Native Plant Conservation Campaign News: Online native garden tour and socializing offers great way to enjoy plants during the quarantine
March 26, 2020
Enjoy the Online Native Plant Garden Tour and Social from the Theodore Payne Foundation, on Zoom Saturday and Sunday (March 28-29), 10 am-5pm Pacific, 1pm – 8pm Eastern
This is a great way for native plant societies, botanic gardens and others to share the beauty and lifestyles of your local native plants. Please let us know if you are planning an online event, exhibition, field trip or tour!
We will help you get the word out!
From the Theodore Payne Foundation:
We have created the Online Native Plant Garden Tour Social, which is a LIVE event people can join for free, via the platform Zoom, from 10am-5pm 
(pacific time) on Saturday and Sunday.
(pacific time) on Saturday and Sunday.We have made this program free and open to anyone, but for those in the position to make a donation and support the Tour by buying a Ticket, the Theodore Payne Foundation during these times, we could truly use your support right now.
From 10 am-5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, different garden owners and designers will come onto the social and show us what is happening in the garden now, and talk about key aspects of their garden-making process. There will also be time for some Q&A.
The live schedule for this weekend will be posted here by Thursday. For now, you can see wonderful photos and videos created by homeowners, showcasing their gardens and letting us know they are doing well in these times.
A Few Highlights to Look Out for This Weekend:
- Our new Executive Director, Evan Meyer, will be leading Saturday’s lunchtime chat, in conversation with Nick Jensen of CNPS, discussing what “native” means in the context of landscapes.
- Saturday, there will be a live painting demonstration in garden 19 in Long Beach.
- Saturday, we are thrilled to feature a 5-6 pm Social Distancing Afterparty with live music from Sage Against the Machine. Rock on!
- Sunday, from 12-12:30 pm, luminary Native Plant Specialist Carol Bornstein will be in conversation with Garden Tour Coordinator Margaret Oakley, discussing key themes of the 2020 gardens.
- Sunday, from 4-5 pm we have a Q&A Maintenance Panel featuring Tim Becker, Director of Horticulture at Theodore Payne, Nicole Calhoun of Artemisia Nursery, and Max Kanter of Saturate, a native landscape maintenance firm. Bring your native garden maintenance questions!
For more information and to learn how to join, visit the tour website
Follow the garden tour on the Theodore Payne Foundation YouTube page
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This is a great project for all native plant societies, botanic gardens and anyone with a camera, plants and expertise! Please let us know if you are planning an online event, exhibition, field trip or tour so everyone can learn about and enjoy your local native plants!
Photo: A garden on the tour from the Theodore Payne Foundation
