TRAINING SESSION on using local native plants for revegetation

"PHASE ONE - INTRODUCTION TO THE SUCCESSFUL USES of LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS for REVEGETATION by COUNTIES, LOCAL AGENCIES and NATIVE PLANT ENTHUSIASTS"

Re-establishment of weed-free, self-sustaining native ecosystems for full-sun, non-riparian, unirrigated areas: utilizing direct seeding of local native seeds.

WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS USEFUL FOR:
--Land owners wanting to replant natives or manage their natural resources.
--Landscape architects wanting to know how to utilize local native plants.
--Native plant enthusiasts, to do restoration successfully right the first try.
--Non-point source water pollutions, TDL, and Stormwater--control erosion.
--Park Departments, to repair damage or plant natives in the place of weeds.
--Planning departments who issue grading permits/erosion control.
--Researchers working on any aspect of successfully establishing natives.
--University students interested in ecological restoration and mitigation.
--Water companies to lower sediment into their reservoirs.

Once you have your own local native seeds, learn how to achieve success the first time. Participants receive a certificate for each phase of the workshop completed.

The first in a series of training session with Craig Dremann, research director and co-owner of The Reveg Edge,
the Native Ecosystem Academy (SM) division,
a private outside-training company, experienced with native plants since 1972
Box 609, Redwood City, CA 94064 (650) 325-7333

Copyright © 2000 by Craig C. Dremann, all rights reserved.

Grindelia............California poppy...Foothills needlegrassPerennial Cal. natives that stay green all summer without irrigation, and don't require mowing.
Drawing from Abrams' Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Stanford Univ. Press. Color by Photoshop.

LATEST UPDATE October 2, 2000

One day training session is brought to your location:

The workshop opens with a basic outline of how to get started with local native plants, and part of the afternoon session is out in the field. Workshop generally runs 9 AM to 4 PM, unless otherwise noted. The agenda covers what is listed below, and the final agenda will include items requested by the participants:

-- LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS have something useful for everyone:
-- WHAT ARE local native plants, colonizers, seed transfer zones and ecotypes?
-- EVALUATING different native species in the field for your various purposes.
-- LOCAL SEED sources: how to protect for the future and utilize them.
-- TEST PLOTS: their value in making every project a success in less than one year.
-- MIXES, hydroseeding, and other methods of installation and materials to utilize.

PARTICIPANTS please >>> complete the SURVEY <<<
as your survey results are used to form the final agenda for the workshop.
(All the participant agenda survey results can be found linked to the workshops listed below).

NEW>>>ALL PARTICIPANTS please check these web pages below
and prepare your answers to the following exercises for the class:
(click links to see each exercise individually and print off)

Exercise One:
Landscaping with one gallon container stock of native bunchgrass:
Failed, why?

Exercise Two:
Direct sowing with natives: Immediate failure and success, why?

Exercise Three:
Direct sowing with natives: Long term failure or success can be
determined by checking the seed mix and examining these two pictures.

Exercise Four:
Maintenance practices today can cause long-term problems or protect natural resources for decades into the future. Why?

Exercise Five: The story of burns, what can they tell you?

Exercise Six:
Groundcovers in the past were maintained with herbicides, now what?

Exercise Seven:
The Hypothetical Case of the Out-of-Place Seed Mix: What doesn't belong here?

Exercise Eight:
Beauty examples of roadside native plants in and around Yosemite: What is similar?

Exercise Nine: What can a "common garden study" show about native plant genetics and ecotypes?

Exercise Ten: Existing weeds and their seed bank, if they are where you want to plant natives, what to do?

Exercise Eleven: Evaluation of a Planting: What is the BREAK EVEN RATIO between native plants and exotics?

Exercise Twelve: THE DEAD AND LIVING grasses found in June: how can information about them be used for your vegetation management plans?

Exercise Thirteen: The two percent solution, how is it important?

Exercise Fourteen: The ROADVEG project in Utah, how is it important for all public land management agencies?

