Anne and Ed Severs’ Garden Livermore Gardening experience: 3 years with natives Years gardened at this location: Garden planted August 2004 Size: 2,500-square-foot front garden only is on the tour Showcase feature: The plants in
Elise and Mike McFarland’s Garden Livermore Gardening experience: 1 year Years gardened at this location: Garden was planted in February 2004 Size: 500 square foot front garden only on tour Showcase feature: A lawn and
Jeff and Jacquie Kixmiller’s Garden Livermore Gardening experience: 2 years Years gardened at this location: Garden planted July, 2003 Size: 11,000 square feet Showcase feature: Oak woodland, grassland meadow, and chaparral plants provide a sense
Granada Native Gardens Livermore Years gardened at this location: Planted April 2004 Size: 1/3 acre Showcase feature: The Friends of the Arroyos have transformed a former trash-strewn vacant lot into a native plant garden in
Bill Naylor’s Garden Danville Gardening experience: 1 year Years gardened at this location: Garden installed April 2004 Garden size: 800 square foot front garden is on the tour Showcase feature: Arizona flagstone paths meander between
Ron and Michelle Wallach’s Garden Alamo Gardening experience: 30 years Years gardened at this location: 4 years Size: 1/3 acre Showcase feature: These Illinois natives left their prairie garden and bought this house when it
Kevin Callahan’s Garden San Leandro Gardening experience: 3 years Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 4,000 square feet Showcase feature: This native plant garden was designed and installed by the owner in January
Debbie Rheuark’s Garden Richmond Gardening experience: all my life Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: front yard only - 400 square foot front, 200 sq ft parking strip, 100 sq foot side Showcase
© Saxon Holt Photography Anni Jensen and Carol Manahan’s Garden Richmond Gardening experience: 25 years Years gardened at this location: 7 years Size: 5,000 square feet Showcase feature: A riot of spring color and a
Tom and Shirley Butt’s garden Point Richmond Gardening experience: 30 years Years gardened at this location: 19 years Lot size: 87,000 square feet (2 acres) Showcase feature: This extensive garden, which is reached by climbing
Rick and Monica Alatorre’s Garden Richmond Gardening experience: 6 years Years gardened at this location: 3 years Lot size: 5000 square feet Showcase feature: The artistic placement of a graceful series of raised beds and
St. Elizabeth’s Elementary School Garden Oakland Years gardened at this location: 1 year Size: 4,800 square feet Showcase feature:More than 300 native plant species have been planted in this school garden; close to 50 are
Joseph McClintock’s Garden Oakland Gardening experience: 5 years Years gardened at this location: 5 years Size: 6,000 square feet Showcase feature: This peaceful 100% native plant garden, designed and installed by Michael Thilgen of Four
Christine Erskine’s Garden Oakland Gardening experience: Wherever there’s been dirt Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 20’ x 60’ front garden only Showcase feature: This small, charming garden, designed and installed by the
Dimond Park Native Plant Garden Oakland Size: 15,000 square feet Showcase feature: A charming bit of open space within the urban grid, Dimond Park features an extensive native plant garden containing more than 80 species
Robbie Brandwynne and Robin Freeman’s Garden Oakland Gardening experience: 15 years Years gardened at this location: 20+ years; going native for last 4 years Lot size: 2,500 square feet Showcase feature: This modest garden wraps
Patricia Bacchetti’s Garden Oakland Gardening experience: 35 years Years gardened at this location: 5 years Size: 1/3 acre (back garden is 3,000 square feet) Showcase feature: Numerous huge, scraggly acacias were removed from a steep
Shirley McDonald’s Garden Hercules Gardening experience: 4 years Years gardened at this location: 4 years Size: 8,800 square feet Showcase feature: This attractive low maintenance, water conserving garden represents three native plant communities; Coastal Sage
Carol Arnold’s Garden Hercules Gardening experience: 2 years Years gardened at this location: 2 years Size: 150 square foot fron garden, 360 square foot back garden Showcase feature: Small in size, but large in native
Sulphur Creek Nature Center’s Wildlife Habitat Garden Hayward 1801 D Street, Hayward Years gardened at this location: 20 years Size: 1,700 square feet Showcase feature: Certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife
Shonduel and Don Duel’s Garden Hayward 22574 6th Street, Hayward Gardening experience: lifelong Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 5,100 square feet Showcase feature: A wildlife habitat garden, designed and installed by the
Temescal Farm Gardens Emeryville Years gardened at this location: 1.5 years Lot size: 1,000 square feet (0.02 acre) Showcase feature: The landscaping for this ‘green’ building is a demonstration garden of plants that are native
Idell Weydemeyer’s Garden El Sobrante Gardening experience: 25 years Years gardened at this location: 25 years Size: 0.75 acre Showcase feature: Created and planted by Idell to provide food for people, and food, shelter, and
