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Jun 28 2023 
We can’t wait to See Your Garden on the 2024 Native Garden Tour!
More and more people are recognizing the benefits of planting native gardens and your garden could be their inspiration to make that leap. Experienced…
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Jun 25 2023 Restoration Update: CA False Indigo
We surveyed current restoration sites in the San Dieguito River Valley and potential sites near Santa Ysabel in the upper reaches of the watershed.
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Jun 18 2023 
Restoration Update: New Encounters
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Jun 15 2023 
Our Garden Exhibit at the SD County Fair: We Won Awards!
The native Garden Committee received a $10,000 sponsorship from San Diego County Water Authority to create a native garden with this year’s theme “Get Out There”. The landscape design was finalized by Greg Rubin with input from NGC members. The garden was installed over two days with NGC volunteers, Leo Hernandez and Greg Rubin and their crew. -
Jun 13 2023 
Restoration Update: Unrelenting Invasives
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Jun 09 2023 
Recent Field Trips to Mt Laguna: A Cold Spring brings Extended Blooms
Our Field Trips to Mt Laguna this year started around the time we expected the bloom to be in full swing. In late April, with the help of Lauren Quon, Forest Service Botanist for the Cleveland National Forest, we toured around the Laguna Lakes meadows from the campground. We quickly found plenty of green happy vegetation, most of it still just thinking about blooming. -
Jun 05 2023 Restoration Update: The Pervasive Sea Lavender
Last week, we continued treating Carnation spurge (Euphorbia terracina) pictured at right. The seed of this invasive perennial germinates and co…
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May 30 2023 Restoration Update: Keeping ahead of invasives
The growth spurt created by extended rainfall and cloudiness that moderates temperature continues.After spending several days earlier this year treati…
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May 23 2023 Restoration Update: Hairy Vetch
We pulled non-native Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) from native vegetation. Below are before (top) and after photos of a California sagebrush (Art…
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May 18 2023 
CNPS-SD teamed up with Audubon to tackle invasive plants on Hospitality Point on Mission Bay
The restoration site is on the right.
Last month, CNPS-SD teamed up with Audubon Socie…
