Events

New Year’s Day Hike Monday, January 1, 2024 at 9:30am Westside Trail Start the New Year off right on our 12th annual joint CNPS/SEA hike up the Westside Trail, a four-mile roundtrip, easy-to-moderate hike to the “Top of the World” with views of Mt. Shasta, Trinity Alps, Mt. Lassen, and the northern Sierras.   Field… Read More »New Year’s Day Hike

Plant Talk: Fruit Tree Selection and Cultivation by Rico Montenegro Located upstairs in the conference room at Orchard Nutrition Center -Thursday, January 11thth -6 to 8 pm

Plant Talk: Fruit Tree Selection and Cultivation Meet at the Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Office 1135 Arboretum Drive, Redding (Next to Greenhouse in Nursery) -Saturday, January 13, 2024 -10:00 AM to 12:00 PM https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/events/plant-talk-fruit-tree-selection-and-cultivation

Chamise Peak Native Plant Field Trip DATE CHANGE:  Now on Sunday, January 14 from 9am to 1 pm The Chamise Peak Trail is an easy to moderate-difficulty trail of 4 ½ miles with a 700 elevation climb. On this hike we will teach participants how to identify native shrubs and trees in winter and a… Read More »Chamise Peak Native Plant Field Trip

Shasta Lake Garden Club Tree Selection, Placement and Cultivation for Hot Climates Clair Engle Park Community Center 1525 Median Av., Shasta Lake  Thursday, January 18th  6 PM to 8 PM

Plant Talk: Fruit Tree Selection and Cultivation 11555 Old Oregon Trail, Redding Rm 4000 at the Shasta College farm -Saturday, January 20 -10 AM to 12 PM

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop & Orchard Hands-on Work Day Lassen View Elementary School - 705 Loma Vista Dr., Redding  Saturday, January 27  8:30 AM to 11:00 AM This is a community event, so bring family and friends. Dress casually and bring bypass pruners, loppers, pruning saw, gloves as well as wheelbarrows, bow rakes… Read More »Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop & Orchard Hands-on Work Day with Rico Montenegro

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop & Orchard Hands-on Work Day Shasta Meadows Elementary School - 2825 Yana Av., Redding  Saturday, January 27  1 PM to 3:30 PM This is a community event, so bring family and friends. Dress casually and bring bypass pruners, loppers, pruning saw, gloves as well as wheelbarrows, bow rakes, and… Read More »Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop & Orchard Hands-on Work Day with Rico Montenegro

Redding Seed Swap at the NEW Shasta Seed Library (Farmily Project) Sunday, February 4th, 1:30 pm - 4 pm Redding Library Community Room   "Brought to you by the Farmily Project in cooperation with the coming son Shasta Public Library Seed Library   Join us for Redding's first city-wide seeds, plants, bulbs, cuttings, rhizomes, and… Read More »Redding Seed Swap at the NEW Shasta Seed Library (hosted by Farmily Project)

Cloverdale Trail Ecology and Restoration Field Trip Saturday, February 10 at 9 am Meet at CVS parking lot on Placer Street in Redding Bureau of Land Management Ecologist Brooke Thompson will lead this field trip and give an explanation of the restoration work BLM has been doing in this area and the effects man has… Read More »Cloverdale Trail Ecology and Restoration Field Trip

Join us for this free, public talk on Tuesday, February 13th from 6 pm - 7:30 pm for a presentation by Dr. Donald R. Owen at the Redding Public Library Community Room Don will start his talk with an overview of native bark beetles and their impacts, including their response to climate change. He also… Read More »Bark Beetles: An Interesting Part of Our Local Forest Ecology

Audubon Conservation Ranching Program February 14 at 7:00 pm Shasta Birding Society invites members of the Shasta Environmental Alliance and the Shasta Chapter of the California Native Plant Society to join us in a Zoom meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87589708925 on Wednesday evening, February 14, at 7:00 pm. Matt Allshouse of Audubon California will present a program on… Read More »Audubon Conservation Ranching Program event (hosted by Shasta Birding Society)