Blog - Milo Baker Chapter

Meet our new Field Trip Coordinator

Lynn Houser is a Milo Baker past President and Conservation Chair. She also served on the State CNPS Board for many years. Welcome Lynn in her new role and look for upcoming plant walks starting in February.

Fall Plant Sale a Huge Success

Sales were brisk and of the 2000 plants our nursery volunteer team propagated, potted up, tended and groomed, all were sold but a very few. Thanks to all the volunteers who made the plant sale such a success.

A ‘Jaw-dropping’ Effort

Rain or shine, nature-loving volunteers root out invasive species on dunes. Read a recently published article from the Press Democrat about the herculean efforts by Jan and our invasives team at Doran Beach.

November 21 Speaker Series: Sonoma Botanical Garden

Explore the garden's transformation, embracing California native flora, and join us in discovering the exciting future the new executive director envisions as the Garden grows.

October 17 Speaker Series: Water Use Efficiency in Santa Rosa

Claire Nordlie, Water Use Efficiency Coordinator for the City of Santa Rosa, will talk about the programs, and incentives available to Santa Rosa residents.

September 19 Speaker Series: Bart O’Brien, Director of Tilden Regional Park’s Botanic Garden

InGeneral Meeting Speaker Series

Bart O'Brien will be sharing some of his favorite California native plants for gardens and how to care for them in a rapidly changing climate.

News from the Nursery

Vine Hill manzanita now live in the wild in 3 locations; not just 1. There was until this January, only one wild population in the world of Arctostaphylos densiflora (Vine Hill manzanita) at our CNPS preserve.

Doran Marsh Regional Park Ice-Plant Removal Project Plant Walk

Wednesday June 21, 9:00-10:30, Leader: Michelle Karle, Regional Park Aide. For a complete list of plant walks, see our Plant Walk event page.

June 20 Speaker Series: Home Turf – Strolling the Sonoma State Campus; an Introduction to Place

An introduction to the flora and fauna, trees and ponds that make up the natural environment of the Sonoma State campus.

Eco-Friendly Garden Tour 2023

It was a bright and very warm day, but hundreds from our communities joined in the 2023 garden tour. We sponsored 2 gardens in the tour, plus working with our partners, the fabulous Laguna Foundation.