Tag: living classroom
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Starting the new year with a little gardening
There was a break in the rain on New Year’s Day so I headed over to the school. I carried a couple plants with me that had been growing in pots on our patio for a while: California Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense), cultivated from overflow from our yard, and goldenrod (probably Solidago velutina ssp. californica), salvaged…
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Interview with Judy Schwarz
Judy Schwarz, who manages the native plant section at the Palo Alto SummerWinds location, is an icon in the local native plants community. A few quotes about her from the GardeningWithNatives mailing list: “Judy is a wonderful resource and advocate” (link), “Judy at [SummerWinds] in Palo Alto is the best!” (link), “Judy at [SummerWinds] Palo…