October 15 Speaker Series: Plant Natives in Cool Autumn

Abstract: How to plan, plant and maintain natives in organic sustainable gardens around our County. Diverse habitats call for varieties that range from cool coastal to hot inland. This presentation will focus on best practices to maintain robust and healthy plants. As the native plants from the fall sales go into the ground, it’s critical to irrigate, protect and nourish them during the seasons ahead.

Bio: Oscar Lucario is a landscaper designer and land manager with over 20 years of experience in organic sustainable maintenance in Marin and Sonoma Counties. He has worked in home gardens as well as food production farms and land preserves. Additionally, Oscar is a Landscape Worker II for the City of Sausalito Parks & Recreation Department. Oscar has cared for the grounds of the California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville; he established a 5-acre community garden at the Federated Indians Graton Rancheria. The focus of Oscar’s organic farm practices are on revitalizing private and public gardens by building chemical and pesticide free habitat for native, medicinal and edible plants, bees and beneficial insects to boost resiliency to a changing climate. He is currently establishing guidelines for organic landscaping with the City of Sausalito. Oscar has a BS degree in Environmental Studies and certificates in land management and sustainable landscape design from Sonoma State University. He is certified in permaculture design by Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and qualified in ReScape’s Resilient Regenerative Firescaping. (source Rescape California rescapeca.org)

Milo Baker Chapter General Meetings and Speaker Series are held on the third Tuesday of each month (except for July, August, and December) at 7:30p.m. Meetings are held at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa, or via Zoom.

Zoom link to this presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84941780432