It's an exciting time on the trail to see everything coming back to life. The picture is lacy phacelia that is coming up after the rain....

Happy New Year and thanks to the many volunteers who've supported the Trail last year. I've lost exact count, but I think we've had...

Thanks volunteers!!! We had a great day starting with coyotes and a little surprise rain/hail before you arrived. The volunteers...

Thanks to a local resident Kevin P., who walks his dog on the trail and likes our restoration efforts, we now have several native coastal...

Here are plants for the volunteer day Saturday. There are three trees: tecate cypress, coast live oak, and sycamore. There are also lots...

Actually this is how spittle bug nymphs hide from predators and the sun while feeding on plant tissue. Recently they covered the golden...

Thanks to Bradley and Linda Middendorf and Chuck Nichols for their help today with the MNT. We planted, watered, potted, spread seeds,...

Transplanted 9 bladderpods from a flat to 4" pots. They were started 9/2/19. Didn't take long!

The Monarch Nature Trail is now an official “Monarch Waystation”! Waystations are designated by the MonarchWatch organization, which...

Fall is here and it's time to start some natives for this winter. On Monday I started 3 flats (1/2 each of purple needle grass, giant...

There are a lot of small butterflies active now along the trail. This Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon) butterfly was nectaring on CA buckwheat...

The Monarch Nature Trail is home to a very rare California native plant—the Southern Tarplant. Experts rate the Tarplant as a seriously...

The Monarch Trail has a variety of native California plants that flower at different times, providing butterflies and other nectar...

Starting a blog for the Monarch Nature Trail today. It will cover odds and ends of what is going on at the trail. Today Danny and I...