[APWG] The Weed Circus is coming to town - Come see the 99.6% weed-free 14 acres!.

[Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company]

Dear All,

See:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2116216661/?ref=enivtefor001&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=inviteformalv2&utm_term=readmore&invite=null

The Weed Circus is coming to town, the 14th Annual Central California
Invasive Weed Symposium for the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Weed
Management Areas, Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)
in Felton, California.  If traveling from outside the Bay Area, fly into
San Jose airport and rent a car, only 25 miles from the airport.  City of
Santa Cruz nearby for motels/hotels.

The highlight of the show, will be the Wildergarten Field Trip, Santa Cruz
Moutains: Balancing Goals and Resources in Achieving a 99%+ Native Plant
Landscape on Private Property - Trip Leader- Property Owner Mark Vande
Pol.

The Wildergarten is the most successful native plant restoration in the
region. Established along the oldest weed corridor in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, no other landscape has achieved the measured 99.6% pure native
grasslands, including small forbs that we have here.

Once overrun with broom, eucalyptus, acacia, and showing only 60 species,
this fourteen acre parcel is now home to 363 species. Habitat types
include redwood, oak/madrone woodland, chaparral, grasslands of several
types, and sand hill assemblages.

The presentation will discuss the various management considerations
attendant to choosing how much of each type of habitat to support and how
to manage disturbance and weed intrusion in such a varietal system while
operating in a rural-suburban setting.

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333