Native Plant Stewards: Intro to Growing Native Plants

This is an online class taking place on the Zoom video platform!

Join SAMO Fund Nursery Manager Antonio Sanchez for an online workshop covering the basics of growing native plants for projects and plants sales. Topics covered include how to time seed collections and seed sowing, tips for germinating native seed, and real-life examples of current SAMO Fund nursery projects. Plants covered include Narrowleaf Milkweed, Chaparral Mallow and Black Sage. All are welcome to tune in to this free online workshop. This online workshop is part of the SAMO Fund Steward Certification (find out more here), a 7 week certification course aimed at helping local folks gain native plant nursery skills.About the Presenter:Antonio Sanchez has been working around native plants for nearly 2 decades, and has worked at various native plant institutions around the state, including Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and the Theodore Payne Foundation for Native Plants. Antonio was co-founder of Nopalito Native Plant Nursery in Ventura, CA, and was lead organizer for the California Native Food Symposium, the Southern California Monarch and Milkweed Conference, the first Ventura County Native Plant Symposium, and the California Native Sage Festival.

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Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery, Via Goleta, Thousand Oaks, United States

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