Upcoming CNPS SCV Events and Activities - July 8, 2025

[CNPS-SCV News]

Dear friends,
Check out our chapter's upcoming events:
  
[1] Maintain a Native Plant Garden, a talk by Stephanie Morris
Thursday July 24, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Cupertino Library Program Room (2nd floor) - 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino
https://www.meetup.com/california-native-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter/events/308982964/

Note: This talk is in-person only.

If you've wanted to learn how to maintain native plants, this talk is for you! Come get inspired and learn how to do it yourself. The talk will include pruning guidelines for native plants, information on the time of year to prune, strategies for weed control, an overview of basic irrigation scheduling, and a few favorite tools used in maintenance. 

This is Talk #3 in a 3-part series. Here are links to the previous two talks. Talk 1 was Designing a Native Plant Garden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPCZhb3ScKc) and Talk 2 was How to Install Native Plants (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V6DAEmcoVU)

Stephanie Morris has been designing California native plant gardens since 1999 in the Bay Area. Her goal is to design creative, beautiful landscapes that are ecologically oriented and practical.

[2] Greeters needed for Cupertino Library talk
Thursday July 24, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Cupertino Library Program Room (2nd floor) - 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f49a9a729aafd0-library#/

We need greeters for our upcoming library talk. Please sign up via the link above if you are able to help.

Library talks are an excellent opportunity to learn about what our chapter does. Worry not if you are new to this! You will have an experienced volunteer with you to assist you. The greeters' responsibilities are to staff the welcome table and answer basic questions about CNPS if attendees have any. Tables, chairs, and CNPS literature will be provided.
Questions? Contact Priya at: priya4cnps @ gmail.com.
 
[3] Chapter Restoration Activities
RSVP is required for all Chapter restoration activities, along with signed waiver forms. Please see the individual Meetup listings for details.
 

[a] Habitat Restoration at Lake Cunningham Park
Saturday July 12, 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Parking Lot E, Lake Cunningham - Park Rd Parking, Park Rd, San Jose
https://www.meetup.com/california-native-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter/events/308915619/

Note: We are meeting at Parking Lot E this week.

Join us for a special section to restore habitat at Lake Cunningham Park. We will remove stinkwort from the northern shore of the lake and work our way south.
 
[b] Habitat Restoration at Cataldi Park
Saturday July 12, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Cataldi Park - 1797 Bethany Ave, San Jose
https://www.meetup.com/california-native-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter/events/308927819/

Join us to restore habitat in Cataldi Park, San Jose. We are planting and maintaining native plants in a 1/4-acre area of the park off Bethany Ave. We planted more than 100 native plants last winter! Activities this spring include weeding, sheet mulching, watering, irrigation setup and general maintenance.
 
[c] Community Work Day at Kirk Park
Saturday, July 12, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Kirk Park Native Garden - Briarwood Drive at Wawona Drive, San Jose
https://www.meetup.com/california-native-plant-society-santa-clara-valley-chapter/events/jwhtqtyhckbqb/
Volunteers meet at the garden on Saturdays for weeding, watering and other maintenance activities. Occasionally there will be other tasks such as mulching and planting.
 
[d] Friday Edgewood Restoration
Friday, July 11, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Varies - join the email group to receive weekly notices
https://www.cnps-scv.org/events/calendar/eventdetail/11419/-/edgewood-restoration

Help restore habitat at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve, known for fabulous wildflowers and amazing diversity. Weeders see far more than weeds: we get to be up close to the native plants, some of which are seen only by weeders. To participate, join the email list and sign the electronic volunteer agreement, by sending an email to weed-warriors-coord @ friendsofedgewood.org.

Here are some events from other chapters and organizations:

[4] Summertime Birding at Sausal Pond - by Midpen
Friday, July 11, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Windy Hill Preserve
https://www.openspace.org/events/guided-activities/summertime-birding-sausal-pond

Birds are quieter during summer, but that doesn't mean they're gone. Join Docent Naturalists Melissa Hero, Nick Yatsko, and Chris MacIntosh to look and listen for resident songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors, ducks, and hummingbirds, as well as for migrants who remain in their spring breeding area to molt during summertime to prepare for migration. 

[5] Coyote Creek Visitor Center BioBlitz - by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful
Sunday, July 13, 9:00 am - 11:30 pm
Location: Coyote Creek Visitor Center - 19245 Malaguerra Ave, Morgan Hill
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coyote-creek-visitor-center-bioblitz-tickets-1364921118809

Join Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and partners in cataloging and documenting all of the wildlife that reside along Coyote Creek. At a BioBlitz, scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to get an overall count of the plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms that live in a place.

[6] Among the Trees, Bushes & Flowers - by MidPen
Monday, July 14, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Thornewood Preserve
https://www.openspace.org/events/guided-activities/among-trees-bushes-flowers

Enjoy a moderately-paced, 3.5 mile, out-and-back morning hike with Docent Naturalists Liz F. and Susan Dunn to explore redwood trees, wildflowers, and blooming bushes. You’ll descend through a chaparral-studded landscape along the Schilling Lake Trail before heading into a redwood forest on the Bridle Trail with one steep hill and some uneven terrain.