20th Anniversary Conferences Agenda & Registration
Nature’s Best Hope
A celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, in partnership with the Golden Gate Bird Alliance and the California Native Plant Society’s Santa Clara Valley Chapter.
Featuring Dr. Doug Tallamy, best-selling author of Nature’s Best Hope, who will speak both days.
Register now for either or both events.
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 10:00-5:00, James Moore Theater, Oakland Museum, $70
and
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 1:00-5:00, Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, $40
Agenda for Saturday, November 16, 2024, 10:00-5:00, James Moore Theater, Oakland Museum (subject to change)
10:00 Registration opens: book signing by Doug Tallamy
10:30 Welcome from Glenn Phillips, Executive Director of the Golden Gate Bird Alliance, and Kathy Kramer, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Founder and Coordinator
11:00 “Restoring the little things that run the world: Why it matters, and what you can do” Doug Tallamy
12:00 Bringing Nature Home in the Bay Area – from ecological deserts to wildlife habitats:
* Kathy Kramer’s San Pablo garden
* Stefanie Pruegel’s San Leandro garden
12:40 – 1:45 lunch, book signing, and “Meet the Speakers!” lunchtime opportunities (bring your own sack lunch and drink, or purchase lunch in advance)
Meet the Speakers over lunch!
* Amber Hasselbring: Green Hairstreak Corridor, San Francisco
* Joey and Robin Grossinger: Pollinator Pathway, Berkeley
* Stefanie Pruegel: Home Gardens
* Melody Gil and Steve Harrington: School Gardens
* Glen Schneider: Skyline Gardens Restoration Project
1:50 20th anniversary of the Tour: Retrospective and Celebration
2:20 Amber Hasselbring – Green Hairstreak Corridor, San Francisco
2:55 Robin Grossinger – Pollinator Pathway, Berkeley
3:20 Melody Gil and Steve Harrington – Prospect Sierra School Garden
4:00 Glen Schneider – Skyline Gardens Restoration Project
4:25 – 4:45 Closing
Agenda for Sunday, November 17, 2024, 12:00-3:00, Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University (subject to change)
12:15-12:45 Book signing by Doug Tallamy
1:00 Welcome from Glenn Phillips, Executive Director of the Golden Gate Bird Alliance, and Kathy Kramer, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Founder and Coordinator
1:30 “Nature’s Best Hope” Doug Tallamy
2:30 Bringing Nature Home in the Bay Area – from ecological deserts to wildlife habitat: Kathy Kramer’s San Pablo garden
2:50 20th anniversary of the Tour: Retrospective and Celebration, and acknowledgement of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS and the Growing Natives Garden Tour
3:15 Book signing and stretch
4:00 Juanita Salisbury
4:30 City of San Carlos and the Master Gardeners Native Pollinator Partnership
4:45 Closing remarks