Are you thinking about replacing your lawn or landscaping with drought tolerant plants? Do you want to draw beneficial insects and birds to your yard by adding interesting habitat? Consider using beautiful and diverse California native plants! Whether you are just now contemplating a change in your landscaping, or you already have some California native plants and want additional ideas, mark your
calendar for April 8, 2017 for the 7th annual Gardens Gone Native (GGN) tour. The annual GGN tour is free to registrants, and is organized by the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. The tour includes over 20 California native plant gardens in the greater Sacramento region. All the gardens on the tour have more than 50% California native plants in the landscaping. Tour participants will see a wide range of California native plants in home garden settings and will have the opportunity to learn what plants might work best in their own garden. The GGN tour offers the unique opportunity for garden visitors to talk to garden hosts and ask questions about the plants, the design, and the process of creating their California native gardens. Each garden host will have free lists available of the plants growing in their own yard. In addition, the tour includes a range of gardens from well-established mature plantings to more recent native landscape conversions. The tour also features professionally landscaped gardens as well as homeowner designed gardens. Registration for this inspirational tour opens March 10, 2017. Registration information can be found at SacValleyCNPS.org/Events/GardenTour. After registering online, registrants will receive garden descriptions and maps. For additional information, please visit: SacValleyCNPS.org/Events/GardenTour. If you would like your garden considered for the tour, or if you know someone with a garden comprised of at least half California Native plants, please contact the planning committee at [email protected].
