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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

CNGA Field Day at Hedgerow Farms: A Success!

Thanks to all of you who attended the 4th annual CNGA Field Day at Hedgerow Farms!  We had beautiful weather and a great turn out. Below are a few of the highlights from the day. All the photos are by Phil Hogan of the NRCS, who did a great job documenting the day.



The road to the entrance of the farm was beautiful with Ceanothus and Lasthenia glabrata (yellow ray goldfields)


We had two main tours.  One was on on straw bales and featured irrigation canals, hedgerows, our habitat area, planting techniques and weed control techniques:


The straw bale tour heading to the habitat area 
We are currently grazing sheep in the habitat area on the farm for weed control

The tour included a demonstration with our native seed drill

The second tour was a walking tour featuring many of our flowers, some meadow plantings, landscaping ideas, a tailwater pond and some of our research and development plots:

A tour stop looking at a field of Layia chrysanthemoides (smooth tidy tips)

At lunch we had three speakers who focused on the ecosystem services native grasses and forbs provide.


Tom Griggs, with River Partners, talked about what native grasses have taught him about ecology
Dr. Truman Young, with UC Davis, Department of Plant Sciences, talked about  why native grasses are beneficial


Rachael Long, with the UC Cooperative Extension, gave her annual research update with pollinators in hedgerows 
Thank you to everyone who came; a lot was learned and shared!

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