Maggie Owens’ Garden El Sobrante Gardening experience: 20 years Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 6,600 square feet Showcase feature: Extensive lawns in the front and back yard were removed three years ago,
El Sobrante Library Garden El Sobrante Years gardened at this location: 5 years (creekside garden); 1 year (entrance garden) Size: 1/2 acre restoration; 1,000 square foot garden Showcase feature: The El Sobrante Library features a
Lyn Talkovsky’s Garden El Cerrito Gardening experience: 17 years Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 600 square feet (front and parking strip only on tour) Showcase feature: Lyn took out the kikuyu and
Michael Graf’s Garden El Cerrito Gardening experience: 5 years Years gardened at this location: 5 years Garden size: 1/10th acre; back garden only is on the tour Showcase feature: An area formerly containing only non-natives
El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative’s Garden El Cerrito Years gardened at this location: 3 years Garden size: 800 square feet Showcase feature: In the front garden, decades-old junipers and pyracantha were removed from in July of
El Cerrito Library Commmunity Native Plant Garden El Cerrito Years gardened at this location: 4 years Garden size: 40’ x 20’, (800 square feet) Showcase feature: This attractive local native plant demonstration garden was created
Canyon Trail Park El Cerrito Years gardened at this location: plants were installed in November, 2004 Size: 2,000 square feet Showcase feature: More than 70 species of plants native to this site have been grown
Roy and Carolyn West’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 12 years Years gardened at this location: 12 years Size: 5,000 square feet Showcase feature:An elegant rock garden has been created from a former lawn sliced by
Barbara Thompson’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 24 years Years gardened at this location: 24 years Size: 1/3 acre Showcase feature: Harwood creek splashes under the magnificent oaks and three bridges in this woodland garden. Visitors
Glen Schneider’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 36 years Years gardened at this location: 8 years with local natives Size: 5,200 square feet Showcase feature: Glen, a landscaper, designed and installed this local native plant garden.
Christine Schneider’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 20 years Years gardened at this location: 7 years in the back, 3 in the front Size: 6,500 square feet Showcase feature: This gardener wanted a home where she
Peralta Community Garden Berkeley Years gardened at this location: 8+ years Garden size: 0.25 acre Showcase feature: The peaceful and artful Peralta Community Garden primarily contains 30 individual vegetable plots. However, it also has an
CHIA Ohlone Greenway Coastal Prairie Restoration Project Berkeley Years gardened at this location: 5 years Garden size: 40 yards of 8’ strips on either side of the Ohlone Greenway (adjacent to the Peralta Community Garden)
Anita Mascoli and Nancy Werthan’s garden Berkeley Gardening experience: years Years gardened at this location: years Garden size: 750 square foot front garden, 900 square foot back garden Showcase feature: This shady sloping front garden
David Loeb’s Garden Berkeley Years gardened at this location: 17 years Size: 5,000 square feet Showcase feature: The backyard is shaded by large oak and bay trees which thrive due to the presence of Blackberry
Josie Lismay’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: all my life! Years gardened at this location: 3 years Size: 2,000 square foot backyard on tour Showcase feature: A large, time-and water-intensive lawn was transformed into a charming
Juliet Lamont and Phil Price’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: Since Juliet was a child (Mom was a great gardener, so we helped) Years gardened at this location: 7 years Size: 1/3 acre Showcase feature: This
Ed Gaible and Sandra Woodall’s Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 18 years Years gardened at this location: 1 year Size: 75’ x 35’ backyard is on the tour Showcase feature: This cool, moist, lush woodland garden
Mary Ford and Rob Lewis’ Garden Berkeley Gardening experience: 16 years Years gardened at this location: 16 years Size: 1/3 acre Showcase feature: Seventeen oaks and three large groups of boulders provide the framework for
Showcase Feature The leading native plant garden in private ownership in California was started by Jenny and Scott in the 1950s. Designed and installed by the owners, from the cedars at the top of the
California Native Bee Garden Berkeley Years gardened at this location: 3 years Lot size: 15’x 70’ (1050 square feet) Showcase feature: An Eden for pollinators, this fascinating garden has worked phenomenally, attracting more than 40
Alameda Butterfly Habitat Garden Alameda Years gardened at this location: 2 years Lot size: half acre total; 60’ x 60’ garden; 100’ x 60’ meadow Showcase feature: This delightful half-acre butterfly sanctuary, located on the
