Adopt-A-Flat
It’s the fall again and for all those involved in restoration, it means that rains are coming and the time to plant grasses and trees is near. The Putah Creek Council and UC Davis Putah Creek Riparian Reserve were so happy with the volunteer turnout to raise native grass plugs last year that we will be continuing the program this fall. As part of the program last year, you helped raise and plant 8,000 native grass plugs.
At the seeding days, volunteers will be provided with native grass seed, trays, soil, fertilizer and instructions. There are two seeding days scheduled at the UC Davis Putah Creek Riparian Reserve from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (November 19 and December 17).
Individuals and classrooms got involved in the Fall 2004/Winter 2005 Adopt-A-Flat project with some students using the grass plugs plantings as the basis for larger environmental projects. Linda Biewer-Elstob’s fifth-sixth grade class from Patwin Elementary used the Adopt-A-Flat program as part of their Jiminy Cricket Environmentality Challenge for which they won 2nd place statewide. They were among 40,000 students in the state of California that participated in the challenge.
Directions to the site:
- From Interstate 80 take the Highway 113 exit North toward Woodland.
- From Highway 113, exit at UC Davis-Hutchison Drive.
- At the stop sign turn left on Hutchison Drive and go 1.4 miles.
- Turn left (south) onto Hopkins and go to the end.
- Turn left and park along the road.
- This is the Alpha Phi Omega Picnic Grounds at the center of the reserve.
Additional Information
To download a PDF
of the instructions to care for you flat, please click here:
Adopt-A-Flat
Instruction Page
Native grasses included
in the seed mix:
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Purple Needlegrass
(Nassella pulchra)
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Creeping Wildrye
(Leymus triticoides)
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Squirrel Tail (Elymus
multisetus)
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Meadow Barley (Hordeum
brachyantherum)
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Blue Wildrye (Elymus
glaucus)
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Slender Wheatgrass
(Elymus trachycaulus)
For more information
on native grasses:
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