VASCM: Pollinator Plant Kits Available from Xerxes Society - Request Deadline April 3

[Mary Lindsay]

Hi, everyone:

If you are interested in planting pollinator plants on your property, 
the Xerxes Society 
<https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california> 
makes plant kits available (at no charge). At our last meeting Drew 
Mather, the NRCS District Conservationist, told us about these 
pollinator kits. If interested you will need to fill out and submit a 
request form, due April 3, to be considered. Kits are to be picked up 
mid-Oct to mid-Nov. at Our City Forest in San Jose. This kit is 
especially for the Central Coast and Coastal Foothills, which includes 
our region. /See the //Xerxes 
<https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california>//website/. 


"These kits are intended to be used to create or enhance monarch and 
pollinator habitat on working lands, public lands, tribal lands and 
private/non-working lands recovering from wildfires, with landowner or 
land manager collaboration. /The kits are not intended to be used in 
home gardens/. We encourage stewards of working lands to partner with 
organizations or entities that can provide additional technical support 
for their projects, such as l Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), 
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) or other conservation 
organizations."

The NRCS can provide general technical assistance (i.e. advice) on 
hedgerows, windbreaks and which plants might work best in certain areas 
and which plants are more suited to certain soil types, and irrigation 
for the plants. The RCD can also provide planting assistance. If you 
have questions about the plantings you can contact:

In Santa Cruz County: Drew Mather, District Conservationist, NRCS 
831-227-2902 drew.mather at usda.gov or Cameron McDonald with the RCD 
cmcdonald at rcdsantacruz.org for planting assistance.

In Santa Clara County:  James Booth, District Conservationist, NRCS 
831-637-4360. / james.a.booth at usda.gov

In San Mateo County: Jim Howard, District Conservationist, NRCS  
650-726-4660 james.howard at usda.gov


Details on the pollinator kit program are on the Xerxes 
<https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/california> 
website.

Thanks much,

Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard
408-234-2079
munsvineyard.com


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