🪻Saving Nature in Your Own Yard: Workshop #1: Nature’s Best Hope Watch Party & Discussion

Saving Nature in Your Own Yard: Planting Natives for Wildlife Workshop Series 

Tuesdays from 6-8pm at the Mount Shasta Library unless otherwise noted. 

Join Mount Shasta Area Audubon, Mt Shasta Public Library and Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center for a free series of 3 workshops all about landscaping with native plants (which are often drought resistant and fire resilient) and creating wildlife habitats in our own yards no matter the size. See workshop descriptions below. 

1st Workshop on July 28th: Nature’s Best Hope Watch Party & Discussion - For our first workshop, we will gather to watch an inspiring recorded talk given by Doug Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope, Bringing Nature Home, How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard, among many more. Afterwards we will discuss what we learned and talk about some examples of small ways you too can Save Nature with your own yard, no matter the size! We will also have a seed swap featuring native plant seeds so feel free to bring native seeds to swap or donate, but it’s not required. 

Register here: https://mountshastaecology.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/28502 

2nd Workshop on August 25th: Landscaping with Native Plants - For our 2nd workshop, we will be discussing landscaping with native plants. We’ll learn our local keystone plant species, how to find them, how to add them to our landscapes to optimize the benefits to us, the plants, and wildlife… In other words, how to save nature in our own yards! 

Register here: https://mountshastaecology.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/28503 

3rd Workshop on September 29th: Ethical Seed Collecting (Location TBD as we get closer - sign up to get updates!)- For our 3rd workshop, we will go out into the wild and learn how to identify native plants in different seasons, what to look for when harvesting, how to process, save, and ready the seeds for planting! 

Register here: https://mountshastaecology.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/28504 

Bonus Workshop on Thursday, August 27th at Singing Rock Ranch with Mount Shasta Area Audubon - Can a (Native) Pollinator Garden Save the World?(Check Audubon website for details) Is it true that the plants we choose for our landscape matter? Why should we care about native bees, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, and hummingbirds? Come to this talk and join in the conversation about some of the simple things we can do to create a world that is more vibrant, sustainable, and beautiful!  

We will also have a seed swap featuring native plant seeds so feel free to bring native seeds to swap or donate, but it’s not required.