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chhaprahiya@yahoo.com
408-859-1874 (cell)

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CNPS-SCV
3921 E. Bayshore Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650-260-3450

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Find below the latest press releases and event posters from the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Images to illustrate articles and news stories are also provided.
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Growing Natives Symposium:
Sat-Sun, September 17-18, 2011

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Lupines, tidytips, baby blue eyes, and other spring wildflowers in the Fleming garden. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Seep monkeyflower and alum root light up the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley in spring. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Tidytips, baby blue eyes, and other spring wildflowers in the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Meadowfoam (foreground), seep monkeyflower (background), and other spring wildflowers in the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Manzanita (foreground) are an effective foil for a spring wildflower display in the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Summer color from Pacific reed grass, manzanitas, and other shrubs in the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Ferns and manzanitas cover the hillside below ceanothus and fremontodendron in bloom at the renowned Fleming garden in Berkeley. Credit: Luke Hass, Friends of Regional Parks Botanic Garden


Fall Native Plant Sale:
Sat, October 15, 2011

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Summer-flowering California Aster (Aster chilensis) attracts butterflies, bees, and other insects. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
California Fuchsia 'Select Mattole' (Epilobium septentrionale) is a summer-flowering perennial. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
California Aster (Lessingia filaginifolia) flowers in summer. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV