Native Here is open for sales and volunteers through July and August:
Fridays 9 am to noon including July 4, Saturdays 10 am to 1pm
Tuesdays 1pm to 4 pm volunteers only: seed sowing, transplanting, watering, weeding
Seed collecting every Tuesday 9 am–1 pm. Meet at the golf course parking lot–kids welcome. For more collecting days refer to www.ebcnps.org/seedtrips.html or call Gregg at 510-223-3310.
Can’t help during regular hours? Have kids? Consider spending a couple of hours in the early morning, or after work in the evening, watering at Native Here, listening to the birds and enjoying the cooler parts of the day in the beautiful nursery setting. There are toys for kids. If interested, email us at nativehere@ebcnps.org.
Visit Native Here Nursery, 101 Golf Course Dr, Tilden Park Friday or Saturday mornings to volunteer to grow and sell plants to benefit the chapter. For other times, seed collecting trips, etc., contact Charli at nativehere@ebcnps.org.
People are needed to water 2 hours per week or to fill in for vacations on an ad hoc basis. Monday am or evening, Tuesday afternoon or evening, Thursday afternoon/evening, Friday afternoon/evening, or any time on Sunday. Contact nativehere@ebcnps.org to find out what’s involved and when help is needed.
No need to call ahead. Gloves and tools are provided.
Plants are for sale but they will require extra care in your yard until fall. You can leave them in their pots under light shade with regular water until the rains come or plant them but they will need protection from sun and regular watering.
At the nursery, many plants are dormant through the summer, annuals have gone to seed, and bulbs are resting until fall. Plants that don’t like summer water are tucked away in cool parts of the nursery. They will return to the sales floor in time for the October 18-19 Plant Fair.
Books are for sale at good prices as you pay no sales tax at Native Here. Summer is a good time to plan for what to plant in the fall and winter. We have great books for sale to help you. Two wonderful references are Care and Maintenance of Southern California Native Plant Gardens, which has wonderful general information on garden care and maintenance in both English and Spanish; and A Vegetation Management Almanac for the East Bay Hills, illustrating the worst weeds of the bay hills, and decision points for how and when to manage them with least adverse effects on native plants and wildlife.
Landscaping Ideas of Jays and Hardy Californians are great reads—words of wisdom from two amazing California plantswomen. There are also books on Ceanothus, Iris, Calochortus and conifers; floras of Marin, the California desert, and the checklist of East Bay plants. Kids’ books include: Dragonflies of North America, Color and Learn, and Grandmother Oak.
We accept used pots when the nursery is open Fridays and Saturdays and on our volunteer day every Tuesday. We reuse some of them and put the rest in the bin just outside the top gate. Anyone is welcome to take pots from this bin to use for their own planting projects.
We are located in Tilden Regional Park, across the street from the entrance to the Tilden Golf Course, 101 Golf Course Dr, Berkeley, CA 94708, 510-549-0211, nativehere@ebcnps.org, our website is www.ebcnps.org.
Margot Cunningham and Charli Danielsen