Kim and Jeff Jerge's Garden
Pinole
Gardening experience: The native plant garden has been installed over the past four years.
Garden size: 28,000 square feet
Showcase feature: A high diversity of local native plants, mixed with natives from throughout California, can be found in this large, sunny garden. Jeff, interested in what the landscape was like prior to the arrival of Europeans, wanted a native garden that would provide habitat for wildlife. The garden was designed by Glen Schneider and installed by Glen and Jeff.
Other garden attractions:
- The front and back gardens consisted of lawn, ivy, and juniper prior to the conversion.
- Don't miss the fossils embedded in the stone stairs in the back garden.
- This garden receives a small amount of supplemental water in the spring and summer.
Gardening for Wildlife: The local native plants provide a haven for wildlife, as do the pond, birdbath, and rocks that provide shelter for the smaller creatures. Pacific chorus frogs, fence and alligator lizards, salamanders, ring-neck, gopher and king snakes, bats, kestrals, and foxes are occasionally seen or around in the garden. More commonly seen are a plethora of bees and butterflies, finches, and hummingbirds.
Plants for sale: Jeff will have native plants available for purchase.
Garden Talks: 11:00 and 2:00 "Native Gardening: Fun for the Whole Family!"