All workshops will have limited number of maximum
participant spaces, ranging from 18-30, and are noted below.
Spaces will be available on a first-to-register basis.
PRICE PER PARTICIPANT, for workshops conducted
within California, is $250 and includes lunch.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES please note that this workshop will be covered as outside training. The best way to pay is a prepaid revolving fund training account check. If a revolving fund check payment process isn't in place, let us know when you register who will be responsible for your training payment, and how you will be paying. We can take credit cards (Mastercard/Visa)

PLEASE NOTE: we need you to separately email us a copy of your WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM (below) at least 30 days before the workshop, so we know your paperwork is being processed, and you will have a space reserved at the workshop. CALL if your are late-registering.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM can be printed off the web for your accounting department, and submitted to us via the web. Workshop dates are listed below, and when locations with addresses are noted, they are official:

For more information, call Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333 or Email: craig@ecoseeds.com

WORKSHOP DATES for each CALIFORNIA COUNTY:
Exact locations and addresses will be added as workshops are confirmed.
Agenda items requested by participants at each workshop will be linked below.

Number of agenda items per County can be found as links in parentheses, and the number of spaces for participants per workshop will be noted below. Green=new info.

ALAMEDA CO. -

AMADOR CO. -

BUTTE COUNTY - CHICO

CALVERAS CO. - SAN ANDREAS

COLUSA CO. - COLUSA

CONTRA COSTA CO. -

DEL NORTE CO. - CRESCENT CITY

EL DORADO CO. - PLACERVILLE

FRESNO CO. - FRESNO

GLENN CO. - WILLOWS

HUMBOLDT CO. - ARCATA

IMPERIAL CO. - EL CENTRO

INYO CO. - BISHOP

KERN CO. - MOJAVE

KINGS CO. - CORCORAN

LAKE CO. - LAKEPORT

LASSEN CO. - SUSANVILLE

LOS ANGELES CO. - AGOURA HILLS

MADERA CO. - MADERA

MARIN CO. - SAN RAFAEL

MARIPOSA CO. - YOSEMITE

MENDOCINO CO. - HOPLAND

MERCED CO. - MERCED

MODOC CO. - ALTURAS

MONO CO. - MAMMOTH LAKES

MONTEREY CO. - CARMEL VALLEY

NAPA CO. - ST. HELENA

NEVADA CO. - GRASS VALLEY

ORANGE CO. - NEWPORT BEACH

PLACER CO. - AUBURN

PLUMAS CO. - QUINCY

RIVERSIDE CO. - RIVERSIDE

SACRAMENTO CO. - NORTH HIGHLANDS

SAN BENITO CO. -

SAN BERNARDINO CO. - 29 PALMS

SAN DIEGO CO. - OTAY MESA

SAN FRANCISCO CO - SAN FRANCISCO

SAN JOAQUIN CO. -

SAN LUIS OBISPO CO. - SAN LUIS OBISPO

SAN MATEO CO. - REDWOOD CITY - Early summer, 2001 - Stalstaf City Park, Recreation Way entrance: DIRECTIONS from US 101 or I-280 take Woodside Road to Alameda de las Pulgas and travel north to Goodwin Ave. Turn left onto Goodwin and go two blocks to Recreation Way. Park on Goodwin and walk into park entrance---signs will be up for the workshop, which will be outdoors in the shade of oaks. This is a beautiful oak woodland park with a perennial creek (Ojos de la Agua) and serpentine native grasslands. Lunch will be at the Deli at the Woodside Plaza - Limited to 25 participants.

SANTA BARBARA CO. - GAVIOTA

SANTA CLARA CO. -

SANTA CRUZ CO. -

SHASTA CO. - REDDING

SIERRA CO. - LOYALTON

SISKIYOU CO. - WEED

SOLANO CO. - CLOVERDALE

STANISLAUS CO. - MODESTO

SUTTER CO. - YUBA CITY

TEHAMA CO. - WEAVERVILLE

TULARE CO. - VISALIA

VENTURA CO. - PIRU