BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana 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:20240425T093000 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:1036db77295d6fe9569dd5de647a94e8 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20250225T141643 SUMMARY:Fiftieth Annual Wildflower Show LOCATION:West Valley College in Saratoga DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Chapter’s 50th annual Wildflower Show on Saturday, April 26 th from 9:30am – 4:00pm at West Valley College in Saratoga. This family-fri endly event features hundreds of native wildflowers and plants on display a s well as a variety of activities for all ages. The event and parking are a ll free to the public. \nTo celebrate our fiftieth show, we are featuring t wo popular speakers: John Muir Laws, renowned naturalist and nature journal ist, and Kate Marianchild, author of Secrets of the Oak Woodlands. Other ta lks and workshops will offer the opportunity to learn about bioblitzes, wil dflower arrangements, macrophotography and more. \nAttendees will also be a ble to take tours of the Vasona Creek Restoration Project and the Biology D epartment’s Moon Garden. A selection of native plants and native plant art, T-shirts, books and other related goods will be available for purchase.\nA SOD (Sudden Oak Death) Blitz Station will be available at the show for peo ple who would like to participate in the 2025 SOD Blitz. This is your oppor tunity to participate in this important citizen science effort to understan d and control this deadly disease that threatens our oak trees. More inform ation is available at nature.berkeley.edu/matteolab/?page_id=148 (nature.be rkeley.edu/matteolab/?page_id=148).\nWest Valley College is located at 1400 0 Fruitvale Ave. in Saratoga. For more information see the schedule at www. cnps-scv.org/wfs (wfs).\nVolunteers Needed for Wildflower Show\nOur show de pends on volunteers. We are looking for help on Friday before the show and Saturday on show day:\nShow set-upTransport of items to and from our office Plant runnerGreeterAssist with book salesShow take-downIf you’d like to hel p, please sign up at www.cnps-scv.org/volunteer-wfsscv.org/volunteer-wfs (v olunteer-wfs).\nWe are happy to accept your gently used plant books to sell at the show. Contact Judy Fenerty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getEle mentById('cloakd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e1899').innerHTML = ''; var p refix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '=' ; var addyd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e1899 = 'judy' + '@'; addyd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e1899 = addyd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e189 9 + 'fenerty' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_textd8cb246e1b 5061dd807daf611a7e1899 = 'judy' + '@' + 'fenerty' + ' 6;' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloakd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e 1899').innerHTML += ''+addy_textd8cb246e1b5061dd807daf611a7e1899+''; by Monday, April 21 if you have books to donate.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Wildflower Show 2025Join us for our Chapter’s 50th annual Wildflower Show on Saturday, April 26th from 9:30am – 4:00pm at West Valle y College in Saratoga. This family-friendly event features hundreds of native wildflowers and plants on display as well as a variety of acti vities for all ages. The event and parking are all free to the public.  

To celebrate our fiftieth show, we are featuring tw o popular speakers: John Muir Laws, renowned naturalist and nat ure journalist, and Kate Marianchild, author of Secrets of t he Oak Woodlands. Other talks and workshops will offer the& nbsp;opportunity to learn about bioblitzes, wildflower arrangements, m acrophotography and more. 

Attendees will also be abl e to take tours of the Vasona Creek Restoration Project and the Biolog y Department’s Moon Garden. A selection of native plants and native pl ant art, T-shirts, books and other related goods will be available&nbs p;for purchase.

A SOD (Sudden Oak Death) Blitz Station wil l be available at the show for people who would like to participate in the 2025 SOD Blitz. This is your opportunity to participate in t his important citizen science effort to understand and control this deadly disease that threatens our oak trees. More information is available at  nature.berkeley.edu/matteolab/?page_id=148.

West Valley College is located at 14000 Fruitvale Ave. i n Saratoga. For more information see the schedule at www.cnps-scv.org/wfs.

Volunteers Needed for Wildflower Show

Our show depends on volunteers. We are looking for help on Friday be fore the show and Saturday on show day:

If you’ d like to help, please sign up at www.cnps-scv.org/volunteer-wfsscv.org/volunteer -wfs.

We are happy to accept y our gently used plant books to sell at the show. Contact Judy F enerty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to vi ew it.