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CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks
CREATED:20201230T213518
SUMMARY:Gardening for Biodiversity with Native Plants, a talk by Shelkie Tao
LOCATION:Zoom and YouTube
DESCRIPTION:<div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column
 "><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="colu
 mn"><p>Native gardens provide so many benefits. They are beautiful, low wat
 er, low maintenance and support a wide variety of wildlife. A major advanta
 ge of native gardens is that they can be a great place to help us preserve 
 biodiversity.&nbsp;</p><p>California is a hotspot of biodiversity: it “is&n
 bsp;<a href="https://californiabiodiversityinitiative.org/pdf/california-bi
 odiversity-action-plan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">home</a>&nbsp;to
  more species of plants and animals than any other state, and is home to ab
 out one third of all species found in the United States, including more rar
 e plants than most states have plants.”&nbsp; However, “More than&nbsp;<a h
 ref="https://wildlife.ca.gov/biodiversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3
 0%</a>&nbsp;of California’s species are threatened with extinction.”</p><p>
 The good news is that our gardens can help restore and preserve biodiversit
 y. By planting a wide variety of native plants, including those that are fa
 cing extinction, native plant gardens can support plant biodiversity while 
 supporting a large number of insects, pollinators and other forms of wildli
 fe.&nbsp; In this meeting, Shelkie will talk about the biodiversity benefit
 s of native plants, and go through some of the plants she uses in the garde
 ns she designed.</p><p>Shelkie Tao is landscape designer and founder of&nbs
 p;<a href="https://waterefficientgardens.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopene
 r">WaterEfficientGardens.com</a>, an online landscape design business that 
 excels in low water and native plant garden designs. She is a sustainabilit
 y-driven entrepreneur committed to developing water-saving and ecosystem-fr
 iendly solutions.&nbsp; Prior to Water Efficient Gardens, Shelkie worked ov
 er 10 years in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley.&nbsp; She received
  her Certificate of Achievement in Environmental Horticulture and Design fr
 om Foothill College, and MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.</p><p>This t
 alk will be live streamed on&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/
 c/CNPSSantaClaraValley">YouTube</a>&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong><a href=
 "https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqde6oqjsiGtyIW2Py_wT_amKqgrhyt
 nML">Zoom</a>&nbsp;(requires advance registration).</strong></p></div></div
 ></div></div></div></div>
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