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The Pressroom
California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Media Contact Information (NOT FOR PUBLICATION):
Rose Rockwood, roserockwood@yahoo.com, 408-839-4220 (cell)
Arvind Kumar, chhaprahiya@yahoo.com, 408-859-1874 (cell)
Mailing Address: CNPS-SCV, 3921 E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303

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Going Native Garden Tour,
Sun, April 18, 2010
Press Release
Poster
 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
38th Annual Wildflower Show,
Sat-Sun, April 24-25, 2010
Press Release
Poster
 		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
Spring Native Plant Sale,
Sat, May 1, 2010
Press Release
Poster
 		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

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.

In the News (newest first)

"Native Oasis: Local Garden Displays" from the Los Altos Town Crier, December 24, 2008
"Exotic and on Our Doorstep" from Mountain View Voice, April 21, 2006
"Lake garden shows benefits of going native" and "Plant List" from the San Jose Mercury News, June 2, 2005
"The West's identity best seen in spring" from the San Jose Mercury News, March 1, 2005
"Simply Wild About Flowers" from the San Jose Mercury News, April 4, 2004. 
"Bay Area Garden Tour Goes Native" and "Tips to Make the Tour Go Smoothly" from the San Jose Mercury News, April 2, 2004. 

"Heat brings on the blooms: Wildflower Show Arrives Early" from the San Jose Mercury News, Fri, Mar. 19, 2004  
"Native Californian Plants" from Forum, KQED Radio, April 18, 2003. Chapter President Georgia Stigall is a featured panelist. Look for Radio | Forum | Previous Broadcasts and then the date April 18, 2003.
"Plant Sale Goes Native" from the San Jose Mercury News, October 18, 2002.