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October 11: Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project with Christina WcWhorter

10 a.m.–12 noon

Christina McWhorter, nursery manager and native plant specialist for the Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project, will lead a tour of the nursery and the area of the wetlands where restoration work is taking place.

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June 22: A Diversity of Dune Plants with Sarah Minnick

Wilma Follette

10 a.m.–2 p.m.

A second trip to Abbotts Lagoon, this time focusing on the dune community beyond the lagoon.

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June 1: A Salvia Garden & Edgewood Park with Kristin Jakob

10:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Join us for a visit to San Mateo County. First we’ll visit a private garden with a spectacular display of many species of salvia (as well as other boranic treats), then, after lunch, we’ll visit Edgewood County Park.

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May 25: Abbotts Lagoon with Doreen Smith

10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Come see summer blooms at one of Point Reyes’s best spots for lupines, poppies, thistles, and more.

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May 3: Nicasio Native Grass Ranch with John Wick & Jake Sigg

10 a.m.–1 p.m.

John Wick leads a tour of his ranch, explaining the methods he has pioneered to manage grasslands so as to keep carbon locked in the soil.

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June 7: Ring Mountain with Kristin Jakob

Wilma Follette

10:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

We’ll take a peek at the summer blooms on Tiburon’s Ring Mountain.

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April 26: Muir Beach and Redwood Creek with Tanya Baxter

10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Tanya Baxter, vegetation ecologist at Redwood Creek, a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, will show us the restoration work that has been done there over the last five years.

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May 18: Tiburon’s Middle Ridge with Eva Buxton

10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Join the leader of a Tiburon restoration project for a tour of endemic species, including several rare ones. (The photograph at left, by Eva Buxton, shows Streptanthus glandulosus ssp. niger, Tiburon jewelflower.)

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March 30: Olompali Wildflowers with Clint Kellner

Participants in this walk in northern Marin will see coral root orchids and a fescue grassland.

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March 10: Arctostaphylos of Mount Tamalpais with Jeff Bisbee