California Native Plant Society – Evening Programs
…announcing TWO November 2022 evening programs of the California Native
Plant Society
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“Encouraging Indigenous Wildlife, Insects to Birds, in the Garden”
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) invites the public to a presentation, “Encouraging
Indigenous Wildlife, Insects to Birds, in the Garden,” on Monday November 7 at 7:00 P.M., at Six
Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd. Arcata. Or visit northcoastcnps.org for a Zoom link to the
presentation.
Pete Haggard will tell how he and his wife Judy, over a period of 45 years, converted their dry
pasture in Fieldbrook into a food garden and a native plant and wildlife garden. Despite a few
failures along the way, their gardens now have over 50 species of native bees and many species of
butterflies. And their slug and snail problems decreased as the predator beetles in the garden
increased.
Pete is the Garden Chair for the CNPS North Coast Chapter. He and Judy co-authored “Insects of the
Pacific Northwest,” an essential field guide.
This is the second showing of the 9/14 program. Note the earlier start time.
707-822-2015, www.northcoastcnps.org.
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“From the Neotropics to the California Floristic Province, a journey to understand plant
diversification”
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) invites the public to a presentation, “From the
Neotropics to the California Floristic Province, a journey to understand plant diversification,” on
Wednesday November 9 at 7:30 P.M., at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd. Arcata. Or visit
northcoastcnps.org for a Zoom link to the presentation.
Oscar Vargas, botany professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, will describe what his previous research on
tropical South American plants revealed about the evolution and diversification of plant species,
and will also discuss how his current work furthers our understanding of biodiversity hot spots,
including those in our own bio-region.
The live event is preceded by a social gathering at 7 P.M.
CNPS hosts free public presentations on the second Wednesday of each month, September through May.
707-822-2015, www.northcoastcnps.org.