The Coastal Gardener

April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month. We have twenty-five active Master Gardeners in our Program. We volunteer many hours each month to support the mission of the UC Master Gardener Program.

APRIL: April 13th, Humboldt Botanical Garden Education Series, Donna Wildearth, Native Plants. Location: at the Humboldt Botanical Garden (HBG), outside Marie's Terrace. Register at https://www.hbgf.org/contact-us April 13th, Seed and Plant Exchange, Humboldt Grange #501.

Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?

If you want to feed the birds, start by feeding the caterpillars! Most songbirds will not thrive or choose to nest in habitats devoid of caterpillars. The plants best suited to support a diversity of caterpillars are native plants, but not just any natives.

Heleborus hybridus is a group of evergreen, late-winter or early-spring flowering perennials in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Helleborus (hellebore) is a small genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials native to Europe and Asia.