2018 Chapter Meetings
The Chapter’s meetings take place eight times each year on the second Monday of the month (January through June plus October and November). The meeting starts at 7:30 P.M. and generally last about an hour-and-a half. There is a welcome and sale session starting at 7:00 and an optional, no-host dinner with the speaker at 5:30 (details below). 5:30 p.m. Join friends and meet our speakers for a no-host dinner at The Cantina, 651 E Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley. Please call Gerd or Kristin Jakob at 415.388.1844 at least one day ahead to be assured of a seat with our group. 7:00 p.m. Meet at the Redwoods retirement home, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. Books, posters, and cards will be for sale before as well as after the meeting. 7:30 p.m. Presentation starts.
Chapter Meeting – 12 November, 2018
California Mushrooms
Guest speaker: Michael Wood
Michael Wood, a California native, is a retired computer consultant by profession, and a mycologist and photographer by obsession.
Chapter Meeting – 8 October, 2018
“Water, Fire, and Mt. Tamalpais”
Guest Speaker: Andrea Williams
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is continuing to take action to minimize fire hazards and maximize ecological health on its watershed lands.
Chapter Meeting – 14 May, 2018
Measuring the Health of a Mountain: Vegetation indicators for ecosystem health of Mt. Tamalpais
Guest Speaker: Andrea Williams
Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County is a biodiversity hotspot, hosting over 1,000 plant taxa in more than 100 recognized communities—as well as the animals and physical processes that maintain this rich landscape.
Chapter Meeting – 11 June, 2018
New Calflora Tools for CNPS Users
Guest Speaker: Cynthia Powell, Calflora Executive Director
Join Calflora’s new Executive Director Cynthia Powell to discuss new Calflora tools for CNPS Calflora users.
Chapter Meeting – 9 April, 2018
Gardening for Butterflies
Guest Speaker: Charlotte Torgovitsky
How can you invite the winged jewels into your garden
sanctuary?
Chapter Meeting – 12 March, 2018
Our Pals, the Pollinators
Guest Speaker: Dick O’Donnell
The enjoyment of flowers seems to expand the more we know about the lives of flowering plants.
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Chapter Meeting – 12 November, 2018
California Mushrooms
Guest speaker: Michael Wood
Michael Wood, a California native, is a retired computer consultant by profession, and a mycologist and photographer by obsession.
Chapter Meeting – 8 October, 2018
“Water, Fire, and Mt. Tamalpais”
Guest Speaker: Andrea Williams
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is continuing to take action to minimize fire hazards and maximize ecological health on its watershed lands.
Chapter Meeting – 14 May, 2018
Measuring the Health of a Mountain: Vegetation indicators for ecosystem health of Mt. Tamalpais
Guest Speaker: Andrea Williams
Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County is a biodiversity hotspot, hosting over 1,000 plant taxa in more than 100 recognized communities—as well as the animals and physical processes that maintain this rich landscape.
Chapter Meeting – 11 June, 2018
New Calflora Tools for CNPS Users
Guest Speaker: Cynthia Powell, Calflora Executive Director
Join Calflora’s new Executive Director Cynthia Powell to discuss new Calflora tools for CNPS Calflora users.
Chapter Meeting – 9 April, 2018
Gardening for Butterflies
Guest Speaker: Charlotte Torgovitsky
How can you invite the winged jewels into your garden
sanctuary?
Chapter Meeting – 12 March, 2018
Our Pals, the Pollinators
Guest Speaker: Dick O’Donnell
The enjoyment of flowers seems to expand the more we know about the lives of flowering plants.
Chapter Meeting – 12 February, 2018
The California Wildflower Superbloom—
A Garden Photographer’s View
Guest speaker: Saxon Holt
Saxon Holt has been a professional garden photographer for 30 years, and a CNPS member 35. In recent years he has been seeking to combine these two passions to inspire gardeners to use the diverse palette of native plants.
SaxSaxon Holton Holt
Chapter Meeting – 8 January, 2018
