BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana 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:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230714T130000 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82cfcb635e2511e549347c0a25797870 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20240625T172815 SUMMARY:Cutting and Seed Exchange + Plant Sale Pickup LOCATION:Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC)\, 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto DESCRIPTION:Propagation is a year-round activity, and as we move into summer, propagati on of native plants shifts to starting new plants from cuttings rather than seeds. You’re still welcome to bring seeds to exchange, but we encourage f olks to bring cuttings too. Join us on Sunday, July 14 from 1:00pm to 3:00p m at the Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC), 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto.\nThis free event provides an opportunity to share and receive both c uttings and seeds of native plants. Browse the diverse offerings, ranging f rom easy-to-grow to hard-to- find, and go home with cuttings and seeds of n ew native plants! We will provide coin envelopes for seeds but bring contai ners in which to carry cuttings home.\nIf you have native plant material fr om your own garden to share, we encourage you to bring it. Label your cutti ngs to make them easy to browse – some gardeners attach helpful hints about growing; others display photos of plants in bloom. You may find it conveni ent to use www.calscape.org (https://www.calscape.org) for this – there is a link on each plant’s information page to make a printable sign for most n ative species and cultivars.\nIf you bring cuttings, keep them cool and moi st in a bucket of water. Don’t have native plant material to share? No prob lem, as there is usually enough for all.\nSeveral popular gardening books w ill be available for sale during the event, including Seed Propagation of N ative California Plants (2021 ed.), by Dara E. Emery; California Native Pla nts for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O’Brien; and C alifornia Native Gardening, A Month-by-Month Guide, by Helen Popper.\nOur W ildflower Ambassadors will be giving out free seed packets and information as well.\nLimited Online Plant Sale\nThere will be an online plant sale at california-native-plant- society-santa-clara-valley-chapter.square.site (ca lifornia-native-plant-%20society-santa-clara-valley-chapter.square.site), s tarting on Sunday, July 7. The store will switch back to delivery-only when we reach our pickup capacity at the Cutting Exchange. In addition to plant s, the nursery’s online store includes Chapter T-shirts, books, labels and plant signs.\nOrders from this sale will only be available for pickup befor e and during our Seed Exchange. We will not have nursery pickup or delivery , and there is a minimum order of $40.\nCall for Volunteers\nWe need help w ith setup, answering questions and cleanup.\nThe tasks don’t require expert knowledge of plants, and the shifts are set up to spend time at the event in addition to volunteering. You can sign up here: www.cnps- scv.org/seed-c utting-help (https://www.cnps-%20scv.org/seed-cutting-help).\nDirections to the PCC: (3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto) From Hwy. 101 take the San Ant onio Rd. exit and head north. Take the next left onto East Bayshore, which will curve left then right. Take the first right onto Corporation Way, and an immediate left into the PCC parking lot. The meeting rooms are on the fi rst floor.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Propagation is a year-round activity, and as we move into summer, prop agation of native plants shifts to starting new plants from cuttings rather than seeds. You’re still welcome to bring seeds to exchange, but we encour age folks to bring cuttings too. Join us on Sunday, July 14 from 1: 00pm to 3:00pm at the Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC), 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto.

This free event provides an opportunity to share and receive both cuttings and seeds of native plants. Browse the d iverse offerings, ranging from easy-to-grow to hard-to- find, and go home w ith cuttings and seeds of new native plants! We will provide coin envelopes for seeds but bring containers in which to carry cuttings home.

If y ou have native plant material from your own garden to share, we encourage y ou to bring it. Label your cuttings to make them easy to browse – some gard eners attach helpful hints about growing; others display photos of plants i n bloom. You may find it convenient to use www.calscape.org for this – there is a link on each plant’s informat ion page to make a printable sign for most native species and cultivars.

If you bring cuttings, keep them cool and moist in a bucket of water. D on’t have native plant material to share? No problem, as there is usually e nough for all.

Several popular gardening books will be available for sale during the event, including Seed Propagation of Native California Plants (2021 ed.), by Dara E. Emery; California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O’Brien; and California Native Gardening, A Month-by-Month Guide, by Helen Popper.< /p>

Our Wildflower Ambassadors will be giving out free seed packets and i nformation as well.

Limited Online Plant Sale

There will be an online plant sale at califor nia-native-plant- society-santa-clara-valley-chapter.square.site, starting on Sunday, July 7. The store will switch back to deliv ery-only when we reach our pickup capacity at the Cutting Exchange. In addi tion to plants, the nursery’s online store includes Chapter T-shirts, books , labels and plant signs.

Orders from this sale will only be availabl e for pickup before and during our Seed Exchange. We will not have nursery pickup or delivery, and there is a minimum order of $40.

Call for Volunteers

We need help with setup, answering questions and cleanup.

The tasks don’t require expert knowl edge of plants, and the shifts are set up to spend time at the event in add ition to volunteering. You can sign up here: www.cnps- scv.org/seed-cutting-help.

Directions to the PCC: (3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto) Fr om Hwy. 101 take the San Antonio Rd. exit and head north. Take the next lef t onto East Bayshore, which will curve left then right. Take the first righ t onto Corporation Way, and an immediate left into the PCC parking lot. The meeting rooms are on the first floor.

DTSTAMP:20260406T173803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Tijuana:20240714T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Tijuana:20240714T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR