Landscaping with Nature: Engaging with Evolutionary Ecology in Your Native Garden

This workshop is suitable for landscape professionals and anyone interested in maximizing habitat values in their landscaping. Expert instructors will present cutting-edge methods of design, installation, management, and maintenance including site evaluation, plant selection, evolutionary interactions, habitat features, and planting best practices to create a wildlife-friendly landscape. 

• "Site Evaluations, Habitat Features and Species Selection when Designing with Nature," Pat Reynolds, General Manager, Hedgerow Farms, Winters
• "Living Landscapes - Designing Native Plant Gardens That Attract Wildlife and Still Look Good," Haven Kiers,  Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Dept. of Human Ecology, UC Davis 
• "Designing Habitats to Benefits Native Bee - Forage and Beyond," Neal Williams, Professor of Pollination Ecology, Dept. of Entomology, UC Davis
• "Maximizing Habitat for Birds and Other Wildlife Species in Landscapes," John Sterling, Ornithologist, Sterling Wildlife Biology
• "Conservation and Coevolution - Making the Case That Natives Add Value," Billy Krimmel, Miridae Landscaping Company, Sacramento

Sign-in begins at 8:30 AM  Talks begin at 8:45 AM .

Contact us if you have questions at admin@cnga.org or (530) 902-6009.

We hope you can join us for this fantastic event! 

Sponsored by: Delta Bluegrass Co., Miridae Landscape Co., The Watershed Nursery, Hedgerow Farms, Inc. 

Landscape photos by Saxon Holt. Bee and Clarkia photo by Pat Reynolds.