Pollinators and Wildlife
The vast majority of our pollinators are adapted to get nourishment only from native plants. The more complex your habitat garden, the greater the number of creatures that will find resources there.
A New Chapter for Native Habitat in the Heart of Larkspur
Behind the new library in downtown Larkspur, something quietly transformative is beginning to take root. The newly-planted habitat garden, led by Refugia Marin, is turning a forgotten outdoor space into a living landscape filled with California native plants and opportunities for community connection.
Pollination Partnerships
By Paul da Silva Education Committee Chair
Why do flowers have the forms, colors and scents that they do? It’s not to please us! That is only an accidental side-effect of our sense organs’ similarities to those of certain other members of the animal kingdom.
Concerns About Milkweed and Monarch Butterflies
By Laura Lovett, Gardening with Natives Committee Chair
As recently as the 1980s, millions of monarch butterflies over-wintered at sites along the California coast, including in Marin. In recent years, citizen scientists have documented a plummeting population, now less than 3% of its historic size.
Native Plants are for the Birds
by Doreen Smith
Articles Index
A New Chapter for Native Habitat in the Heart of Larkspur
Behind the new library in downtown Larkspur, something quietly transformative is beginning to take root. The newly-planted habitat garden, led by Refugia Marin, is turning a forgotten outdoor space into a living landscape filled with California native plants and opportunities for community connection.
Pollination Partnerships
By Paul da Silva Education Committee Chair
Why do flowers have the forms, colors and scents that they do? It’s not to please us! That is only an accidental side-effect of our sense organs’ similarities to those of certain other members of the animal kingdom.
Concerns About Milkweed and Monarch Butterflies
By Laura Lovett, Gardening with Natives Committee Chair
As recently as the 1980s, millions of monarch butterflies over-wintered at sites along the California coast, including in Marin. In recent years, citizen scientists have documented a plummeting population, now less than 3% of its historic size.
Native Plants are for the Birds
by Doreen Smith
Handouts to Download
What Might Be Pollinating My Plants
Best Plants for Bees
Butterfly Nectar Plants
Butterfly Host Plants
Planting Milkweeds
