Wildflower Wonders- Native Plants for Our Healthy Environment

Wildflower Wonders is the annual Earth Day event presented by the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.

Kick off California Native Plant Week with Wildflower Wonders! What will you see and do this year?

Guest Speakers:

·11:00 a.m.: Danny Slakey, CNPS Rare Plant Botanist presents “California Native Plants & Their Edible Allies”

·1:00 p.m.: Glen Holstein, PhD presents “The California Heartland Project”

A showcase of native plants of the American River watershed, hosted by expert naturalists. Plus children and adults can experience:

Plant Exhibit & Interactive Fun

·Focus on Flowers – Look through a microscope and get lost in the delicate details of flowers and their pollinators ·Scavenger Hunt with prizes

Family Friendly Walks & Talks

Enjoy a short talk to introduce each walk.

·Birding Walk

·Soil Born Farms Tour

·Native Plants and Why We Should Care

·Bees and You

·Ecology and Ethnobotany