden movement, a quick summary of benefits include:
- easier care of the plants (they naturally thrive in this environment, so they shouldn't need a lot of supplemental care, like extra watering or fertilizer)
- healthy ecosystem (native plants are necessary for native animals - including bees, butterflies and hummingbirds)
If you're interested in going on the free tour, you simply go to their website and register.
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