APRIL workday

First work on a new garden!

This was our first day working in what will soon be the newest native plant garden on campus. We were thrilled to be awarded a Randolph Newman Cultural Enrichment grant to hold a series of culturally- and sustainability-focused events through which we hope to transform a bare, mulched area of campus (the former Bech building site) into a thriving ecosystem, the foundation of which will be culturally relevant and ecologically important California native plants. 

We began some work prepping the site by pulling out bur clover (Medicago polymorpha) and ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus) before they released this year's seeds. This will help with future weed control in the site so that the native plants we add will have the best possible chance of thriving. While we didn't finish the whole area, we accomplished a lot! 

Thanks to all who came out for the morning! 
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