If you missed Susan's talk at our Wildflower Show earlier this year, this is your chance to catch it! Professor Doug Tallamy and his students demonstrated that caterpillars and the native plants with which the caterpillars co-evolved are the base of our food web. Our local butterflies are charismatic examples of insects with a caterpillar phase. We’ll discuss who our local butterflies are and how we can support them as well as our bees and moths by adding local native plants to our gardens.
Susan Karasoff gardens in San Francisco’s clay soil. Susan is a member of the California Native Plant Society - Yerba Buena (San Francisco) chapter. She brings an an “only the easiest plants survive” approach to gardening. Susan grows a buffet of colorful native edible and pollinator plants, specifically gardening to feed caterpillars, bees, hummingbirds and people.
YouTube (no registration required): https://www.youtube.com/c/CNPSSantaClaraValley
Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArd-2oqDwqHtIbjAQ8b4RJRJWw76HRphk6
Mon Sep 15 @ 8:30AM - Alum Rock Park Restoration |
Wed Sep 17 @ 8:30AM - Alum Rock Park Restoration |
Thu Sep 18 @ 7:00PM - 09:00PM CNPS SCV Board Meeting |
Fri Sep 19 @ 9:00AM - Edgewood Restoration |
Sat Sep 20 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
Sat Sep 20 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Cataldi Park Native Garden |
Sat Sep 20 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Kirk Park Pollinator Garden |
Sat Sep 20 @11:00AM - 01:00PM Seed and Cutting Exchange + Native Garden Viewing + Learn to Propagate Cuttings |
Sun Sep 21 @ 9:00AM - 12:00PM First Day of Fall Bird and Plant ID Walk at Lake Cunningham Park, San Jose |
Sun Sep 21 @ 9:00AM - 12:00PM Bird and Plant ID Walk at Lake Cunningham Park (San Jose) |