Summer Gardening with East Bay Native Plants

Using East Bay native plants that are naturally adapted to our local climate and that require very little water to thrive is an easy way to have a beautiful garden and conserve water, especially during the summer months. Join this hands-on workshop held in the teacher's Berkeley garden that is built from local native plants. The class will touch on many aspects of what is sometimes called “restoration gardening;” philosophy, planning and design, local plant sources, and home propagation. This class is led by two local landscape gardeners with many years’ experience: Lyn Talkovsky, an East Bay landscape gardener for ten years who specializes in local, native plants and Glen Schneider who, besides gardening, is writing a Natural History Field Guide to the East Bay. Class is held off-site; pre-registration is required. Cost: $15 Ecology Center members, $25 general, low-income spots by arrangement.