Native Plant Wreath Workshop
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Instructors—Jennifer Jewell and Adrienne Edwards
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Flier and Registration Form
What comes to mind when you think of the winter holiday season? Do you think of evergreens and baking spices? Did you know that many of our native chaparral shrubs and forest trees are evergreen, and that native sages can remain fragrant for years after drying? Learn more about native plants while you create a holiday wreath, kissing ball, or garland!
We provide all the greens & tools, including a wide selection of native evergreen clippings such as incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), sages (Salvia spp.), manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.), buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus) and California bay (Umbellularia californica). You can embellish your wreaths, kissing balls, or garlands with native buckeyes, seeds and berries. We will share botanical and ethnobotanical information about all the native plants we use. We welcome you to bring additional plant clippings you especially want to use, including any you need us to identify. Each registrant will create a 12 – 15" wreath. Come share holiday cheer while celebrating our native California plants!
Sign up to create, Saturday, December 9, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, Room 129 in Holt Hall, on the CSU Chico campus. The registration fee is $45 (or $65 to make two wreaths). For more details about workshop content please contact a workshop leader at aledwards@csuchico.edu or cultivatingplace@gmail.com. To register, complete the information below and include payment in the mail as indicated. To pay by credit card, return the completed registration form with a valid email and indicate you wish to pay with credit card. You will be contacted with a link to submit that information. For more information about the workshop, please contact Friends of the Ahart Herbarium (FOAH) at chatfield@csuchico.edu.
Instructors
Jennifer Jewell is a writer, photographer, author, and host of the public radio program “Cultivating Place” (www.cultivatingplace.com). Adrienne Edwards is a botanist, ecologist, and author of Firescaping Your Home. She teaches at CSU Chico, consults on environmental issues, and develops educational materials.
All proceeds will be donated to FOH to support the mission of the Ahart Herbarium at Chico State.