BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana 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:20230317T130000 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:b6761e8dff924a52cb28b74b30e2d115 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20240228T193128 SUMMARY:Seed & Cutting Exchange + Plant Sale Pickup LOCATION:Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC)\, 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto DESCRIPTION:Seed and Cutting Exchange\nFree and open to the public.\nPropagation of nat ive plants is a year-round activity, and our Wildflower Ambassadors are wor king to offer Seed and Cutting Exchanges more frequently. Our next one will be on Sunday, March 17 from 1:00 to 3:00pm at the Peninsula Conservation C enter (PCC), 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto. This free event provides a n opportunity to share and receive both seeds and cuttings of native plants . Browse the diverse offerings, ranging from easy-to- grow to hard-to-find, and go home with seeds and cuttings of new native plants! We will provide coin envelopes for seeds but bring containers to carry cuttings home.\nIf y ou have native plant material from your own garden to share, please bring s ome. Label your cuttings to make them easy to browse – some gardeners attac h helpful hints about growing; others display photos of plants in bloom. Yo u may find it convenient to use calscape.org for this – there is a link on each plant’s information page to make a printable sign for most native spec ies and cultivars.\nIf you bring cuttings, keep them cool and moist in a bu cket of water. Don’t have native plant material to share? No problem, as th ere is usually enough for all.\nSeveral popular gardening books will be ava ilable for sale during the event, including Seed Propagation of Native Cali fornia Plants (2021 ed.), by Dara E. Emery; California Native Plants for th e Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien; and California Native Gardening, A Month-by-Month Guide by Helen Popper.\nOur Wildflower A mbassadors will be giving out free seed packets and information as well.\nL imited Online Plant Sale\nThere will be an online plant sale at california- native-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter.square.site (california-nat ive-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter.square.site), starting at 9:00 am on Sunday, March 10. We will be offering plants that do well under oaks – irises, honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula), strawberries (Fragaria) and mor e.\nThe store will close when we reach our pickup capacity. In addition to plants, the nursery’s online store includes Chapter T-shirts, books, labels and plant signs.\nOrders from this sale will only be available for pickup before and during our Seed Exchange at the Peninsula Conservation Center on Sunday, March 17. We will not have nursery pickup or delivery, and there i s a minimum order of $40. \nCall for Volunteers\nWe need help with setup, a nswering questions and cleanup for the seed and cutting exchange and plant sale pickup.\nThe tasks don’t require expert knowledge of plants, and the s hifts are set up to spend time at the event in addition to volunteering. Yo u can sign up here: www.cnps- scv.org/seed-cutting-help (https://www.cnps-s cv.org/seed-cutting-help).\nDirections to the PCC: (3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto) From Hwy. 101 take the San Antonio Rd. exit and head north. Take the next left onto East Bayshore, which will curve left then right. Take t he first right onto Corporation Way, and an immediate left into the PCC par king lot. The meeting rooms are on the first floor.\n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seed and Cutting Exchange

Free and op en to the public.

Propagation of native pl ants is a year-round activity, and our Wildflower Ambassadors are working t o offer Seed and Cutting Exchanges more frequently. Our next one will be on Sunday, March 17 from 1:00 to 3:00pm at the Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC), 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto. This free event provides an opportunity to share and receive both seeds and cuttings of na tive plants. Browse the diverse offerings, ranging from easy-to- grow to ha rd-to-find, and go home with seeds and cuttings of new native plants! We wi ll provide coin envelopes for seeds but bring containers to carry cuttings home.

If you have native plant material from your own garden to share , please bring some. Label your cuttings to make them easy to browse – some gardeners attach helpful hints about growing; others display photos of pla nts in bloom. You may find it convenient to use calscape.org for this – the re is a link on each plant’s information page to make a printable sign for most native species and cultivars.

If you bring cuttings, keep them c ool and moist in a bucket of water. Don’t have native plant material to sha re? No problem, as there is usually enough for all.

Several popular g ardening books will be available for sale during the event, including S eed Propagation of Native California Plants (2021 ed.), by Dara E. Eme ry; California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, Da vid Fross, and Bart O'Brien; and California Native Gardening, A Month-b y-Month Guide by Helen Popper.

Our Wildflower Ambassadors will be giving out free seed packets and information as well.

Limited Online Plant Sale

There will be an online plant sale at california-native-plant-society-sant a-clara-valley-chapter.square.site, starting at 9:00am on Sunda y, March 10. We will be offering plants that do well under oaks – irises, honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula), strawberries (Fragar ia) and more.

The store will close when we reach our pickup capa city. In addition to plants, the nursery’s online store includes Chapter T- shirts, books, labels and plant signs.

Orders from this sale will onl y be available for pickup before and during our Seed Exchange at the Penins ula Conservation Center on Sunday, March 17. We will not have nurse ry pickup or delivery, and there is a minimum order of $40. < /p>

Call for Volunteers

We need help with setup, answering questions and cleanup for the seed and cutting exchange and plan t sale pickup.

The tasks don’t require expert knowledge of plants, an d the shifts are set up to spend time at the event in addition to volunteer ing. You can sign up here: www.cnps- scv.org/seed-cutting-help.

Directions to t he PCC: (3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto) From Hwy. 101 take the San Antonio Rd. exit and head north. Take the next left onto East Bayshore, which will curve left then right. Take the first right onto Corporati on Way, and an immediate left into the PCC parking lot. The meeting ro oms are on the first floor.

 
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