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Current Events
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Farmhouse Tea Dates for Fall, Winter and Spring
Sat. Sept. 13 - Friendship Tea
Sat. Oct. 11 - Fall Tea
Sat. Nov. 8 - Harvest Tea
Sat. Mar. 14 - Spring Tea
Sat. Apr. 11 - Butterfly Tea
Sat. May 9 - Mother's Day Tea
On these days, we offer a traditional Tea Service which includes sandwiches, scones, pastry and hot tea. Tea is served at 12 noon in the Farmhouse Great Room. Guests are seated at private tables with lovely linen and china settings. The meal is substantial, more like a "lunch." Vegetarian menu is available with advance notice. Bring a friend and combine your tea with a stroll through our gardens. Guests age 12 and over are welcome. Cost is $30 per person, prepaid, tax included. Reservations are required.
Call (650) 851-1668.
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Autumn Wreath-Making Workshops
by Chris Dye
Sold Out, Thank You!
Saturday, November 15th, 10 AM - 12 PM
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Saturday, November 15th, 1 PM - 3 PM
(This event was a wonderful time for all involved. If you missed out, please sign up for our newsletter either online or by stopping by and consider attending next year!)
Yerba Buena alumn Chris Dye is known for making bouquets and garlands using native plants. In this workshop you will harvest wild grape, Vitis californica, to make a wreath base, then gather materials from our garden to complete your wreath. Chris is coming from Colorado to teach this workshop. Hot tea will be provided to keep the chill at bay. Bring your own Felco clippers and a lunch to eat before or after your class. Cost is $35, prepaid.
Call (650) 851-1668.
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2008 Christmas Tea Lunches
All Seats Full!
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
December 5,6,7 and December 12,13,14
(This event is completely sold out for 2008. Please sign up for our email newsletter to receive advance notice of our 2009 dates.)
Please join us for a memorable Christmas Tea in the beautiful Great Room of the Century-old Farmhouse at Yerba Buena Nursery. Each holiday season, we welcome our friends for a delicious hot lunch in this historic setting. The Luncheon includes an appetizer course, entrée choice of Chicken Da Vinci or Fire Roasted Vegetables En Croute & Yuletide Dessert accompanied by our Holiday Tea Blend. Tickets are sold in advance for this event and are limited. Should you wish your own table, bring a group of 10 people. Tables of 10 receive a discount of $5 per person with a check payment. Arrival time for your group should be 12:00 noon with the tea served promptly at 12:30 pm. Cost is $45 per person, all-inclusive. Entrée selection is made at time of reservation. Guests age 12 and over are welcome. If you would like to make this event the highlight of your holiday season, please call soon as many dates sell out early!
Call (650) 851-1668.
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Special Features
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Weed Removal Video Game Debuts on Yerba Buena's Website!
"How Bunny Saved California" is an original video game which teaches the importance of removing invasive plants that plague California. Bunny, the game's heroine, makes a valiant effort to pull, dig and wrench out some nasty weeds before they spread and crowd out the native plants. The game can be played online for FREE on our website. The game was designed by Martin Jennings-Teats and sponsored by Yerba Buena Nursery. Let us know how you like it!
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The EXTRACTIGATOR
Comes to Yerba Buena Nursery!
This plant pulling tool will sweep out invasive plants such as broom and thistles with ease! Our research has shown that this is the superior tool for yanking weeds out by the roots using leverage instead of strength!
Now available for sale at Yerba Buena Nursery, this would make the ultimate Christmas gift.
The Extractigator wrenches out plants up to two inches in diameter. For more information on the Extractigator and examples of the product in use, visit their website here.
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FREMONTIA Features
Gerda Isenberg Native Plant Garden
The current issue of the Fremontia journal features the histories and highlights of some of the premier public native plant gardens in California. The Gerda Isenberg Native Plant Garden at Yerba Buena Nursery was invited to be in this honored group. We have copies of this special double issue for sale in our garden shop -- it is well worth purchasing and taking this journal with you on visits to the extraordinary native gardens featured therein.
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Garden Guides
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Yerba Buena Nursery's
Favorite Native Plant Pairings
Our propagation manager, Matt, has compiled a collection of our favorite plant pairings to keep your native garden looking beautiful year round! There are so many plants, in fact, that we've chosen to display the collection on their own unique page.
View the article here.
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Mimulus Madness!
There is no more colorful native perennial than Mimulus (Monkeyflower) to embellish your summer garden. Plant several shrubs side-by-side in a sunny border for months of show-stopping blooms. Our Hybrid Mimulus range from pink, red and purple to yellow, orange and white.
Their mature size will be 2'x2' to 3'x3'. Trim back finished blooms to encourage another flush of blossoms in late summer. You will not find such a variety at any other nursery. No two plants are alike so come make your selection when they are blooming, which is NOW! All 1 gallon plants are $12.
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Pruning and Deadheading Secrets
Deadheading most plants is quite simple, and can take less than a minute per plant! With your pair of clippers in hand, look on the flowering stalk of the plant for the lowest shriveled flower. Clip the stalk back at the set of leaves below this point. Many plants are flexible enough for you to grab several stalks and clip them at the same time.
See the article "Basic Pruning & Deadheading Techniques For Common California Native Plants" for additional information on deadheading your garden.
Plants to Deadhead When Flowers Fade
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Nursery Notes
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We Now Offer Delivery!
Would you like to have Yerba Buena Nursery bring native plants to your door and save the time of driving to our location?
A limited delivery service has been instituted for our nearby customers. We now offer curbside delivery to much of the Bay Area for orders over $100.
Additional details including delivery dates and pricing can be found here.
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We Make House Calls
4 Hr Consultation "Package" only $300!
$50 Plant Credit Included with Report!
Would you like to answer the call of the wild and go native? Consider having our Garden Designer work with you on achieving your goals.
Yerba Buena Nursery offers a special on-site consultation to help you convert your garden into a native plant paradise. We will send our designer to your home where we can properly assess the conditions in your garden and create a design plan unique to your home.
Call (650) 851-1668 to sign up!
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The Holidays at Yerba Buena Nursery
Holiday Shop Opening November 22nd
During the Christmas Season expect to find unique nature and garden-themed gifts in our Holiday Shop you won't find anywhere else. We will again feature handmade hats from the "Needles of Anya" as well as our own Butterfly Pot Holders, ceramic mushrooms, gnomes and tea sampler gifts.
Holiday Hours
We will be closed for Christmas week beginning on December 21
and re-opening Friday, January 2, 2009.
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