Tag: gardens
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Systems Analyst Weaves Together Nature and Friends
Brad Jenkins, board member, webmaster, and treasurer of the California Native Plant Society Orange County Chapter (OCCNPS), is featured this month, and answers the question: What draws us to our relationships with nature and native plants? “Innate influences, happenstance encounters, analytical purposefulness, and social associations.“ Brad writes: “My first wedding was in a wild field…
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Native Gardener’s Corner–Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
August/September, 2023 Guest Article compiled by Dan Songster. This column is a newsletter feature offering OCCNPS chapter members and local experts a chance to briefly share information on many things related to gardening with natives. The Request for this Edition of the OCCNPS Newsletter was: “Which native tree would be your favorite to plant in…
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Buckwheat Giveaway in Dana Point
The city of Dana Point is partnering with the Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society (OCCNPS) on an ambitious 200-plant Buckwheat in Every Garden giveaway this Friday, November 15 at the Dana Point Community Center. OCCNPS and the city of Dana Point will give away 200 four-inch ‘Dana Point’ buckwheat plants from 9 a.m. to…
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Buckwheat Brings Buckeyes
Autumn has arrived and the creamy white buckwheat flowers are beginning to take on their rich, russet brown color. Can you see the common Buckeye butterfly visiting the buckwheat in the image above? Several native plant gardeners have shared photos of the common Buckeye butterfly visiting buckwheat plants in their home landscapes recently. Doug Tallamy,…
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Buckwheat Builds Habitat
The Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society (OCCNPS) has begun to distribute free, four-inch California buckwheat plants to homeowners living in Orange County. OCCNPS hopes to improve habitat for wildlife and butterflies throughout Orange County with this first-ever campaign to distribute 1,500 buckwheats to homeowners who pledge to plant them in their…