This Saturday, June 11, 2004, is our last open Saturday for retail customers until Fall 2004.

Join us and take advantage of special sale plants, including beautiful hybrid Monkeyflower gallon-sized plants for $5 - regularly $7!

The 2004 Paul Ecke, Jr. Flower and Garden Show will feature many fine horticultural exhibits. Tree of Life Nursery's first exhibit will be called:

The California Garden, complemented by A Mexican Patio

The exhibit will feature an adobe-covered straw bale replica of Casa 'La Paz,' the nursery's new bookstore. The tiny patio garden will feature native plants from southern California and Baja. Our goal is to recreate the look of early California living, and to generate interest in native plant landscaping.

Our exhibit will be located just outside O'Brien Hall, next to the Home Depot booth (yes, it really is David and Goliath!).

Opening June 11 and running until July 5, this annual celebration is held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

for more information on the Fair, go to the
San Diego Fair Website

Three two-day workshops on the relationships between plants and animals
Offered as a package or can be taken separately
All meetings on Saturdays from 8am to 2pm

Workshop 1: "From Pollination to Dispersal: How Plants Depend on Animals and Animals Depend on Plants"
Meeting 1: September 25, Meeting 2: October 2 Fee: $30

Workshop 2: "Plant Identification and Natural History for Birders
Meeting 1: October 30, Meeting 2: November 6 Fee: $30

Workshop 3: "Ecological Landscaping" (at Tree of Life Nursery)
Meeting 1: December 4, Meeting 2: December 11 Fee: $35

Fee for all 3 workshops: $75

Reservations: Starr Ranch Reservation Line: (949) 858-0131
Questions: Starr Ranch Office: (949) 858-0309 or email Dave at dbontra243@aol.com

Download PDF for more info

Upper Newport Bay has a program called ROOTS (Restoration Outreach Opportunity Teamwork Stewardship) for those looking to volunteer for a great local cause:

Steward Days are every Wednesday from 9-11am and include native plant propagation
and Restoration Teamwork is every fourth Saturday from 9-12 and includes planting natives and weeding out exotics. For more information, contact the California Coastal Commission
(949) 640-0286 or kfinstad@coastal.ca.gov