Passion Flowers

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Passion Flowers

Address:

215 Corte Madera Ave

City:

Corte Madera

State:

California

Zip Code:

94925

Phone number:

(415) 927-3983

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Wildflowers are starting to bloom. Here’s where to see them in the Bay Area and California - San Francisco Chronicle

Loma Alta, Baltimore Canyon, Ring Mountain and Mount Burdell, Passantino said. Ring Mountain Preserve, off Paradise Drive in Corte Madera overlooking the Tiburon shore, can be spectacular, she said. “Expanses of goldfields, tidy tips and other early bloomers make for a spring classic,” Passantino said. “The multicolored flowers provide a foreground for spectacular views of the bay.” East Bay hills Hikers at Mount Diablo State Park have been sharing their wildflower sightings through the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Pockets of California poppies are often sighted along North Gate Road and Summit Road. The vicinity of Murchio Gap, accessed from Eagle Peak Trail or Bald Ridge Trail, often has the widest variety. Blooms include poppies, silver lupine, Pacific pea, periwinkle and larkspur. Across the 75 parks in the East Bay Regional Park District, the best for wildflowers are Black Diamond, Anthony Chabot, Sunol and the Briones-to-Diablo Trail. Of these, Black Diamond Regional Preserve, south of Highway 4 near Pittsburg, ranks No. 1 — the Stewartville Trail can be one of the best shows around in early April. Lupine, paintbrush, Ithuriel’s spear, blue dicks and owl’s clover are among the sightings. “Wildflowers are out and seem to be close to normal, even with the dry year,” said Dave Mason at park headquarters. “April is the best time year to see wildflowers in regional parks.” Santa Clara County This has been a good spring for yellow mustard and California poppies across the foothills above Santa Clara Valley. At headquarters for Santa Clara County Parks, Tamara Clark suggested Calero, Santa Teresa, Coyote Lake and Grant County parks. Every April, a wild card is Almaden Quicksilver County Park, south of San Jose. The Mine Hill Trail can be a spectacular show, and early April can be best for monkey flower. Other common early arrivals can include lupine, poppies, buttercup and if you’re lucky, shooting stars.

Novato Girl Scouts troop plants seeds of recovery for monarch butterflies - The Mercury News

Marin County used to be a haven for western monarch butterflies when they would travel to areas such as Novato, Corte Madera, San Anselmo and Mill Valley in search of milkweed plants on which to lay their eggs and for nectar plants to build up their fat reserves. The combination of these plants is critical to giving monarchs a fighting chance at recovery and was also a requirement to be recognized as an official butterfly waystation. Given that this was the troop’s Bronze Star project — the highest award a scout in grades four and five can receive — it needed to be carefully planned. The troop enlisted the help of Charlotte Torgovitsky of Home Ground Habitats and the California Native Plant Society to aid in finding the right plants. “She gave us lists of nectar flowers and milkweed flowers and deer-proof plants, and we had to pick them out,” said Anne Schmidt, 12, one of the scouts who worked on the project. Monroe said residents in areas such as Corte Madera, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Novato and other east Marin communities can follow the same guidelines to play their role in preserving monarch butterflies. A year after the troop finished construction on three garden boxes in May 2018, the plants were thriving. Anne Schmidt’s younger brother, Spencer, pointed out a large, yellow-striped monarch caterpillar sitting lazily on a shaded leaf. The troop will continue to maintain it and eventually pass it on to other troops. Molly Schmidt, who serves as one of the scout leaders along with Julie Mund, said the significance of a Bronze Star Award is that it creates a long-lasting benefit to the community and requires the troop to work with the community to do so. “I think being a Girl Scout, it’s pretty amazing you get to help the world and get to make the world a better place,” said Jessica Mund, 11, one of the eight scouts who worked on the project. “And meeting all these new people, it’s been just a wonderful experience.” Darlene Blackman, Marin Humane’s community engagement director, said Marin Humane plans to integrate the waystation and monarch butterfly education in its summer camp. While monarch butterflies’ situation seems dire, Monroe is hopeful that efforts like those of Troop 31068 will continue. “Last year everything stacked up against monarchs,” she said. “This year we’re hoping everything is going to go well. That’s typical of insects; they go for boom and bust cycles. So stay tuned.” Girl Scout Troop 31068 members Avery Palacios, Brianna Dagnino, Sophia Chiminello, N’dira James and Maizey O’Neill also worked to build the waystation. Novato Builders, Waste Management, Marin Chapter Markerspace, Marin School of Environmental Leadership and troop parents also contributed to the project. To learn more about creating monarch butterfly gardens and for information about recovery efforts, visit https://www.savewesternmonarchs.org/ Get Morning Report and other email newsletters Sign Up ...

