California Native Planting for Beginners
Learn why California native plants really are the easiest for your pocketbook and your landscape and how you can help change the climate in your own backyard, as well as how to select the right kind of native plants and encourage birds and butterflies in your yard. Learn how to design a native plant garden to provide color year round, how to create a garden that doesn’t require irrigation, 4 steps to creating healthy soil, the 3 magic ingredients for native plant success, 9 deadly mistakes that you want to avoid when planting, the best and worst months to plant (if you are hoping to keep your plants alive!), and how to maintain your native garden with little work as possible. In this class we will introduce you to 12 California native plants for your yard, and 4 native edibles. Prevent costly mistakes by taking this class before you start planting.