CNPS makes progress against pathogen threat to native plants
May 31, 2016, marked the one-year anniversary of the CNPS Chapter Council’s decision to form an Ad Hoc Committee on Phytophthoras. This decision was triggered by a request from the Willis Jepson...
View ArticleNeonicotinoids in Your Garden
In celebration of National Pollinator Week (June 20th-26th) the Xerces Society, the largest pollinator conservation organization in the world, brings awareness to the dangers of a commonly used class...
View ArticleUC Berkeley’s Jepson Herbarium Joins Forces with CNPS on Calscape
CNPS is excited to announce a strategic partnership with the Jepson Herbarium at UC Berkeley to cooperatively develop Calscape, re-launching the site to showcase its many great resources. Calscape now...
View Article“The Good Guys”
by Nancy Bauer We have so many reasons to love our native plants—their beauty, the way they make gardening so easy and so rewarding, how make themselves so at home in our gardens. They are the plants...
View ArticleCreating a Native Wildflower Meadow
By Greg Rubin Few things evoke magical memories like spring wildflowers. Whether it is a desire to recapture a serendipitous discovery of a color-laden flower field from our past, or simply re-living...
View ArticleWatering Strategies from South Bay Botanic Garden
by Susan Krzywicki After so much debate about how to water native plant gardens, you’d think it had all been said. Let me add some tips and techniques from Eddie Munguia, who is the Horticultural Lab...
View ArticleArcata Community Center Native Plant and Wildlife Garden
By Pete Haggard • Garden Chair, CNPS-North Coast Chapter One of the great pleasures of observing a native plant garden grow up over the years is seeing an increase in plant and wildlife diversity. The...
View ArticleWatering Native Plants
We have had the benefit of a wonderful rain year, and watering may be the furthest thing from our minds. But knowing when and how to water native plant gardens is a key to success. A new Tree of Life...
View ArticleAnnual Wildflower Tests Challenge Conventional Wisdom
Lee Gordon, CNPS San Diego Gardening Committee Conventional wisdom says that the best time to sow annual wildflower seeds is in the fall, just before the rains, and that seeds should be covered with a...
View ArticleAdvice for a New Native Gardener
This article has been adapted from the CNPS- Orange County Chapter‘s “Native Gardener’s Corner – Member’s Tips, Tricks, and Techniques” newsletter column, which offers chapter members and local...
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