Explore the San Lorenzo River Habitat Enhancement site with local artist, botanist and educator Melody Overstreet. Learn about the ecological community at the San Lorenzo River through observation, plant care, drawing and guided reflection. We will start the tour caring for native plants and discuss their role in the ecological community and various medicinal uses and ethnobotanical significance. We will develop our naturalist eye through the practice of drawing plant species and the landscape. CWC will provide gardening tools and drawing paper, clipboards, pencils and charcoal. Participants are encouraged to bring the art materials they would like to work with.

This tour will start at the Coastal Watershed Council offices at 107 Dakota Avenue in Santa Cruz and take place on the Santa Cruz Riverwalk.

About the series…

The Coastal Watershed Council and Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History are teaming up in 2019 to bring you your favorite nature tour series: Exploring the San Lorenzo River. This spring, connect with local naturalists, geologists, mycologists, historians, and artists through unique explorations of the San Lorenzo River. Bring the whole family and learn about birds, mushrooms, floods, and rocks. Take a tour in the upper San Lorenzo River on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Check out the lower San Lorenzo River and Santa Cruz Riverwalk on the 4th Saturday of each month.