June Events at Tree of Life Nursery
Saturday June 4 – Customer Appreciation BBQ and Nature Drawing Workshop
11:30am-1:30pm – CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ – Yes Virginia there is a free lunch.
We will be cookin’ up our famous carne asada tacos. The fare is fairly spare (spartan, but austere), though delicious… tacos and garnishes, your basic taco stand taco, so… dear loyal friends, feel free to bring, as some of you have done in years past, a side dish to put on the side dish table which will liven things up a bit.
1:30 pm – How to Draw Nature with Sama Wareh
Join Author, Naturalist and Artist Sama Wareh for a 2 hour workshop based off of her award winning book “How to Draw 60 Native CA Plants and Animals: A Field Guide”. Enjoy Turkish Coffee while you unleash the creativity within you. Learn how to sharpen your observation skills in order to capture nature’s beauty with your preferred artistic medium. Learn how to break seemingly complicated drawings into shapes and lines. Bring a Sketchbook and come prepared to have some fun!
Sama Wareh has sold over a thousand books and has held hundreds of art and science workshops throughout Orange County. In 2013, Wareh was awarded OC Register’s OC Metro’s 40 under 40.
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Saturday June 11
9:30 AM – Gardening with Desert Plants
Tree of Life’s Kevin Alison will give a talk on California desert plants, covering the evolution of desert habitats as well as common adaptations of desert plants that allow them to survive and thrive hot, dry climates. He will also highlight desert plants that can be planted throughout the summer and will add summer color to your garden!
Saturday June 18
9:30 AM – Summer Strategies
Join us for this informative workshop on summer planting strategies. Tree of Life’s Patty Roess and Sam Manning will teach you strategies for successful planting and maintenance of native plants in the summertime. They will also highlight plants that can tolerate summer planting and teach you which to avoid planting in the hot summer days.
Saturday June 25
9:30 AM – Milkweed, Monarchs, & More!
What is milkweed? Come find out as we have a look at the life of North America’s most popular butterfly, the monarch, plus other insects found on milkweed plants.
Local biologist Bob Allen has been studying monarchs since gradeschool-age, tagging them for University of Toronto since age 9, and now participating with the Xerces Society and The Monarch Project. Hear about the life cycle of the monarch, migrations, and studies. He’ll also present California species of milkweed, the unusual plants they feed on as larvae.
Big News! The latest scientific research reveals that monarch population reductions are related to the lack of fall-blooming flowers that provide adults with nectar they need to make the journey to overwintering sites. You can remedy that in your own yard by planting fall-blooming plants. Bob will present his favorite plant choices, available from the nursery.
We will also be having a 10% off sale on plants to end the planting season!
Featured Photo Credit: Sarah Bryant, Tree of Life Nursery © 2016