Rewilding Your Home Garden
Dig into a new way of gardening — one that nurtures not just your plants, but the planet. Peter and Jane will guide you through the journey of transforming your yard or lawn into a resilient garden landscape filled with vibrant native plants and endemic wildlife. Yard by yard, we can change the world.
Peter Haggard is coauthor, with Judy Haggard, of Insects of the Pacific Northwest. He has a degree in wildlife management from Cal Poly Humboldt, taught in the UC Master Gardener Program, and retired from the Humboldt County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office in 2006. Jane Monroe has a BS and an MA in biology from Cal Poly Humboldt. She has worked as a biologist and a zoology lecturer at CPH.
The meeting venue
With sincere gratitude to McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, Shasta Chapter CNPS continues to meet in the new Turtle Bay Nursery Classroom, 1125 Arboretum Drive, Redding. There is lots of free, paved parking just steps away from the classroom building, and nice, curbed sidewalks. To get to the new venue, from South Market Street, turn east onto Arboretum Drive. Veer right at the first opportunity (so you don’t end up at Turtle Bay Elementary School!), and drive a short way to the “curvy” parking lot to the east of Arboretum Drive.
The Nursery Classroom is just inside a large wrought-iron double gate, which is just north of the entrance to the botanical gardens proper.
Photo taken August 30, 2024, by Don Burk.
The meeting time
We will get the show on the road no later than 6 PM for our short Chapter meeting and announcements, followed by our speaker’s presentation. Or come as early as 5:30 PM to socialize and see what sort of pre-meeting activity or display we might have for you