Gardening to Attract Birds with Native Plants

Description: Would you like to invite birds and butterflies into your backyard? Have you considered adding California native plants to your garden? Not sure where to start? In this talk, UC Master Gardeners will share their tips and tricks to help you be successful in your own journey with native plants. A list of essential beginner-friendly natives will be discussed, with special attention given to creating a habitat of native plants that will bring more birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects into your garden.

UC Master Gardener Presenters

• Greg Barbosa: Greg is a cardiothoracic nurse at UCSF and has been in the healthcare field for twenty years. A life-changing trip to the Amazon rainforest led him to a passion for birdwatching, ecology, and all things native. His areas of focus in gardening include the coastal sage scrub habitat and other plants that grow well in the sandy soils of San Francisco.
• Bobby Nabili: Bobby became a UC Master Gardener in 2024 driven by his passion for nature and desire to educate the public about sustainable gardening practices. He focuses on creating native California gardens that attract wildlife and achieve harmony with nature. After establishing a successful pollinator garden in his driveway, he is now planning a native garden at his home garden in Redwood City.
• Lynne Trulio: Lynne is a professor of environmental studies at San Jose State University and has a Ph.D. in Ecology from UC Davis. Her research focuses on protecting biodiversity in California, especially the preservation of the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) and the restoration of tidal wetlands. She is a graduate of the 2024 UC Master Gardener class and has deep interests in native species and vegetable gardening.

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