California Native Grasslands Association's

14^th Annual Field Day at Hedgerow Farms

Sowing the Seeds of Grassland Restoration:

CNGA’s 30^th Anniversary Celebration

Friday, June 11, 2021 - 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Online Event

CNGA and Hedgerow Farms are partnering for the 14^th year to offer this opportunity to learn about new perspectives on grassland restoration and practice in California’s spectacular native grasslands. We’ll take you through the restoration process: from wildland seed collection through farm production to tours of restored field sites.

See full agenda here

Follow the life of a seed from wildland seed collection to farm production.

• Seed collection with Jeff Quiter, Hedgerow Farms; Tanya Meyer, Yolo Co. RCD
• Farm production: planting harvesting, processing with Pat Reynolds, CNGA,  Bryan Young, Sacramento Regional Co. Sanitation District, Chris Rose, Solano RCD

Seeds of restoration: Where are they now? Tour the state with virtual “show and tell” site visits and presentations

• Vic Claassen, Soil Scientist, UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
• Valerie Eviner, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
• Southern California with Robert Freese, Irvine Ranch Conservancy/Orange County Parks, Megan Lulow, UC Irvine, Collin Raff, Irvine Ranch Conservancy
• Pepperwood Preserve, Sonoma County with Michelle Halbur, Preserve Ecologist
• A look at a native grassland meadow for a residential landscape five years after install with Billy Krimmel, Founder and President, Miridae Landscape Architecture and Construction
• Russell Ranch Restoration, UC Davis, Yolo County with JP Marié, Manager, UC Davis Putah Creek Marine Reserve
• Dos Rios Ranch, with Stephen Sheppard, River Partners

Short talks by CNGA Leaders, past and present

• Perspectives on the past and future of grasslands conservation and restoration

* Registered attendees will be able to view a recording after the event

Contact us if you have questions at admin@cnga.org

Continuing Education Credits:

 -SER's Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program. Pre-approved for 5 CECs continuing education credits. Attendees must request a Certificates of Completion* from CNGA.

*Attendees are responsible for uploading their certificate at ser.submittable.com. 

Hordeum brachyantherum (meadow barley), harvested and drying before cleaning. Photo: Hedgerow Farms, Michele Ranieri. 

Many thanks to our Sponsors!