Native Plant Extravaganza And Picnic

To register, we prefer you pay online via the black "REGISTER" button.

The 12:30 PM session is available

For other options, contact O'Neil Dillon at oneilsdillon@gmail.com or 510-207-8761

We return to the Skyline Garden's project, this time at high bloom, then go on to Orinda to visit one of our docent's  remarkable native plant gardens, where we will have our picnic lunch.  Skyline Gardens is a 1.5 mile trail running South from the steam trains at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley to Sibley Volcanic Regional Reserve.  It is on EBMUD watershed land.

Skyline Gardens is an East Bay Botanic hotspot for native plants, with more than 280 species. 

The reason it is called a “Garden" is because since 2016 there has been a major volunteer-led restoration program removing a massive invasive non-native plant population.  With this help native plants, animals, and insects have thrived.

This event will be  led by two docents and will not only be a Spring wildflower walk, but an education on restoring nature.

https://www.skylinegardens.org/

https://baynature.org/article/weeding-the-wild/

After this, we will travel to one of our docent's (Dr. Robert Sorenson) world class native gardens  close by in Orinda, where we will have  our picnic lunch.  We will share this garden tour with members of the Berkeley Rotary Club.  This garden is designed using local ecosystem native plants exclusively.

Date: Saturday April. 5th

Places and times: 

12:30 PM at Dr. Sorensons's home in Orinda at 295 Sundown Terrace

Cost: NCA members and their guests $20. All others $25

PBKNCA  rep.  O'Neil Dillon

Max group size-18.

Map and directions are available at this link for the Skyline Gardens trail.

The trailhead is .7mi South from the Tilden Steam Train turn-off on Grizzly Peak Blvd and .3mi North from where the intersection of Fish Ranch Rd and Grizzly Peak Blvd. Parking is on the side of the road.

The trail is generally flat, but has some slight elevation change. Binoculars recommended.

Map and directions are available . Contact O'Neil Dillon at 510-207-876

If on the day of the event you find you can't make it, call O'Neil Dillon at 510-207-8761. Simply not paying or not replying prevents us from allowing someone else to attend. No-shows do NOT receive a refund!