The Pressroom California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Welcome to the Pressroom of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Here you may view and download the Chapter's latest press releases and accompanying images. 

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Press Releases Press releases are in PDF format.	Images Images from the Pressroom section may be reproduced freely to illustrate Santa Clara Valley Chapter events and activities; the following photo credit is required: "photographer name, CNPS-SCV". To save an image, right-click on the thumbnail below, then select "Save Image/Picture As ...". The image will be saved in its full resolution. All images are color JPEGs of 1280x1024 resolution and are suitable for both color and B&W reproduction:  at 75 lpi, each image will support reproduction sizes up to 8.5"x7";  at 120 lpi, each image will support reproduction sizes up to 5"x4.3".
Growing Natives Symposium, Sat & Sun, March 28 & 29, 2009		California poppy and lilac verbena frame a fence in a Campbell garden. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
Spring Native Plant Sale, Sat, April 4, 2009		Monkeyflower Hybrid 'Peach' (Mimulus sp.): Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Visitors examine plants at the Native Plant Sale in Hidden Villa. Credit: Stephanie Morris, CNPS-SCV
Wildflower Show, Sat-Sun, April 25-26, 2009		The beauty and diversity of California's wildflowers are captured in this flower arrangement on display at the Wildflower Show. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		The Wildflower Show, held each year at Mission College in Santa Clara, is free and open to the public. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		You can attend free classes in plant identification and gardening with California native plants at the Wildflower Show. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Visitors browse hundreds of wildflowers, all in one place, each accurately labeled, at the Wildflower Show in Santa Clara. Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		California Poppies and Goldfields from Antelope Valley: Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Silver Bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons) growing in a sandy wash: Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Chaparral Clematis (Clematis lasiantha) clambers over shrubs and trees: Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica): Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa) is a cheerful spring wildflower: Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
		Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a drought tolerant flowering perennial: Credit: Arvind Kumar, CNPS-SCV
Going Native Garden Tour, Sun, April 19, 2009		An arroyo lupine (Lupinus succulentus) grows by a stream in a Palo Alto garden. Credit: Melanie Cross, GNGT
		Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) next to a bird bath in a Sunnyvale garden. Credit: Agi Kehoe, GNGT
		Poppies, sages, and ceanothus flower in this San Jose garden. Credit: Stephanie Morris, GNGT
		Flowering woolly sunflower, Cleveland sage, clarkia, and monkeyflower in a Sunnyvale garden. Credit: Agi Kehoe, GNGT
		A mulched path flanked by poppies and penstemons in a Sunnyvale garden. Credit: Agi Kehoe, GNGT
		A native garden in bloom in Sunnyvale. Credit: Agi Kehoe, GNGT
		A bench, flanked by heucheras and irises, provides a place of rest in a Sunnyvale garden. Credit: Agi Kehoe, GNGT

This section lists major news stories about the California Native Plant Society (Santa Clara Valley Chapter) appearing in local media. If you are aware of an article that should be included in the list below, please email and link or send a clipping to the media contact at the top of this page for inclusion in the list below.