Want to learn how to grow your own California Native plants? Join arborist and native plant grower, Rodney Thurman, to learn how to grow native plants from cuttings, and how to treat seeds to get better growth rates. Native plants can be notoriously tricky to propagate at home, so learn from a skilled professional. Join the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden on Saturday, January 11 from 1 PM to 2:30 PM to get some hands-on experience propagating several native plant species. Come with questions.
Workshop is followed at 2:30PM by a free docent-led tour of the SLO Botanical Garden.
Visit slobg.org or email [email protected] for information.
Suggested donation $5 for members/$10 non-members.
Ever since Rodney Thurman can remember, he has been interested in plants and how they grow. Beginning in 1989, after his time as a U.S. Marine, Rodney began working his way through college in the retail and wholesale nursery business. In 1994 he was introduced to native plant propagation and restoration while in a work-study position in Olympia, Washington. After graduating college, Rodney did contract work for the Washington State University Cooperative Extension, helping to build native-plant, educational gardens and teaching ethnobotany classes. Rodney became a certified arborist in 2002. In 2011 Rodney worked as Director of Propagation for Greenheart Farms, a large wholesale nursery in Arroyo Grande, California. In 2018 Rodney ventured out on his own and started Heritage Tree Arboricultural Consulting where he works with landowners, developers and individuals to help protect their trees and give advice on landscape health. Rodney recently returned to Greenheart Farms where he works part time as the Restoration Department Coordinator.
About San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is celebrating its 30th year of sowing seeds and growing together. The Garden is located at 3450 Dairy Creek Rd. It is spread out on 150 acres in El Chorro Regional Park off Highway 1 between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. When the master plan is complete, the Garden will be the only garden of its kind in the United States exclusively devoted to the ecosystems and plants of the five Mediterranean climate regions of the world. Through its programs and facilities, the Garden fosters an appreciation and understanding of the relationship between people and nature and encourages a sense of stewardship for the natural environment. To learn more visit slobg.org, or the SLO Botanical Garden Facebook page.