Back to Natives Restoration – Connecting the community to habitat restoration through service learning and native plant education.

Come Join Craig Torres and learn "All About Oaks and Acorns & Refocusing Your Cultural Lens" Saturday, October 27th, 10AM – 2PM Join Craig Torres, a Tongva descendant, to learn more about using native plants. For thousands of years the Tongva of the Los Angeles basin relied on native plants for food, clothing, shelter and medicine. The reciprocal relationships between plants, animals and humans enabled the plants to continue on for future generations. Craig will talk about the uses of Oaks and Acorns. Come learn about all about making Oaks and Acorns and their traditional and contemporary uses and how this ‘relative’ enabled the Tongva to survive on the landscape for hundreds of generations providing sustenance, Craig will demonstrate making different foods and tools/crafts from Oaks and Acorns!

What we do

Connecting the community to habitat restoration through service learning and native plant education.

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About Us

Subscribe to learn how BTN promotes the use of locally native plants, as well as habitat restoration and preservation by providing service learning and volunteer based habitat restoration programs. Back to Natives also designs, installs and maintains locally native landscapes for homeowners and businesses. Proceeds support our environmental education and habitat restoration programs. Native landscapes cut down on invasive species (and their seeds), increase native habitat, and educate by example. Spread the word.

Our Mission: "To encourage and actively participate in the restoration and conservation of Orange County and California wildlands, through education and restoration programs featuring native plants and biodiversity as a centralizing theme."

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Habitat Restoration and Environmental Education costs money and time. We need volunteers and donations to fulfill our Mission. Please donate and/or become a Member today!

Current Projects

Expanding the Back to Natives Nursery.
Internship Program (Workforce Development).
Community Programs and Public Classes.

Volunteer

Nursery Assistant @ the Back to Natives Nursery.
Grounds Assistant @ The Back to Natives Nursery.
Facilities Assistant @ The Back to Natives Nursery.
Admin Assistant @ The Back to Natives Nursery.
Construction Assistant @ The Back to Natives Nursery.

Education

Fundraisers

Socialize and contribute to a great cause!

Back to Natives Annual Beer Tasting.
Back to Natives Annual Garden Tour.
Back to Natives Annual Wine Tasting.

Meet The Team

Reginald founded Back to Natives Restoration in August 2005 and has been our Executive Director growing a thriving successful organization.

Reginald I DurantExecutive Director

BTN was founded in August 2005 and built a strong educational component into everything we do!

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Learn! Back to Natives offers a variety of native plant themed educational opportunities throughout the year!

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Available internships include Horticultural Intern (Nursery Assistant), Habitat Restoration Intern, and Communications Intern.

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Why Choose US

Back to Natives Restoration is THE expert in volunteer centered habitat restoration and native plant propagation in Orange County and Southern California. We provide Workforce Development opportunities for dozens of Interns per year. Volunteers from the community have a chance to get their hands dirty while participating in service learning programs teaching them HOW and why to restore habitat and grow native plants.

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