Garden Plot: Native plant society offers education, volunteer opportunities

The Tiburon mariposa lily is just one of many native pollinators. (Diane Lynch / For The Ark)

If you have space on your calendar to be involved in an organization, you might consider joining the Marin chapter of the California Native Plant Society. The organization has a plethora of activities and learning experiences in and around the county’s amazing native-plant communities. Visit cnpsmarin.org to learn more.

The monthly chapter meeting is at 7:30 p.m. June 9 via Zoom, featuring Meg Marriott, a wildlife biologist with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Marriott will talk about Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge, an unpopulated reserve that serves as the largest heron and egret rookery in the Bay Area.

While the islands are not open to the public, volunteers can participate in stewardship activities. Participants take a motorboat from Loch Lomond in San Rafael to work on conservation tasks. This sounds like so much fun; I don’t qualify, as I clomp around on my walking stick, but you might.

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