Speaker: Carol Bornstein, Author and Director of the Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

WATCH THE RECORDING THROUGH OCTOBER 15 ON YOUTUBE

TWO WAYS TO WATCH

1) Zoom: To watch the presentation on your computer or phone via Zoom you must register in advance at this link. Registration on Zoom has a capacity so register now for the best ‘seats’. You do not need a Zoom account to register or watch the presentation. 

Register for the presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hh70zNR1S8iHcEJjn8G7ZQ

2) Facebook: If you want to watch the presentation without registration it will be live streamed to CNPS-San Diego Chapter’s Facebook page beginning at 7:00pm. There is no limit to participants viewing the presentation on Facebook.

CNPS-San Diego Chapter Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/events/1341379282923265

Mark yourself as Going or Interested and you will receive a Facebook notification and link on your account to the live stream.

Questions for the presenters will be selected by a moderator from the chat and comment sections of both Zoom and Facebook.

DESCRIPTION

Landscape professionals and home gardeners have the power to make a difference in conserving or restoring biodiversity by creating habitat for wildlife in urban areas. Residential, commercial, and public spaces are increasingly dedicated to this rewarding and vital endeavor to support birds, beneficial insects, and other wild creatures whose natural habitats are threatened by development, pollution, toxic chemicals, and the unchecked spread of invasive species. This presentation features some of the best California native plants for Southern California gardens along with equally important ideas for sustainably designing and tending these spaces.

Lucy Warren, author and Native Garden Committee member, will moderate questions.

BIO

Carol Bornstein is former Director of Living Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where she oversaw development and care of the museum’s 3.5-acre Nature Gardens. For nearly 30 years, she was horticulturist at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Carol is co-author of the award-winning California Native Plants for the Garden and Reimagining the California Lawn. She has selected and introduced several popular cultivars for California gardens, including Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ and Corethrogyne filaginifolia ‘Silver Carpet’ and she continues to share her knowledge of plants native to California and other mediterranean climate regions through her teaching, writing, and design work.

Manzanita berries photo: Carol Bornstein

PURCHASE CAROL’S BOOK “California Native Plants for the Garden”: https://www.canativeseeds.com/product/california-native-plants-for-the-garden/933

WATCH THE RECORDING ON YOUTUBE

SPEAKER: Michael L. Wells Ph.D.

 TWO WAYS TO WATCH

1) Zoom: To watch the presentation on your computer or phone via Zoom you must register in advance at this link. Registration on Zoom has a capacity so register now for the best ‘seats’. You do not need a Zoom account to register or to watch the presentation. 

Register for the presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JKtwJWZAT_O_1_1-h_VtmA

 2) Facebook: If you want to watch the presentation without registration it will be live streamed to CNPS-San Diego Chapter’s Facebook page beginning at 7:00pm. There is no limit to participants viewing the presentation on Facebook.

 CNPS-San Diego Chapter Facebook Page: facebook.com/cnpssd

Questions for the presenters will be selected by a moderator from the chat and comment sections of both Zoom and Facebook.

 DESCRIPTION

The recently published, A Natural History of the Anza-Borrego Region Then and Now by Mike Wells and Marie Simovich, evolved from a course taught at the University of San Diego by the authors over a 16-year period. It tells the story of how the desert landscape evolved over time and how the organisms that inhabit the desert have adapted to the conditions of heat, aridity and high soil salinity found there. To adapt to these conditions organisms have taken many different evolutionary pathways resulting in amazing biological diversity. The most interesting and typical examples of these adaptations will be presented along with sample illustrations taken from the book. The infographics in the book were created by Diolinda Monteiro and the fine illustrations by Anne Kowalski. The book was recently awarded a gold medal for Contributions to Publishing by the Commonwealth Club’s California Book Awards. This award is given to “innovative or essential book projects, which celebrate and showcase California and its richness".

Purchase the book: https://www.shop.theabf.org/products/a-natural-history-of-the-anza-borrego-region-then-and-now-authors-marie-simovichmike-wells

 Proceeds from this book support the Anza-Borrego Foundation.  

BIO

Michael L. Wells completed a 34-year career with California State Parks in 2010. His first permanent assignment in 1977 was Anza- Borrego Desert State Park, where he served as a state park ranger. Over the next three decades he enjoyed assignments all over California, serving as a ranger, resource ecologist, and park superintendent. His final assignment was district superintendent of the Colorado Desert District, which includes ABDSP. Mike has a PhD in physical geography from a joint program with San Diego State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

SPEAKER:

GREG RUBIN, Awarded 2018 Horticulturist of the Year by the San Diego Horticultural Society

Greg Rubin will present a VERY thorough slideshow that touches on most aspects of native landscaping, including basic ecology, design techniques, plant selection, site preparation, irrigation, layout, planting, and maintenance. Important differences between ornamental horticulture and native ecology will be emphasized. There will also be special attention paid to the severe threat that Argentine ants/sucking insects pose to native plants, and how they may have been a leading (but little recognized) cause of native plant mortality as long as natives have been popular gardening subjects. 

Greg is the President and Founder of California’s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc., Licensed Landscape Contractor and co-author with Lucy Warren of "The California Native Landscape: The Homeowners’ Design Guide to Restoring its Beauty and Balance” and “The Drought-Defying California Garden”