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Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc.
- Sacramento Historic Rose Garden
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California Native Plant Society – Demonstration
Garden
About the garden. The California Native
Plant Society (CNPS) Demonstration Garden is
located in the southeast corner of the Sacramento
Historic City Cemetery, along Riverside Boulevard.
The main goal of this garden is to enlighten
visitors to the beauty of California native plants
and to inspire them to incorporate native plants
into their own home gardens. Other goals of the
garden is to shown how native plants can attract
wildlife and beneficial insects and to educate
visitors about the many medicinal, cultural and
edible aspects of native plants used by the local
Native Americans.
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Since the garden is located in a cemetery
you will find some non-native plants in the
demo-garden area that have been planted and
are maintained by family members. However,
the majority of the plants in this area are
California natives. We have one of the areas
largest collection of California native
lilacs (ceanothus), also known as “mountain
lilacs” and California sages (salvias) in
the Sacramento area. , which have beautiful
spring time blossoms and are very fragrant
and considered a must for any California
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Volunteers. Volunteer garden
maintenance and management occurs on
Saturdays and Sundays from 9am until about
11am or noon, depending on the weather (rain
cancels our garden work days). If you would
like to volunteer in the Native Plant
Demo-garden on Saturday please call/RSVP
Mitchell Alford (916-399-9457; or
phytophinder@sbcglobal.net) by 1PM
Friday before coming out. If you would like
to volunteer in the Demo-Garden on Sunday
please call/RSVP Sabrina Okamura-Johnson
(916-929-7896; or
CNPSgarden@surewest.net) by 1PM Saturday
before coming out. We need to confirm date
and time with you before you come out. All
volunteers that do come out should bring
gardening gloves, tools and knee pads if you
have them and be prepared to have fun
learning about native plants while digging
in the dirt.
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Make a donation (wish list). Donations of
garden supplies, tools and equipment are
always welcome and help keep our overhead
costs down. Our current wish list includes
new or gently used: gloves, pruners,
trowels, hand weeders, hand cultivators,
shovels, spades, grass shears, rakes,
hula-hoes, knee pads, kneeler seats, and a
garden cart. In addition, we are also in
need of : digital cameras and photo cards,
PhotoShop (any version - must be
licensable), and EZ-up Canopies and folding
tables for outdoor events. Please contact
Mitchell or Sabrina about making donation
arrangements.
If you would like more information about the
California Native Plant Society please visit
their website at:
www.sacvalleycnps.org.
Garden Links
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