Are you a gardener on a budget? Do you like growing thing s "from scratch"? Come to this talk to learn about easy and effective propa gation best practices for California native plants, both from cuttings as w ell as seeds. The talk will include show-and-tell demos.
The program concludes with the popular Seed & Cutting Exchange. Browse the diverse offerings, ranging from easy-to-grow to hard-to-find, and go h ome with seeds and cuttings of new native plants – for free! We will provid e coin envelopes for seeds, but bring containers to carry cuttings home. Br ing native plant material from your own garden to share. Label it to make i t easy to browse; some gardeners attach helpful hints about growing; others display photos of plants in bloom. Keep cuttings cool and moist in a bucke t of water. You will have a chance to show and tell what you brought. Don’t have native material to share? No problem; there is usually enough for all .
Speaker bio:
Ann Finney is a Master Gardener and
a long-time member of the Growing Natives Garden Tour Committee. She grows
a variety of native plants in her home garden in San Jose, and tends the st
unning Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at Martial Cottle Park, San Jos
e.