Mimulus Memo California Native Plant Society — Kern County Chapter September/October 2009 Tuesday, September 15 th 6:00 pm Everyone is welcome to attend meetings in the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Building on the corner of 17th and “L“. The parking building is located on 18th between “K” and “L“. Mark your calendars: A Certified Arborist will be giving a talk on the proper care and pruning of trees. Plan to come and learn how trees in Bakersfield landscapes should and should not be pruned. Club Meeting: Usual Itinerary: 6:00 Gather and socialize 6:30 Program: Certified Arborist.... The Proper Pruning of Trees Business meeting to follow CNPS Booth at the Cal Invasive Plant Council First off, the Cal Invasive Plant Council, will meet in Visalia from October 7 thru 10. The State officers have requested that any CNPS County Chapters, who are willing and able, contribute to the State CNPS, to help to sponsor a State Booth for the meeting. They are also interested in people who are willing to "man" the booth. I think it might be possible to get a discount if we work in the booth, but it may just give us chances to get to know members of other chapters, and the state officers. Anyone who is interested in going along should let me know fairly soon, so I can let the state know. Also, I am inclined to send them $200. for the booth. (After all, the state gave our club $600. a couple of months ago, so it is really their money!) For info about the meeting, look at cal-ipc.org . If anyone has strong objections to our doing this, please let me know. Thanks. Dorie dorengiragosian@peoplepc.com 4th Annual Kern Valley Native Plant Sale Desert Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Council. Carefully selected water efficient, fire resistant, native plants for the Kern River Valley at the Kern River Preserve Autumn Nature & Turkey Vulture Festival 18747 Highway 178, Weldon. INFO: Bob Robinson brobinson@iwvisp.com . ORDER DEADLINE: September 19, 2009 PLANT PICK UP: September 26, 2009 (8am-3pm) ORDER FORM: http://tinyurl.com/Plant-Sale-Order-Form Visit our webpage at www.KernCNPS.org CNPS - Kern County Chapter % Stephen Cooley, Editor mimulusmemo@bak.rr.com Annual Kern CNPS Native Plant Sale Saturday, October 24 th 9:00 AM The plant sale will once again be held at the Cal State Bakersfield Environmental Studies Area (ESA), better known as the home of F.A.C.T. (Facility for Animal Care and Treatment). Please put this on your calendars. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. for members, and 9:00 for the public. The Plant Sale committee would like to find Volunteers to help with the unloading and setting up on Friday, October 23rd, and packing up the leftover plants Saturday after about 3:30. We would like as many members as possible to come and hang out during the actual sale. We could use sitters to talk up or sign up people to join the club, others could circulate and help people learn about plants. Some could "man" a table with reference books, so customers could read more about their new plants, and some could help cashiering, or mopping foreheads, if the weather is warm. Another thing that worked well at Bakersfield College's Green Fest, was having interested people give us their email addresses or phone numbers, so we could notify them of meetings, etc. That way, they didn't have to commit to the cost of joining without seeing us in action. If you have questions about the sale please contact Plant Sale Committee members Debby Kroeger, decav@att.net or Bonnie East, bonsdesigns@gmail.com .