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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.\nWest Val
 ley College is located at 14000 Fruitvale Ave. in Saratoga. For more inform
 ation see the schedule at www.cnps-scv.org/wfs (wfs).\nVolunteers Needed fo
 r Wildflower Show\nOur show depends on volunteers. We are looking for help 
 on Friday before the show and Saturday on show day:\nShow set-upTransport o
 f items to and from our officePlant runnerGreeterAssist with book salesShow
  take-downIf you’d like to help, please sign up at www.cnps-scv.org/volunte
 er-wfsscv.org/volunteer-wfs (volunteer-wfs).\nWe are happy to accept your g
 ently used plant books to sell at the show. Contact Judy Fenerty at This em
 ail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled t
 o view it. by Monday, April 21 if you have books to donate.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="p1"><img src="https://cnps-scv.org/images/article-embedded-images
 /Wildflower_Show_2025_banner-v3.jpg" alt="Wildflower Show 2025" width="430"
  height="200" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
 " />Join us for our Chapter’s <strong>50th annual Wildflower Show</strong> 
 on&nbsp;<b>Saturday, April 26th from 9:30am – 4:00pm</b> at West&nbsp;Valle
 y College in Saratoga. This family-friendly event&nbsp;features hundreds of
  native wildflowers and plants on&nbsp;display as well as a variety of acti
 vities for all ages. The&nbsp;event and parking are all free to the public.
 &nbsp;</p><p class="p1">To celebrate our fiftieth show, we are featuring tw
 o popular&nbsp;speakers: <b>John Muir Laws</b>, renowned naturalist and nat
 ure&nbsp;journalist, and <b>Kate Marianchild</b>, author of <i>Secrets of t
 he&nbsp;</i><i>Oak Woodlands. </i>Other talks and workshops will offer the&
 nbsp;opportunity to learn about bioblitzes, wildflower&nbsp;arrangements, m
 acrophotography and more.&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">Attendees will also be abl
 e to take tours of the Vasona&nbsp;Creek Restoration Project and the Biolog
 y Department’s&nbsp;Moon Garden. A selection of native plants and native pl
 ant&nbsp;art, T-shirts, books and other related goods will be available&nbs
 p;for purchase.</p><p class="p1">A SOD (Sudden Oak Death) Blitz Station wil
 l be available&nbsp;at the show for people who would like to participate in
  the&nbsp;2025 SOD Blitz. This is your opportunity to participate in&nbsp;t
 his important citizen science effort to understand and control this deadly 
 disease that threatens our oak trees.&nbsp;More information is available at
 &nbsp;<a href="https://cnps-scv.org/nature.berkeley.edu/matteolab/?page_id=
 148">nature.berkeley.edu/matteolab/?page_id=148</a><span class="s1">.</span
 ></p><p class="p1">West Valley College is located at 14000 Fruitvale Ave. i
 n&nbsp;Saratoga. For more information see the schedule at&nbsp;<a href="htt
 ps://cnps-scv.org/wfs">www.cnps-scv.org/wfs</a><span class="s1">.</span></p
 ><p class="p1"><b>Volunteers Needed for Wildflower Show</b></p><p class="p2
 ">Our show depends on volunteers. We are looking for help&nbsp;on Friday be
 fore the show and Saturday on show day:</p><ul><li class="p2">Show set-up</
 li><li class="p2">Transport of items to and from our office</li><li class="
 p2">Plant runner</li><li class="p2">Greeter</li><li class="p2">Assist with 
 book sales</li><li class="p2">Show take-down</li></ul><p class="p2">If you’
 d like to help, please sign up at <a href="https://cnps-scv.org/volunteer-w
 fs"><span class="s3">www.cnps-scv.org/volunteer-wfs</span>scv.org/volunteer
 -wfs</a><span class="s4">.</span></p><p class="p1">We are happy to accept y
 our gently used <b>plant books</b> to&nbsp;sell at the show. Contact Judy F
 enerty at&nbsp;<joomla-hidden-mail  is-link="1" is-email="1" first="anVkeQ=
 =" last="ZmVuZXJ0eS5jb20=" text="anVkeUBmZW5lcnR5LmNvbQ==" base="" >This em
 ail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled t
 o view it.</joomla-hidden-mail> by <b>Monday, April 21</b> if you have book
 s&nbsp;to donate.</p>
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