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Lake Cunningham Native Garden: Where Ecology and Community Intersect
At the October 2022 CNPS Conference in San Jose, Ashok and Arvind made a presentation about the Lake Cunningham Native Garden. This was part of a longer session titled “Native Plants in Public Spaces” consisting of 5 presentations. It offers … Continue reading
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Birds of Lake Cunningham
Leah Moffatt has been volunteering at the Native Garden for over a year. She is a birder and a photographer too. On volunteer workdays, she makes time to go birding around the lake. Over time she has captured photographs of … Continue reading
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Going Native Garden Tour Kickoff includes the Native Garden
The 2021 Going Native Garden Tour kicked off today with a virtual tour of all publicly accessible native plant gardens in the area. The virtual event included a special focus on the Lake Cunningham Native Garden. The presentation starts with … Continue reading
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How is the Native Garden faring in the era of Covid-19?
You may be wondering what is happening at Lake Cunningham Park and its Native Garden since the shelter-in-place order took effect in California. The park remains open 8am-half hour after sunset. SIP and social distancing guidelines apply: wear masks, maintain … Continue reading
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30 (More) Native Trees Planted Along Inner Lake Path
Volunteers from the California Native Plant Society and Silicon Valley Volunteers planted 30 more native trees at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose on Saturday, November 9, 2019. A total of 32 volunteers (17 from SVV, 16 from CNPS) worked from 9am to … Continue reading
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Propagating Dudleyas
Say the words “California native plants” to a fellow gardener and sometimes the response is, “No, thanks. I’m not into the cactus look.” Many people are unaware that here in Northern California, there are no native cacti! What we have instead … Continue reading
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Stinkwort Removal
Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens) is an oily, sticky, intensely fragrant plant from southern Europe that has invaded California in recent times (since the mid-1980s). It is an annual plant that grows during the long dry summer. It is now rapidly expanding … Continue reading
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Shade Trees Coming Soon
If you have been to Lake Cunningham Park at the peak of summer, you know that the sunnier portions of the park can get quite hot. Walking along the Inner Lake Path in 90°F+ heat can be particularly trying. There … Continue reading
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A Fine Summer Morning
Today, we were joined by a father-daughter duo, Patrick and Jane, who drove across the valley to help with summer maintenance tasks in the native garden. On a hot day like this, the shade of trees and shrubs was most welcome … Continue reading
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Weed Warriors
With the abundant rainfall this season, native plants have thrived but so have invasive annuals and perennials. The native garden is regrettably teeming with Russian knapweed, perennial pepperweed, and drying stands of invasive annuals like slender oats, red brome, and … Continue reading
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