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:20230326T060000 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:84d6a25c72ba36109c2f13ca93e18f16 CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks CREATED:20240229T053135 SUMMARY:Create a Pollinator Paradise in Your Garden, a talk by Brian Dirking LOCATION:Brisbane Library\, 163 Visitacion Ave.\, Brisbane DESCRIPTION:Pollinators are essential for a thriving garden ecosystem, but often cannot access all of the elements they need to flourish and raise the next genera tion. Learn how you can create a beautiful low water “paradise” for bees, b utterflies and other pollinators in your garden, and boost your fruit and v egetable yields in the process. Attendees will receive a free packet of Cal ifornia native wildflowers for pollinators to try out in their own gardens. \nBrian Dirking has loved gardening from an early age, helping his grandmot her in her backyard and nurturing her prizewinning African violets. For muc h of his adult life he dedicated his leisure time to fruit and vegetable ga rdening, and maintaining a healthy lawn.\nBut in 2020 he realized that he c ould save time, money and the planet by converting most of his yard to a na tive habitat garden. Inspired by Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, he has planted hundreds of California native plants in his small San Carlos garden to create a lush and vibrant oasis that feeds bees, butterflies, birds and more! Now that he is freed from the tyranny of lawn maintenance and expens e, you can find him lounging in a hammock listening to birdsong and admirin g year-round blooms and berries in his garden.\nYou can visit Brian’s garde n on the Growing Natives Garden Tour on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Register for the tour at gngt.org (gngt.org).\n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Pollinators are essential for a thriving garden ecosystem, but often c annot access all of the elements they need to flourish and raise the next g eneration. Learn how you can create a beautiful low water “paradise” for be es, butterflies and other pollinators in your garden, and boost your fruit and vegetable yields in the process. Attendees will receive a free packet o f California native wildflowers for pollinators to try out in their own gar dens.

Brian Dirking has loved gardening from an ea rly age, helping his grandmother in her backyard and nurturing her prizewin ning African violets. For much of his adult life he dedicated his leisure t ime to fruit and vegetable gardening, and maintaining a healthy lawn.

But in 2020 he realized that he could save time, money and the planet by converting most of his yard to a native habitat garden. Inspired by Doug T allamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, he has planted hundreds of California native p lants in his small San Carlos garden to create a lush and vibrant oasis tha t feeds bees, butterflies, birds and more! Now that he is freed from the ty ranny of lawn maintenance and expense, you can find him lounging in a hammo ck listening to birdsong and admiring year-round blooms and berries in his garden.

You can visit Brian’s garden on the Growing Natives Garden To ur on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Register for the tour at gngt.org.

 
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