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LOS ALTOS: A Path to Conservation

An outdoor exhibit… about Wallace Stegner… beautiful… enlightening… mind shaking… looking forward to the companion exhibit! A Society to Match its Scenery: Wallace Stegner’s Local Legacy “One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. … Continue reading

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CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS: February Friends

Another native plant day… for the love of buckwheat…the cushion buckwheat… and the one-leaf-onion… just to find an evening primrose… and a California fuchsia Mt Umunhum with a buckeye in the same pot… for a February Friends theme… and a … Continue reading

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ART ITINERARIES: Frank Duveneck

Looking for art to celebrate a special birthday on October 9… learning about Frank Duveneck’s Whistling Boy… connecting to Frank Duveneck‘s son of Hidden Villa… enjoying the fall colors, crisp air, peaceful forest… a beautiful world to celebrate!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: March Valentine!

Missed it in February… found it in March… for hummingbirds… and a late birthday present… and a few more native beauties: Mimulus ‘Valentine’ – Red Valentine Monkeyflower Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon Golden Yarrow – Eriophyllum confertiflorum Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: More California Natives

Last native plants of the year… THE Ceanothus ‘Centennial’… and a few additions for the butterfly bed&breakfast…  Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’  Asclepias speciosa / Showy Milkweed Ceanothus ‘Centennial’ Scutellaria antirrhinoides / Snapdragon skullcap

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HIDDEN VILLA: California Native Plants

If it’s November it is seed sowing time… and the Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale for the last planting of the year… got a couple buckeye seeds as well… adding some California Color to the mix… the fall magic … Continue reading

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HIDDEN VILLA: Native Plant Sale

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If it is October it’s CNPS Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale… didn’t find the Ceanothus‘Centennial’… but found five plants to start the California native pots… Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita BOP’ Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’ Sedum spathulifolium ‘Broad-leaved Stonecrop’ Dudleya caespitosa … Continue reading

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LOS ALTOS: Hidden Villa…

… and native plant sale… finally joined the native plants gardening as we wanted to do it for a long time… until our old lawn died on us and we had to do something about it… and this is how … Continue reading

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