Marin Master Gardeners: Gardening with California Natives

Posted by bonnie on 30 October 2018

Gardening with California Natives

There are thousands of native California plants and Marin County’s Mediterranean climate is the perfect place for many of them. Learn why and how using native plants in your landscape is a way to help make up for habitat lost to development. Because native plants have co-evolved with native birds, butterflies, bees, other beneficial insects and mammals, planting them in your garden helps maintain these populations. By using native plants you can build a beautiful landscape that uses less water and fewer chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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Speaker

Before becoming a Marin Master Gardener in 2014 Bob Mauceli was a Master Gardener for 9 years in New York. He lives on a north Novato hillside that has 21 Tuscan olive trees and is landscaped using native trees, shrubs, ground covers and perennials. Bob is also a member of the California Native Plant Society and an avid birder. He has built natural habitats in all the places he and his family have lived.