Landscaping with CA Native Plants | Speaker: Jim Brugger

North San Joaquin Valley Chapter (NSJV) of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Webinar Series
Landscape Design with Native Plants
Speaker: Jim Brugger
Monday, June 12, 2023
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. via Zoom
Free and open to all
Join us to learn how to create an enticing, exciting landscape for your native plant garden!
Our speaker will cover the following points and more:
- Provide an overview of the steps for creating a landscape design
- Highlight the important role native plants play in the home landscape
- Discuss the unique challenges with selecting plants for the central valley
- Share some of his favorite native plants
Our speaker: Jim Brugger
Professionally, Jim is a Mechanical Engineer, specializing in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system design. He currently works as the Senior Mechanical Engineer in Facilities Management at UC Merced.
Jim has been involved with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) since 2005 and is currently serving as Treasurer of the North San Joaquin Valley Chapter. As a CNPS Garden Ambassador, Jim provides community outreach and has designed educational, school garden projects at Merrill F. West High School in Tracy, Mary Lou Dietrich and Chrysler Elementary Schools in Modesto and Rising Sun School in Vernalis.
Jim also offers low-cost, native plant-specific landscape design services to assist homeowners with introducing native plants into their own landscapes.

[@GreenGranny]

Wonderful information! I need an in depth informative video on hand watering these natives. Getting these natives established is a puzzle.

[@NSJV_CNPS]

Try the CNPS gardening section and the various garden tours such as Growing Native Garden Tour gngt.org and Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. There is also a groups.io group dedicated to gardening where you could ask this question: Gardening with Natives. And watch our other video titled "Reliable Plants for a Garden with No Irrigation".