This Saturday!

Saturday, April 12, 9:30 AM
Sage Advice Workshop: Butterflies

Join us this Saturday as naturalist Richard James from the El Dorado Nature Center shares his extensive knowledge about butterflies and how to attract them to your garden. An avid collector, James will also bring caterpillars and cocoons. He will cover the life cycles of butterflies and highlight some of their favorite and tasty native plants. Come learn about these fascinating creatures and the plants they love!



Wild about Wildflowers

We are now at the height of wildflower season here at Tree of Life Nursery and all over California. If you can't get out to one of the many locations where wildflowers are blooming, come to the nursery to see our planted wildflowers and be sure to bring a camera! In addition to seeing these beautiful flowers here at the nursery you can also pick up one of the many books we carry that will help you find and identify wildflowers as you hike. We also carry locally produced wildflower honey, and of course, we have four-inch wildflower plants already started so you can enjoy their blooms at home.

For more information about where to see wildflowers in Southern California, we suggest visiting the Theodore Payne Wildflower Hotline or calling: 818-768-3533, both are updated weekly with Wildflower Hot Spots.

*Note: All Tree of Life Workshops and Events are free of charge and do not require reservations unless otherwise noted. Just come out and participate!*

Next Month's Tree of Life Nursery Events:

May 3, 2008 - All Day
Native Cultures: Seri Indians of the Sonoran Desert... From the shorelines Sea of Cortez

Tree of Life is pleased to invite the Seri Indians back to our nursery to sell traditional handmade crafts of baskets, ironwood carvings and shell necklaces. This very special gathering is a great opportunity to learn more about the rich and unique culture of the Seri Indians. Information about the Seri: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri

May 10, 2008 (Day before Mother's Day!) - 9:30 AM
Sage Advice Workshop Series: Create-Your-Own Container
$20.00 fee/please register in advance

Just in time to bring your mother or make her a special gift! Join us as we introduce some of the basic principles for making attractive "Mini-Nature" pots and bring a piece of California into any size space by gardening in containers. After quick talk highlighting various flowering natives, you will have an opportunity to create a nature pot of your own for only $20.00. Please register in advance by calling the nursery.

Attention Los Angeles Customers!! May 17, 2008 - 12-3 pm
Tree of Life Nursery on the Road: Long Beach Water Department
Plant Sale in the Parking Lot

The City of Long Beach has enacted some pretty tough water rules on their residents and we've noticed many of you have made the switch to low-water use and habitat providing native plants to beautify your home landscapes. For just one day, we'll bring (a selection of the) nursery to you! Thanks to your friends at the LB Water Department we will be on the road selling plants in the parking lot May 17th. Tell your friends.

If you would like to make requests for plants you would like us to bring to the plant sale, you can email them. We will try to honor your requests, but the plant sale will be first come, first serve. Sorry, no special orders!

California Native Plant Garden Tours this April and May

April 12-13, 2008 - THIS WEEKEND!
Theodore Payne Native Garden Tour
Los Angeles County
Organized by the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants
http://www.theodorepayne.org/Tour/tour.html

May 3, 2008
Spring Native Gardens Tour - Orange County
Organized by the OC - California Native Plant Society Chapter and Sea and Sage Chapter of Audubon
http://www.occnps.org
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/