Holiday craft fairs in Marin County

Town Center Corte Madera: 320 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera; pennathur.com/treasures. Through Nov. 11: Sudha's Treasures offers Sudha Pennathur’s collection of jewelry, scarves, Christmas ornaments, and decorative objects. All proceeds benefit Bay Area nonprofits. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.San Geronimo Community Church: 6001 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo; sgpchurch.org. Nov. 9 and 10: Holly Fair features a silent auction, antiques, jewelry and handmade preserves. 4 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 10. Mill Valley Lumber Yard: 129 Miller Ave., Mill Valley; eventbrite.com. Nov. 10 and Dec. 8: Makers Market’s holiday craft fair featuring more than 30 local artists. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Northgate Mall: near Victoria’s Secret, 5800 Northgate Drive, San Rafael; shopatnorthgate.com. Nov. 10 and Dec. 8: Artisan’s Fair features locally made jewelry, art and clothing. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church: 3 Bayview Ave., Belvedere; 415-435-4501; telli.

Gardener author advises grow what you love

What: Emily Murphy’s “Grow What You Love” book signingWhen: 1 p.m. April 21Where: Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera Admission: FreeInformation: 415-927-0960, bookpassage.comEmily Murphy was working in a school garden once when a parent, helping students harvest lettuce, turned to her and said, “My children have been bugging me to start a garden for years. If I had known it was this simple, I’d have started a long time ago!”That revelation, backed by the work on her garden and food blog, Pass the Pistil (passthepistil.com), inspired Murphy, a garden designer and school garden educator, to write “Grow What You Love” (Firefly Books, $24.95), a book that gently guides both novice and experienced gardeners to explore and improve their skills with edibles.“We’re wired to grow,” she insists. ”But I’ve discovered through my work with (garden) teaching that somewhere along the way things such as planting seeds, digging and harvesting, have been lost to more than a few of us.“I also know growing anything can be downright terrifying for some, mostly for fear of killing the very things you’re tryi... (Marin Independent Journal)

Magnolias feted at San Francisco Botanical Garden event

Hill Road in Novato. Reservations required; call 415-897-9822. • Bring your binoculars and bird field guide as Rich Cimino leads a free Corte Madera Creekside Waterbird Walk ,introducing bird lovers to the birds that surround some of our gardens, for the Richardson Bay Audubon Center from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Jan. 21 in Piper Park. Preregistration is required at www.richardsonbay.audubon.org/programs/waterbird-festival. • Discover the best tools and techniques for planting and pruning fruit trees at 9 a.m. Jan. 14 at Armstrong Garden Centers at 130 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Anselmo (415-453-2701) or 1430 South Novato Blvd. in Novato (415-878-0493) or go to www.armstronggarden.com. Free. PJ Bremier writes on home, garden, design and entertaining topics every Saturday and also on her blog at DesignSwirl.co. She may be contacted at P.O. Box 412, Kentfield 94914, or at pj@pjbremier.com. (Marin Independent Journal)

Wildflower pop-up full of floral fantasy

What: Wildflower holiday gift giving workshop When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday Where: 419 Corte Madera Town Center Admission: $85, preregistration required Information: 415-205-3808, www.studiowildflower.com Maria Lang had volunteered her floral arranging services for various North Bay nonprofits long before taking formal floral classes and leaving her corporate job four years ago to start her own floral business. Just in time for the holidays, she opened Wildflower, a pop-up flower and gift shop at the Town Center in Corte Madera where, in addition to gorgeous floral arrangements and centerpieces, she sells lush holiday wreaths and garlands made of fresh pine, cedar, magnolia and berries, all olive or all magnolia branches or wreaths made of succulents. Lang shops the San Francisco Flower market several times a week to find the freshest, and when possible, most local material for the modern and romantic arrangements she creates for celebrations such as weddings, birthdays, parties, and bar or bat mitzvahs. While she’s there, she says, she looks for “something special, a... (Marin Independent Journal)