Events, Hikes, & Trips

 

Tuesday, September 2. 7 PM—RSB Chapter Board Meeting, at Sheila’s Place, 4650 Central Ave, Riverside. 951-683-8850

 

Friday, September 9. 1:00 – 5:00 pm – Workday at RSABG nursery and Pizza afterwards!

Pot up plants, cuttings, prepare labels and other prep activities for our November plant sale. If you can’t help at the Nov. 13  Chapter CNPS Plant Sale at the Riverside Museum, try to volunteer for the prep workday. The more hands we have, the easier the task! The plant sale is a fund raiser for us and a way to promote use of natives in home landscapes.

 

Contact Lorrae Fuentes, (909)625-8767 x 243, lorrae.fuentes@cgu.edu

Location: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Greenhouse, 1500 N College Ave, Claremont.

 

Sunday, September 1812:00 noon – 4:00 pm, Field Trip to the San Jacinto Mtns.

Meet at Lake Hemet (in the San Jacinto Mtns. SE of Idyllwild) picnic area for lunch. From there we will plan an afternoon hike to Thomas Mtn. area. Lake Hemet is easy to get to Off of Hwy 74 from Riverside and Palm Desert. Hwy 243 to 74 from the San Bernardino and Banning Pass area. Good fall asters and  oaks to identify.

See you there for a Sunday afternoon outing.

Contact Lorrae Fuentes, (909)625-8767 x 243, lorrae.fuentes@cgu.edu

 

October 27-29, 2005Annual California Science Teachers Association Meeting in Palm Springs. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden will have a booth at the conference and would like to promote CNPS as well. A member volunteer along with the RSABG staff would be an enjoyable morning or afternoon,  with good public contact opportunities.

Contact Lorrae Fuentes, (909)625-8767 x 243, lorrae.fuentes@cgu.edu

 

2nd Annual Fall Native Plant Sale

 

Sunday, November 13, 2005 – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Riverside Municipal Museum, downtown Riverside, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA

 

Our second ever Native Plant Sale will be right downtown at the museum, so get there early! You will find a wonderful array of native plants for your garden, some hard-to-find native plants, seeds, and bulbs suitable for California gardens. Speak to experts about lawn alternatives such as native perennials, wildflowers, and grasses. Native plant books, posters, and note cards for sale. Hosted by the Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter of California Native Plant Society, Sunday, November 13, 2005, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riverside Municipal Museum. Free parking. Come early for the best selection; bring boxes to carry your purchases home. Cash or check only. For more information, visit www.enceliacnps.org, or contact Lorrae Fuentes (lorrae.fuentes@cgu.edu or (909)625-8767 x 243).

 

Directions: From High Desert & San Bernardino, from 215/91 Fwy, exit 7th St (Mission Inn Blvd) west to Orange St. From Low Desert & points east, from the 10/60 Fwy, exit west on University Ave & go turn right at Orange St. From South County/Corona, from the 91 Fwy, exit at University and follow the exit road on to Mission Inn/7th St. Turn left on Mission Inn, go 3 blocks to Orange.

 

You can help with the Plant Sale: We need volunteers to help in a number of ways.

Ë   Plant propagation - We need help now. Do you have some plants on your property that you can re-pot up or propagate from cuttings? Or you may have some time to help us tend plants already in pots getting ready for the November sale. Or you may have seeds you would like to donate.

 

Ë   Publicity – Help us with publicity, flyers, distribution, notices to newspapers and other press, etc.

Ë   Set up before the Plant Sale - volunteers needed on Saturday to help transport plants and supplies.

Ë   Plant sale set-up and shifts – we need volunteers for four-hour shifts (8 a.m. to noon, noon to 4 p.m.) on Plant Sale day. It is fun and educational!

 

To get involved in any of the activities above,

Please contact

Susan Jett (909-625-8767 x 246,) Lorrae Fuentes (909-625-8767 x 243), or

Katie Barrows (kate.cnb@verizon.net or (760) 564-2413).