Here's a description:
Garden tours are excellent for outreach - they spread the word about native plants, instill a sense of pride in owners of native gardens, and offer educational opportunity. Several members of the Going Native Garden Tour steering committee will present this workshop and teach you about garden selection, volunteer coordination, website development, publicity, budgeting and partnering with other organizations for monetary and in-kind support. We will teach you about potential pitfalls, the money side of garden tours, and how to keep visitors coming back year after year. Small group discussions for attendees will follow topic presentations.
I'm one of the presenters and can tell you that we're planning on making this workshop very interactive, with lots of small group work. If you have a native garden, and know of two or three others nearby, why not consider it? Here's the workshop information:http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2015/workshops.php#nativetour
Here's the registration information. http://www.cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2015/registration.php
Register by October 31 to save some money - and who knows, next year you too might enjoy meeting and inspiring many wonderful people who really care about gardening with natives.
