California Native Sage Festival (March 28, 2015)

Xochitl, Tim Martinez (The Arroyo Sage), Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; laspilitas.com

Native American gathering of gender-equal nations and tribes (georgiejessup.com)

Hummingbird swoops in to savor delicious musk/Cleveland sage nectar (laspilitas.com).

California Native Sage Festival, March 28th

Experience the scents, sights, and flavors of the second annual garden event celebrating the aromatic healing salvia ("sage") species native to California.

 

Check out sage-related vendors, try a sample of sage-inspired culinary delights, enjoy a free workshop, come along on a wildflower walk, listen to music, and get sage advice (of course)!

 

Aztec Native American (ladayofthedead.com)

Check back often as the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden (RSABG) builds a list of activities and participants. MEMBERS: There will be a special RSABG member event from 10 am to noon in the Container Garden - come get your first look at our new Secrets of Sage exhibit!

• Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden
• Saturday, March 28, 2015, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
• 1500 North College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
• Included with standard admission or membership

Check out these 20-minute lectures in the California Courtyard (TBA), sage activities, booths, and confirmed participants so far for the 2015 Sage Festival:
 

Costa's hummingbird Hummingbird and salvia pozo blue sage (laspilitas.com)

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  Celestial (laspilitas.com)

  Native sage recipe tastings
• Grow Native Nursery with many varieties of native sages
• Sage Advice (We had to include this opportunity for Native wisdom!)
• Get lucky on the Wheel of Sage!
• Padua Farms handmade soaps and balms infused with native sages and other healing herbs
• BEE Green Honey
• Bert and Rocky's Cream Company
• Fresh native plant flower arrangements by Native Designs
• Potpourri craft (child-friendly)
• "See the Sages Salvia Stroll" guided walking tours of sages in the garden
• Opening of new "Secrets of Sage" exhibit, Container Garden
• "Sage Scavenger Hunt"
• Food truck from The Hurricane Kitchen will be on hand for those who want to purchase lunch and picnic
• Live music by the High Strung Trio
• Locally made sage-infused raw nut milk by RawNutMilk
• Check back; there's more to come! More