NEW COMPOST HUB IN SAN JOSÉ WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH FREE COMPOST, MULCH FOR HOME GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING
Residential yard trimmings and food scraps collected by the City’s contracted hauler, GreenWaste Recovery, are processed into high-quality compost and mulch. Residents can pick up these materials at no cost at our brand-new self-service compost hub. Compost can be used for home gardening and landscaping projects.
Native Plant Bootcamp planned in Salinas
The UC Master Gardeners of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties will host the second annual Native Plant Bootcamp on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rancho Cielo Youth Campus, 710 Old Stage Road in Salinas.
Tangled Ecosystems: Protecting California from Invasive Water Species
A few strands of thin, feathery, green plants growing under the dock didn’t catch anyone’s attention last spring. But those strands spread quickly and within months the lake’s calm waters were tangled in mats of the feathery Eurasian watermilfoil, an aggressive aquatic plant that grows quickly and clogs everything in its path.
PWP Offers to Pay Most of the Tab for Native Plant Kits That Replace Thirsty Lawns
The city’s municipal utility is offering a $75 rebate through TreePeople, trimming the cost of 10-plant garden kits designed for Southern California’s climate
Clean energy construction project at UC Berkeley threatens native butterfly habitat
Near the Campanile on the University of California, Berkeley campus, along the legendary Strawberry Creek, a patch of land is the nursery and home to a native butterfly known as the California pipevine swallowtail.
City, state partnership brings more than 400 native plants to Jefferson City’s river market
Jefferson City and the Missouri Department of Conservation have partnered to bring native plants to the city’s nearly completed river market.
Bird watchers and conservationists cultivate support for native plants through scavenger hunt
San Diego Bird Alliance hosted a native plant scavenger hunt at Otay Valley Regional Park where attendees embarked on a self-guided tour to learn more about the importance of San Diego’s native birds and flowers
California could give Indigenous tribes ‘stewardship’ of 7.5M acres of land, coastal waters under sweeping policy
California recently gave back a beloved stretch of California’s rugged coastline to a group of Native American tribes — and it may not be the last time it happens.
A Future in Full Bloom
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Celebrates 100 Years and Looks to the Next Century
Love letter to a blooming giant
What a single plant can tell us about humanity.