At the upcoming Going Native Garden Tour, a free annual tour of private native plant gardens in Santa Clara Valley and the Peninsula, Madroño president Geoffrey Coffey will appear at Garden #16 in Los Altos Hills to serve as docent, where he will speak at length on Vertical Landscaping.This garden features a modern green wall composed of perforated steel panels, designed and installed by Madroño in 2008. The four-acre property also features several mature valley oaks, one spectacular black oak, and a multitude of choice native flowering shrubs and perennials including Dr. Hurd Manzanita, Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps,' Redbud, Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor,' Wax Myrtle, Bush Anenome, Western Azalea, and many more.
This year's event will also feature a plant sale by Bay Natives nursery, featuring many of the same plants growing and thriving in the garden. Please join us!
To get the address, you first must register on the tour website.
WHO: Native plant aficionados of every stripe
WHAT: Going Native Garden Tour
WHERE: Garden #16 (please register to get the exact address)
WHEN: Sunday, April 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHY: To meet Madroño president Geoffrey Coffey and learn about the benefits of green walls, to enjoy the pleasures of a private estate garden in Los Altos Hills, and to buy choice native species from Bay Natives nursery, the San Francisco source for native plants.
See you there!
