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Community Events

Fall Native Plant Extravaganza!

Saturday, September 23, 10:00-4:00

East Bay Wilds, the Watershed Nursery, Oaktown, Annie’s Annuals

Shop for native plants in-person. A percentage of purchases will support the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.

Online Shopping at Green Thumb Works

Saturday & Sunday, September 23 & 24

Online at Green Thumb Works

Order online; a percentage of your purchase will go to support the Tour. Browse their list of available plants.

Talks in the Nursery at Oaktown

Saturday, September 23, 2:00 PM

Oaktown Native Plant Nursery, 702 Channing Way, Berkeley

Birch Starr-Reid will talk about pruning California native shrubs. View Oaktown’s plant list here.

Weekend Shopping at East Bay Wilds

Saturday, September 23, 10:00-4:00

East Bay Wilds, 2777 Foothill Blvd., Oakland

Special weekend opening. Shop for rare native plants and garden accessories. See their plant list here.

September Plant Sale

Friday 9/29, 3pm-6pm   
Saturday 9/30, 9am-1pm

At DVC Horticulture (321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, Lot 9)

Our first Fall semester plant sale!  
See the full page here.

Mushroom Propagation (Community Education Course)

2 days, Sunday 10/8 and Sunday 10/15, 10am-1pm both days

$42 total cost

Instructed by Jordan King

This will be an experiential course which offers an introduction to mushroom propagation and cultivation, focusing on edible saprophytic (wood-feeding) mushrooms, and a hands-on experience of propagating a specific mushroom from spawn starter material. Students will make their own starter spawn bag which they can take home and use to produce mushrooms or inoculate their garden for perennial mushroom cultivation.

October Plant Sale

Friday 10/27, 3pm-6pm   
Saturday 10/28, 9am-1pm

At DVC Horticulture (321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, Lot 9)

A plant sale for days imminently spooky!  
See the full page here.