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A Symphony of Gardens —- this is the Sixth annual Garden tour and benefits the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. it offers a rare glimpse into many home, including the Naval Commander on Mare Island. The gardens are spectacular with plants gathered around the world and musicians will be playing to make the event even more wondrous.

This tour includes a look at two homes in Mare Island and benefits the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. Seven gardens laced with live music, gazebos, fountains and shady places, plus a tour of Mare Island’s Alden Park and historic mansion garden hit the high note for the tour this year. Musicians will be performing in the gardens. This will be the sixth annual tour, $30 general public, $25 museum members, tickets are available now.

More information for the museum:
The Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
734 Marin Street, Vallejo, Ca 94590
Telephone: (707) 643-0077
e-mail: valmuse@pacbell.net
Museum Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 12-4pm
Research Library Hours: by appointment
Admission Fees: $5 adults; $3 seniors & students; children under 12 free

Sunset magazine’s spectacular, “something for everyone” Celebration event is almost here. Save the date for 2009! You’ll see flowers, food, food prep, wine abounds, there are crafts and shows, and instructions, and many local vendors. You’ll sample new recipes and be thrilled with the gardening advice and demonstrations.

June 6 and 7, 2009. 10-5 pm Saturday and Sunday. located at Sunset HQ, 80 Willow Rd in Menlo Park.

Parking is a bear for this annual event…. so try CAL TRAIN [Menlo Park station is a few blocks away], or biking there.

Self Tours of the Sunset Garden are also available on the weekdays, if you’d like something more crowd-free.

Also check out their website, they have a new PLANT FINDER and lots of inspiration on how to LOSE your lawn….. ah it is gardening weather. You can learn how to Grow your own food with all the tips and ideas you’ll find here.

This group of 3600 women and a few hundred men watch endangered areas. Using their brains, gps (global positioning systems) and taking pictures they have made progress in protection. The Bureau of Land Manaagement has been apprised of trail degradation and closed trails. Other areas have benefitted from their dilligence too. They take a pragmatic approach, not and exclusionary one, and thier love of the great outdoors guides them to advocate for the wildlands that need help. Check out their site, get involved.

This ”must see” movie is coming to Stanford University, ”Who Killed the Electric Car”  outlines the history, pitfalls and politics of the electric car. Shown Thursday April 23 7pm in the Annenberg Auditorium. There will be a post film discussion by Deepak Ahuja, the CFO of Tesla Motors. How cool is that?

Felix Kramer our hero and founder of CalCars shouldbe there along with Deepak. He has done so much to get the word out on plug-ins, hybrids, and thinking out of the gas pump ….. that our politicians tend to do….EVENT INFO for the film – which is part of the amazing and thought provoking Ethics of Food & the Environment series at Stanford.

This will be a great chance to learn and ask questions. Don’t miss it!

Sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford, they have so many events, take a look.

This tour includes a look at two homes in Mare Island and benefits the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. Seven gardens laced with live music, gazebos, fountains and shady places, plus a tour of Mare Island’s Alden Park and historic mansion garden hit the high note for the tour this year.  Since naval captains made a hobby of bringing back exotic and unknown plants over the last century, the gardens are unique and full of plants from the travels of the crew and captains. Musicians will be performing in the gardens. This will be the sixth annual tour, $30 general public, $25 museum members, tickets are available now.

The Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum (707-643-0077) 734 Marin St. Vallejo, admission to the museum is $5 for adults, $3 for Seniors and students and under 12 free.

 If you have missed the tour for this year, it will be a annual event and the museum is open all year long.

WATER!!! This will become the BIGGEST issue for California. Make sure to “stay in the loop”!

Press Release 4/1/09   Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency has identified the size of its carbon footprint for 2007 – a total of 12,460 tons of greenhouse gases – down 46 percent from 23,098 tons in 2006.  The GHG reduction is due in part to SCWA’s Carbon Free Water by 2015 initiative which delivered an additional 2 megawatts of solar to power administration and wastewater treatment facilities.  For that, SCWA will receive recognition at the 7^th Annual Navigating the American Carbon World conference.  The conference is a landmark partnership between Point Carbon; the California Climate Action Registry; and the International Emissions Trading Association. SCWA is a member of the California Climate Action Registry.  SCWA Directors Paul Kelley and Valerie Brown will attend the conference today in San Diego to participate in discussions on local and worldwide greenhouse gas reduction efforts.

Visit Sonoma County water for more details and info: www.sonomacountywater.org.