Saturday, April 23th, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 3 PM
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS is celebrating California Native Plant Week with a Wildflower Festival on Saturday, April 23. The event will be held at the Dana Center at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills, from 10 am to 3 pm. This event replaces our previously scheduled Wildflower Show at West Valley College on the same date.
We welcome the whole family with fun outdoor activities and an exhibit of wildflowers. Experts will be on site to describe different samples and answer questions. You can also stop by our wildflower seed table to take home some free seeds to sow this fall/winter. This will create spring beauty in your own garden – which can also feed nectar to butterflies, act as host plants for caterpillars, and provide essential habitat for native bees and insects.
Schedule
10:30 Images of a Habitat Garden, a talk by Radhika Thekkath
11:30 Wildflower Ambassador Program
1:00pm Locally Native Plants for Bay Area Gardens, a talk by Arvind Kumar
2:00 Wildflower Ambassador Program
In addition to the floral display, we will have a variety of activities, including a native plant seed exchange table, and wildflower-coloring activity for kids. We will be hosting several popular vendors, including Wild Jules Seed Balls and Emily Chin’s Pressed Flower Art. Our friends from the Grassroots Ecology Nursery will also have native plants for sale. New and used books, tshirts, posters, plants and more will be available from our Chapter as well.
Buy Plants!
A limited number of plants will be able for purchase at the show, but our show nurseries will also let you order their full range of available plants online and pick them up at the show. Click on the links below to get started:
Wildflower Ambassador Program
We are excited to announce the launch of the CNPS SCV Wildflower Ambassador program, teaming up with Jennifer Dirking, the founder and inspiration for the Bring Back Bay Area Bees and Butterflies group on Nextdoor. Jennifer and CNPS will provide training and kits to people who are interested in emulating her wonderful efforts to increase butterfly and pollinator habitat in urban and suburban areas. Join us to learn about the program and take home a kit and instructions that will empower you to become an ambassador for butterflies, bees, and birds in your neighborhood.
Volunteer
Please consider helping us put the Festival on.
You can volunteer for a 2-hour shift and still have time to enjoy the festival. You don’t need to be an expert about native plants to volunteer – its great opportunity to learn while serving the community. Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f49a9a729aafd0-volunteer2
Location
The Dana Center is located at Hidden Villa at 26870 Moody Road Los Altos Hills, CA 94022. It is west of Foothill College. From Hwy 280 in Los Altos Hills, take the Moody Road exit and head west. Two miles west of Foothill College, look for the Hidden Villa sign and driveway on the left.
