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:20230320T180000 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:2f3736936340cf00f2648bbf868b768e CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks CREATED:20240229T052628 SUMMARY:Ten Easy Steps to Creating a Bird- Friendly Garden, a talk by Brian Dirking LOCATION:Belmont Library\, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas\, Belmont DESCRIPTION:There are few things more rewarding than drawing birds to your garden and p roviding all the elements they need to survive and raise their young. For m any gardeners, just a few simple changes can make all the difference. In th is talk, we’ll take a look at gardening from a bird’s perspective and then delve into the ten elements that can transform your garden into a bird para dise. Attendees will receive a free packet of California native wildflowers that benefit birds that they can try out in their own gardens.\nBrian Dirk ing has loved gardening from an early age, helping his grandmother in her b ackyard and nurturing her prizewinning African violets. For much of his adu lt life he dedicated his leisure time to fruit and vegetable gardening, and maintaining a healthy lawn.\nBut in 2020 he realized that he could save ti me, money and the planet by converting most of his yard to a native habitat garden. Inspired by Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, he has planted hund reds of California native plants in his small San Carlos garden to create a lush and vibrant oasis that feeds bees, butterflies, birds and more! Now t hat he is freed from the tyranny of lawn maintenance and expense, you can f ind him lounging in a hammock listening to birdsong and admiring year-round blooms and berries in his garden.\nYou can visit Brian’s garden on the Gro wing Natives Garden Tour on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Register for the tour at gngt.org (gngt.org).\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

There are few things more rewarding than drawing birds to your garden and providing all the elements they need to survive and raise their young. For many gardeners, just a few simple changes can make all the difference. In this talk, we’ll take a look at gardening from a bird’s perspective and then delve into the ten elements that can transform your garden into a bird paradise. Attendees will receive a free packet of California native wildfl owers that benefit birds that they can try out in their own gardens.

Brian Dirking has loved gardening from an early age, helping his grandmother in her backyard and nurturing her prizewinning Afri can violets. For much of his adult life he dedicated his leisure time to fr uit and vegetable gardening, and maintaining a healthy lawn.

But in 2020 he realized that he could save time, money and the planet by converti ng most of his yard to a native habitat garden. Inspired by Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, he has planted hundreds of California native p lants in his small San Carlos garden to create a lush and vibrant oasis tha t feeds bees, butterflies, birds and more! Now that he is freed from the ty ranny of lawn maintenance and expense, you can find him lounging in a hammo ck listening to birdsong and admiring year-round blooms and berries in his garden.

You can visit Brian’s garden on the Growing Natives Garden To ur on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Register for the tour at gngt.org.

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