Despite showers, the Fall Native Plant Sale was a success, selling over 1,000 plants to the community. Though rain is usually not ideal for an event, we looked at it as a proper initiation into the planting season. It was a sweet water blessing for the plants we were passing on. For the nursery team, the sale is an emotional time. It is touching, bittersweet with letting go of our beloved friends, but ecstatic to see them go. I thank the community for being so accepting of our plant relatives, asking poignant questions and eager to get to know the plants. 

The Foothill reroute has been a large endeavor for the OVLC stewardship team and all trail volunteers. A project with methodical planning going back to last spring, the team has improved and rerouted a portion of the trail to ensure longevity. 

It has been a while since we have experienced a rain like this. Dramatic shifts of flood remind us how change is a constant, whether it be a century old timeline of nature’s ebb and flow, or just one evening of ruthless atmospheric river.