Join the free Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase on-line event on April 5 & 6 from 10 am-3 pm to see beautiful native plant gardens that attract birds, bees, and butterflies, hear from local gardening experts, and “visit” homes with solar panels and backup batteries, heat pumps for heating and cooling the house and heating water, induction ranges, and more.
During the free in-person Tour from 10 am-5 pm on May 3 & 4 more than 50 homeowners in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties are opening their native plant gardens, and some of them will open their homes. Learn how to design a native plant garden for color and interest throughout the year, garden for wildlife, lower your water bills, and garden without using pesticides. Ask homeowners who have electrified about the heat pumps, induction ranges, solar panels, batteries and more they have installed to replace methane gas-powered products. The Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase is free, but advance registration is required here.