March 29, 2026 at 1PM -Belonging to Place: Why Native Plants Matter
Sunday, March 29 | 1:00 PM Location: Environmental Nature Center– Newport Beach Register Here Instructor: Mike Evans What does it mean for a plant — or a person — to belong to a place? In this opening workshop of the 2026 Native Plant Workshop Series, Mike Evans invites participants to reconsider gardening […]
March 28, 2026- 10AM to 3PM – Native Plant Festival
Sunday, March 28 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: California Botanic Garden Register Here This free, family-friendly event celebrates California’s incredible biodiversity and highlights how we can all make a difference to protect and restore the landscapes around us. Join dozens of regional nonprofits, landscapers, and agencies for info on native plant landscaping, wildlands conservation […]
Cal Native Hort Expands to Los Angeles: Partnering with Katherine Pakradouni to Establish New Native Plant Nursery
Mike Evans, Katherine Pakradouni and Jeff Bohn at Tree of Life Nursery November, 2025 The California Native Horticultural Foundation is excited to announce that we are working with Los Angeles-based horticulturist Katherine Pakradouni to find a home for a CNHF native plant nursery in the Los Angeles area. Katherine brings extraordinary depth to this work. […]
Building a 120’ square foot Strawbale demonstration shed with Levi Brewster
Strawbale Shed Cal Native Hort is honored to be a part of the Landscape Recovery Center at Eaton Canyon. We are building a 120’ square foot Strawbale demonstration shed with Levi Brewster, garden educator and building contractor, this summer. It will be made of densely packed straw bale building, sealed within a natural […]