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BTN Professional
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Back to Natives Restoration
has experienced staff that can provide your organization with presentations, workshops and classes on a variety of topics. We have years of experience leading hikes and walks. Need a Naturalist or speaker? Contact us. |
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PRESENTATIONS |
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Back to
Natives is available to present to businesses, community
groups, home owners associations, and government
agencies on almost any topic concerning native plants,
biodiversity and volunteerism. Some topics we cover:
- Composting
- Permaculture
- Edible Landscaping
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Square Foot Gardening
- Biodiversity and Why We Care!
- Native American uses of Native Plants
- Habitat Gardening for Butterflies and Birds
- Utilizing Volunteers for Resource Management
- Orange County Butterflies and their Host Plants
- Back to Native: Alternatives to Traditional
Landscape Plants
- The Color Wheel of the Year: Native Plants
throughout the Seasons
We are grateful for the opportunity to help educate your
group, but we do request that you make a donation to
Back to Natives, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, to
help offset the costs of staff time and transportation.
We also offer prepared presentations for elementary,
junior and high school students. Elementary school
presentations are based on the California State Science
Standards for each grade level.
Cost: $50/presentation (maximum 35 students). |
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INTERPRETIVE
HIKES & WALKS |
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Back to Natives Naturalists have many years of
experience in leading interpretive (educational) hikes
and walks for audiences of all kinds. Our Naturalists
are certified by the National Association of
Interpretation as Interpretive Guides. We are available
to lead interpretive hikes and walks for business and
community groups, as well as non-profit and government
agencies (including City, County, State or Federal land
managers) on almost any natural history topic. Some
interpretive themes include:
- Orange County Butterflies and their Host Plants
- Native American uses of Native Plants
- Solstice & Equinox Walks
- Wildflower Walks
We are grateful for the
opportunity to help educate your group, but we do
request that you make a donation to Back to Natives, a
501(c)3 non-profit organization, to help offset the
costs of staff time and transportation.
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CLASSES and WORKSHOPS |
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Native
Plant ID Class. Learn to ID - to the
genus level - Orange County native plants by
community. This 6 week course takes students to
locations throughout OC, covering the coastal sage
scrub, chaparral, oak woodland, grassland, wetland,
and coastal strand/bluff plant communities.
$60/student (min. 10)
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Native Plant Propagation Class. Participants will learn which native plants propagate best by seed, cuttings, layering, and division, and examine unique methods for mimicking nature’s scarification process. The biology, anatomy, history, and use of these propagation techniques will also be covered, briefly. Each week for ten weeks students will accompany Back to Natives staff on a visit to the Back to Natives Nursery at Santiago Park where they will help propagate native plants for use in habitat restoration and environmental education projects. $60/10 Weeks.
Native Container Gardening Workshop. Create
a mini plant community using container friendly
natives. One day workshop includes all materials –
container, soil, plants, etc. $60/student (min. 10)
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Native Plant Garden Maintenance. Learn how
to maintain your native garden. Incorporates
planning for height, spread and water requirements.
Covers commonly used native plants and describes
their individual capacity for pruning, accidental
over or under watering, and ease of propagation.
$10/student (min 10)
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VOLUNTEER TRAINING |
Back
to Natives Restoration can provide training and
recruitment for restoration volunteers for your
organization!. We will educate volunteers in dry
restoration practices. Dry restoration is weed abatement
and seeding where applicable, as water is a scarce
resource.
Each training session will focus on specific aspects of
the restoration process from rudimentary tool
identification and tool and trail safety training, to
non native weed identification and native species
identification, proper site entry/exit protocol as well
as mechanical/physical abatement techniques to reduce
soil disturbance and possible weed seed germination. "If
you don't know it, don't pull it!
Current Clients Include: United States Forest Service,
Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National
Forest. |
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