by Ann Elliott | May 27, 2025 | In the Garden, Native Plant News
Native plant enthusiasts toured two San Anselmo gardens on Saturday, May 24. Less than one mile apart, the gardens were quite different in location, plants, and topography. The tour was organized by subscribers to the native plant email group of Marin CNPS. Harold’s Garden Harold Hirsch started his garden 20 years ago. It is on a steep hill, much of it in the understory of mature coast...
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by Ann Elliott | Jul 30, 2026 | Featured, Native Plant News, News Items
by Kristin Jakob. Eva Buxton, botanist and longtime CNPS Marin chapter board member, has recently described and published a new species of Leptosiphon in Madroño, the journal of the California Botanical Society.
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by Ann Elliott | Feb 24, 2026 | Native Plant News, News Items
A reminiscence by Dick O’Donnell
Fremontodendron species first reported in Marin by Richard O’Donnell in December 1999 issue of The Four Seasons, the Journal of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden.*
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by Vernon Smith | Oct 25, 2020 | Native Plant News, News Items
by Laura Lovett During this pandemic year, many of us took pleasure in gardening. Our garden plots got much more attention than they usually receive, and in response they flourished! However, spring came and went without a CNPS Marin Chapter native plant sale due to COVID-19 safety restrictions, so members were not able to fill those empty spots in their gardens or continue their transition to...
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