Online Presentations

Native Plants of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge and Wildlife Benefits
Speaker: Madeline Yancey

Monday, August 14, 2023

7:00 – 8:30 p.m. via Zoom

Free and open to all
(all presentations are recorded and placed in our YouTube channel @NSJV_CNPS [https://www.youtube.com/@NSJV_CNPS] and added to the webinar playlist) 

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Join us to learn about native plants in the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge and the wildlife they support!

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 26,800 acres of wetlands, riparian woodlands, native grasslands, and vernal pools. Located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, the refuge is a major wintering ground and migratory stopover point for large concentrations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other waterbirds.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/san-luis

The refuge was established in 1967 under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. The first refuge parcel was purchased with federal Duck Stamp funds to serve as an inviolate sanctuary for migratory waterfowl. The refuge has grown over the last 5 decades and today it is comprised of six contiguous units: San Luis, East Bear Creek, West Bear Creek, Freitas, Blue Goose, and Kesterson. The Refuge is a major wintering ground and migratory stopover point for large concentrations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other waterbirds. A thriving population of the endemic tule elk is showcased by one of three auto tour routes.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/san-luis

Our speaker: Madeline Yancey, Park Ranger

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Reliable CA Native Plants for a Garden with NO Irrigation! (Part 2)
Monday, September 11, 2023 7:00pm – 8:30pm via Zoom
Speaker: Krzysztof Kozminski
Free and open to all

Part 1 is in the YouTube channel and playlist. The direct link is: https://youtu.be/r5kmqbEBaVU

Join us to learn about Reliable CA NativePlants for a Garden with NO Irrigation! This is a continuation of the wildly popular talk Krzysztof Kozminski gave in September 2023. He had so much information that he didn’t have time to finish so he will do so here, and also re-visit some of the highlights from Part 1. PLEASE NOTE: This webinar is hosted by the North San Joaquin Valley Chapter of CNPS. Our speaker is with the Santa Clara Valley Chapter. However our growing conditions are similar to the east foothills of San Jose.

[To contact the NSJV-CNPS please email nsjv.cnps.media@gmail.com]

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It’s not just another fish! Native Fish and Native Plants: How they interact

Monday, October 9, 2023 7:00pm – 8:30pm via Zoom
Speaker: Gail Davis
Free and open to all

Join us to learn about how native fish and native plants interact!
Gail will talk about the unique nutrient cycle between the local Pacific salmon and trout and the ecosystems of the watersheds in
which they live. Gail is a Fish and Wildlife Interpreter. She earned a B.S. degree in Natural Resources Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She gas done education and outreach for the Anadromous Fisheries Project in the Central Region of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife since 1997. This projects includes coordinating the Classroom Aquarium Education Program, aka Salmonids in the Classroom.

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Arranging California native plants in bouquets,
garlands and wreaths for the holidays!

Monday, November 13, 2023 7:00pm – 8:30pm via Zoom
Free and open to all
Speaker: Cynthia Gingerich

Join us to learn more about arranging California native plants in bouquets,
garlands and wreaths for the holidays! This is a continuation of the talk last year where Cynthia focused on bouquets. This talk will
primarily focus on creating garlands and wreaths. Last year’s presentation is in our YouTube channel @NSJV_CNPS [https://www.youtube.com/@NSJV_CNPS]

When Cynthia Gingerich and her family moved from the South Bay to the Santa Cruz Mountains fifteen years ago,
she inherited a yard stocked with native perennials, trees and shrubs from the previous homeowners. After attending her first native plant garden tour to learn more, she took another decade to remove non-native plants and increase the habitat value. Now that her yard is planted exclusively with California natives—just a few non-native bulbs and inevitable weeds remain—she is quick to point out that while she loves growing and arranging California natives, she is still a native plants enthusiast, not an expert.
In 2019 Cynthia visited private and public gardens that featured California native plants in 3 countries and 5 US states; some highlights were wildflower meadows at North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve in April, ceanothus and penstemon in Canada in May, and Matilija poppies in England in July. During that year she also began foraging in her own native garden for flowers, foliage, branches and seed pods to create a variety of natives-only arrangements which were displayed both indoors and out.

Some of those bouquets illustrated an article in CNPS’s Flora magazine (https://www.cnps.org/flora-magazine/garden-q-a-floral-arrangements-17994) and she’s continued to create arrangements in all seasons and sizes throughout the years
since then. More photos are at the Facebook Group for California Native Plant Society.

When Cynthia’s native garden was accepted for the 2022 Growing Natives Garden Tour, it had to be viewed online only due to lack of parking space and accessibility, so she created 3
videos about growing and arranging native plants in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Our Speaker: Cynthia Gingerich is an avid native plant photographer and gardener and a
member of CNPS chapters for Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara Valley.

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Jan. 8th 2024

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