Eco-Discovery Tour ~ Cherry Valley

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Eco-Discovery Tour of
Smith Creek in Cherry Valley
with Robin Kobaly

“Discovering the Remarkable Uses
of Our Southwest Native Plants”

Sunday, June 10, 2018 ~ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Sunday June 10, 2018
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Highland Springs Resort – Cherry Valley
10600 Highland Springs Avenue, Cherry Valley, CA 92223
With Robin Kobaly—Botanist, wildlife biologist

Free with your admission to the Lavender Festival

Take a leisurely walk with Robin under majestic live oaks as you learn about the intriguing lives of the native plants, birds, and other wildlife that cross our path during this 2-hour excursion along Smith Creek, a shady riparian woodland lined with Coast Live Oaks, willows, elderberry, and more. Smith Creek flows through the 2400-acre Highland Springs Resort in Cherry Valley, and has provided water to the resort since its early days as a ranch and stage coach stop. Robin will focus on uses of trail-side native plants for food, healing, and utilitarian uses. Also revealed will be the underground, unseen connection between the oaks and all the plants in the community that sustains the entire ecosystem. Birds and other wildlife will be identified, and Robin will tell their interesting natural history stories.

June 7-10 & June 14-17, 2018

10 am – 5 pm (Thursday & Sunday)
10 am – 8 pm (Friday & Saturday)

2018 Admission prices for the festival are as follows:

Adults (18-64 years)            $8

Seniors (65+ years)              $6

Students (13-17 years)         $6

    Children (12 and under)    FREE

For more information
about this event:

Call The Power of Plants (760) 363-1166
Or email robin@powerofplants.com
Visit www.hsresort.com/thelavenderfestival/

Check out our other events and workshops!

Tagged: Cherry Valley, Eco-Discovery Walk, Highland Springs, Highland Springs Resort, Lavender Festival, Smith Creek, Uses of Southwest Native Plants

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I am amazed every day at how much happens on our half-acre of High Desert property. Whether we are simply looking out the window at our bird feeders, working in our yard, or sitting on our deck watching the sunset, my husband and I get the biggest kick out of seeing the dynamics unfolding between our resident covey of a hundred quail, dozens of songbirds, rabbits, antelope ground squirrels, lizards, friendly snakes, occasional coyotes, bobcat, fox, and even hungry hawks.

It’s hard to believe how much activity can be packed into such a small yard when it has various levels of “living spaces,” simulating a multi-story hotel, creating homes galore in ground covers, branches, and canopies of plants. Added to the backdrop of a seasonal procession of color from flowering plants, fruiting shrubs and trees, the happenings in our yard provide continual cause for delight, surprise, inspiration, and celebration.

I hope you enjoy following the fascinating cycle of life that plays out in a yard dedicated to wildlife, water-wise native plants, and other delights of a hopeless plant lover.

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Join us on a captivating adventure into the world of plants and their impressive uses. Experience the plants growing in your area’s natural community as you never have before…through taste, smell, touch, herbal remedies, landscape, stories and even art.

Find food, medicine, home décor and garden landscaping in the plants native to the southwestern United States, and learn how to prepare them yourself during our hands-on workshops.

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