Garden for the Environment: San Francisco Native Plants for Birds

You can have a beautiful native plant garden that attracts amazing birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Learn about the benefits of local, native plants and some of the wonderful birds drawn to this place and to these plants. We will discuss what migrating and resident birds need and how to provide what the birds are seeking. While hundreds of bird species have been observed in San Francisco, learn which native plants attract which bird and butterfly species and why they are attracted to them.

This presentation will address what to consider in designing your backyard space and when to plant. This will inspire you to have an awesome variety of native plants for birds. Golden Gate Bird Alliance and the California Native Plant Society have partnered on Plants for Birds which promotes several local native plants that attract local birds and are available at local nurseries.

Instructors: Eddie Bartley and Noreen Weeden are active volunteers with the Golden Gate Bird Alliance (GGBA), California Native Plant Society (CNPS), and the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO).

Eddie is President of the Yerba Buena chapter of CNPS and the Farallones Islands Foundation. He is an avian researcher and instructor for the California Academy of Sciences and Golden Gate Bird Alliance.

Noreen Weeden was formerly Volunteer Director with GGBA, project managed habitat restoration projects. She is active with GGBA’s San Francisco Conservation Committee. She is on the Yerba Buena CNPS board. Eddie and Noreen regularly lead natural history field trips and participate in bird surveys. They can regularly be seen in California’s natural areas birding, removing weeds and tending native plants.