Tree of Life Nursery - Fall eNewsletter 2009!

Fall Workshops, Events and More!

Selecting Native Plants and More…

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Choosing natives that are appropriate for varying garden situations can be intimidating. Tree of Life is here to help! Our Selecting Native Plants for your Garden series began in September. This Saturday, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Research Associate, Biology Professor, & Author, Bob Allen, a will share his truly remarkable knowledge about selecting plants to attract pollinators. Join us tomorrow at 10 AM, this class should not be missed!

Only three more workshops remain in our completely free Selecting Native Plants for Your Garden Series this October. Later this month, please join us for the annual Orange County California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Benefit Day on October 24, 2009, 9-4 pm. There will be a workshop that day hosted by the CNPS entitled: Water-Less Gardens that you and your Neighbors will Love!

It’s going to be a busy planting season, "Bring California Home" through the use of native plants, which provide authenticity, diversity and habitat for wildlife like hummingbirds, butterflies and beneficial insects in your garden.

For the details about our remaining Plant Selection workshops, the CNPS workshop and our Replace your Lawn with Native Plants Workshops in November....

Fall Planting Season - Get Ready!

Sycamore, Fall lighting Though we are still experiencing some warm days, the weather has been cooling down and fall is upon us. The ideal season for planting natives is during our rainy period - fall through spring. Fall planting takes advantage of all the winter rain and allows the optimal amount of time for roots to establish. Whether planning a restoration planting or a commercial landscape, if you are planning a large project, please contact us soon to reserve your material. The time to procure your native plants is now! Usually, October 15 is considered the magic date when the planting season starts.

Remember these tips as you plant natives this fall for successful installation...

Resources > Useful Links

New "Useful Links" Area on our website

useful lynx We have just added a new area on the website – Useful Links. You can find this new area on our webpage under the tab: "Resources". Here you will find some very helpful information all about California native plants. We have broken the links into six different categories:

Email Newsletter Archive – New to our email blasts? Don’t fret! You can get caught up on anything you missed since we started making our handy newsletters
Research, Plant Names, Photos and Identification – Links to the resources we actually use when we’re getting information on plants… botanists do like to keep us all busy as they are in a continual process of updating current plant names!
Organizations – Links to some Organizations we have worked with that have specific focus on promoting the education, use and preservation of native plants.
Public Gardens Featuring Native Plants – Great places all over California to see native plants. Includes botanic gardens and some other treats as well!
Water District Gardens – Many Water Districts encourage reducing outdoor water use by building demonstration gardens that feature "water-wise" plants, or, "low-water" use plants. These gardens often include some "native plant" areas, as well as featuring low-water use plants from all over the world.
Landscaping, Planning, Garden Blogs – Planning a native landscape? Need help or inspiration? There is information ALL OVER about gardening with native plants, check some of these out.

We hope that you will find lots of useful information about working with, preserving and planting native plants on our site. If we’ve overlooked any websites that you think should be listed here, please feel free to drop a line and let us know!