BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD 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:20190502T100000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 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:1da88222e2246c68264c2f311a2ae1f6 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:19691231T160000 SUMMARY:Going Native Garden Tour LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:There is a new understanding of the importance of native plants in our envi ronment, and the extraordinary role ordinary home gardens can play in “crea ting wildlife corridors that sustain populations of insects, birds and anim als”  - The Importance of Native Plants, Fine Gardening, Julie Moir Messerv y. \nVisiting native plant gardens and bringing others along to witness the ir beauty and habitat value may be one of the most powerful individual effo rts we each can make to entice and persuade our neighbors, colleagues, fami ly, and even ourselves, to add more native plants to our gardens. \n“...mos t native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plant s pecies disappear or are replaced by alien exotics, the insects disappear, t hus impoverishing the food source of birds and other animals.”   - Prof. Do ug Tallamy in his book Bringing Nature Home.\nThe 18th annual Going Native Garden Tour (GNGT) previously scheduled for Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 will be online only this year to ensure the health and safety of visitor s, garden owners, and volunteers. \nConnecting people to nature and Califor nia native plants is more important than ever, so selected GNGT gardens loc ated throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties will have virtual tours that you can view anytime with lots more photos and some videos. Visit gngt .org (https://gngt.org/) to see the virtual tours. Registration isn’t requi red for the virtual tour, but please do register. You’ll then receive notif ications about any live webcasts and the 2021 Tour.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

There is a new understanding of the importance of native plants in our environment, an d the extraordinary role ordinary home gardens can play in “creating wildli fe corridors that sustain populations of insects, birds and animals< span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">”  - Th e Importance of Native Plants, Fine Gardening, Julie Moir Messervy.

Visiting native pl ant gardens and bringing others along to witness their beauty and habitat v alue may be one of the most powerful individual efforts we each can make to entice and persuade our neighbors, colleagues, family, and even ourselves, to add more native plants to our gardens.

“...most native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plant species disappear or are rep laced by alien exotics, the insects disappear, thus impoverishing the  food source of birds and other animals.”   - Prof. Doug Tallamy in his book Br inging Nature Home.

The 18th annual Going Native Garden Tour (GNGT) previously scheduled for Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 will be online only this year to ensure the health and safety of visitors , garden owners, and volunteers. 

Connecting people to nature and California native plants is more important than ever, so selected GNGT gardens located throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties will have vir tual tours that you can view anytime with lots more photos and some videos. Visit gngt.org to see the virtual tours. R egistration isn’t required for the virtual tour, but please do register. Yo u’ll then receive notifications about any live webcasts and the 2021 Tour.< /p>

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