Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour

Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Sunday May 7, 2017
10am – 5pm

California native plants are naturally adapted to our local soils and climate, thrive without amendments, fertilizers, or pesticides, utilize very little irrigation, and offer incomparable habitat value to wildlife. Discover more about the possibilities California native plants offer at a variety of lovely gardens located throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, open on Sunday, May 7, 2017 for the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.

On Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and May 7, from 10:00 to 5:00, the Native Plant Sale Extravaganza will take place. During the Extravaganza a number of nurseries specializing in California natives, many not normally open to the public, will carry large quantities of hard-to-find California natives.

Registration is required. Registrants will receive a Garden Guide containing descriptions of each garden and directions. Early registration is suggested to ensure a place. Visit www.BringingBackTheNatives.net to register for the tour, view photos of the gardens, read garden descriptions, download plant lists for each garden, obtain contact information for landscapers that specialize in native plant gardens, and more.

This year Susan Friedman Landscape Architecture, a design firm based in San Ramon, has four gardens on the tour in one San Ramon neighborhood. Be sure to register online for the tour!

In addition, there will be informative garden talks throughout the day provided by SFLA staff and other garden experts, as well as a plant sale, “ask the experts” booth and delicious food from one of Oakland’s finest bakers.

Please stop by and introduce yourself as a OWADP member since Susan is a new member and can’t wait to meet others in the group. She will then be thrilled to give you a special insider’s tour of the properties!

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