Coastal Prairie Coastal Sage Scrub Chaparral/ Woodland Serpentine Wetland Riparian

 We also serve as consultants for projects involving riparian areas. A few projects: restoration of creek banks severely impacted by human disturbance, islands in a coastal salt marsh, ecological review of salt march restoration, evaluation and mitigation of creek bank disturbance. Minimal soil disturbance promotes reestablishment of the indigenous plant community, by enhancing the growth of the native species, and inhibiting the germination and growth of alien plant species. Riparian areas are one of the most difficult habitats to restore because they are inherently disturbed every spring as water from seasonal rains lifts, moves, mixes, and deposits soil particles on its paths toward the sea.

Also, riparian areas are targets of human disturbance.

After 3 years the site looks like a recovering plant community, (3 years after a fire).

After seven years with no watering or even maintenance, chaparral! The large bushes are Arctostaphylos glauca, the dead stuff was a hydroseed mix that was forced upon us. It looks like a 'normal' hydroseeded site, dead.
 

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Plant Strategies

 

Stupid deer or people?

 

Burn Times

 

Watering

 

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A few of the jobs we've worked on

 

Deer and Fire

 

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Some of California's Buckwheats

 

California Lilacs or Ceanothus

 

Currants and Gooseberries of California

 

Honeysuckles of California

 

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Native Oak Trees

 

Planting under oak trees

 

Sages of California

 

Amendments and Mulch in a landscape

 

California's Climate and Such

 

Cold in California?

 

California Plant Communities

 

Native Plant Communities and Companion Plantings

 

Diseases and native plants

 

Drainage in the garden

 

California Plant Ecology

 

Introduction to California native ecosystems

 

Fertilizer and native plants

 

Herbicides are your friends,sometimes

 

Mynativeplants to help in selecting site-specific plants

 

Restoration of a native ecosystem

 

How to do a simple Restoration

 

Roots of native plants

 

California Soils

 

Weeds and the Effects on the Native Ecosystem

 

When To Plant native plants

 

Birds of California

 

Bird gardening, help with design

 

Hummingbirds

 

Birds and Butterflies a Class

 

Butterflies of California

 

Butterfly plants in California

 

California Bumblebees

 

A California Wildlife Garden

 

Reptiles and Amphibians

 

Gardening with deer

 

Critter problems, what to do when animals are not playing fair

 

List of plants tolerant to deer and fire

 

Useful Definitions

 

The Reference Section

 

Glossary

 

A simple planting guide.

 

Birds and Butterflies

 

Common Diseases, Pests of native plants

 

Frankia and California native plants

 

Garden Myths about California Native Plants

 

Incredible Edibles

 

Landscaping with California Native Plants

 

Native Oaks and Mycorrhiza

 

Native Herbs

 

Planting seed or plants after a wildfire

 

Weeds

 

Bird Bath

 

Blue bird house

 

Rock Wall

 

How to build a cheap greenhouse.

 

A simple garden bench.

 

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