BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180503T100000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4464f2429346b0c92d6be733bc2b38cf CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:19691231T160000 SUMMARY:Going Native Garden Tour LOCATION:various DESCRIPTION:There is a new understanding of the importance of native plants in our envi ronment, and the extraordinary role ordinary home gardens can play in “crea ting wildlife corridors that sustain populations of insects, birds and anim als” ̶ The Importance of Native Plants, Fine Gardening, Julie Moir Messervy . \nVisiting native plant gardens and bringing others along to witness thei r beauty and habitat value may be one of the most powerful individual effor ts we each can make to entice and persuade our neighbors, colleagues, famil y, and even ourselves, to add more native plants to our gardens. \n“...most native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plant sp ecies disappear or are replaced by alien exotics, the insects disappear, th us impoverishing the food source of birds and other animals.” ̶ Prof. Doug Tallamy in his book Bringing Nature Home.\nThe Going Native Garden Tour (GN GT) is your opportunity to visit gardens featuring California Native plants , most of them private home gardens. Please come on the free tour and bring others with you! Visitor registration is open at www.gngt.org. Registering ensures that you will receive a few timely reminders and the ability to do wnload the maps. The 50+ gardens are located throughout the Santa Clara Val ley (Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties). \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
There is a new understanding of the importance of native plants in our environment, an d the extraordinary role ordinary home gardens can play in “creating wildli fe corridors that sustain populations of insects, birds and animals< span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">” ̶ The Importanc e of Native Plants, Fine Gardening, Julie Moir Messervy.
Visiting native plant gardens and bringing others along to witness their beauty and habitat value may be one of the most powerful individual efforts we each can make to entice and persuade our neighbors, colleagues, family, and even ourselves, to add mor e native plants to our gardens.
“...most native insects cannot, or will not,
eat alien plants. When native plant species disappear or are replaced by al
ien exotics, the insects disappear, thus impoverishing the
The Going Nat ive Garden Tour (GNGT) is your opportunity to visit gardens featuring Calif ornia Native plants, most of them private home gardens. Please come on the fr ee tour a nd bring others with you! Visitor registration is open at www.gngt.org . Registering en sures that you will receive a few timely reminders and the ability to downl oad the maps. The 50+ gardens are located throughout the Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties).