2011 Symposium Auction

Each year at the Cal-IPC Symposium, we host a lively social hour which includes a silent auction and raffle. Following the social hour, symposium attendees gather for the annual banquet where festivities continue with award presentations and a live auction.

We are currently seeking your donations for the 2011 auction. Please consider donating books, tools, art/crafts, vacation stays, local products, gift certificates - anything a weed worker could want is fair game. If you are coming to the symposium, please bring your items to the auction table for donation.

2011 Auction & Raffle items:

More to come soon!

• Ranch tour and lamb BBQ for 8 - Enjoy a tour of the Tiessen-Waegell Ranch, the largest sheep producers within Sacramento County, followed by a tasty lamb BBQ lunch or dinner for your party of 8.

• 2012 CNPS Workshop - Select a stimulating workshop from among many interesting workshop topics throughout California during the 2012 season. The Plant Science Training Program specializes in providing workshops for professional botanists, biologists, and ecologists to teach the skills and provide the tools and resources for conducting sound scientific surveys for rare plants, rare plant communities, vegetation, wetlands, and invasive plants.

• The Conscientious Gardener, Cultivating a Garden Ethic - A new book by Dr. Sarah Reichard. Drawing from cutting edge research on urban horticulture, Reichard explores the many benefits of sustainable gardening and gives straightforward, practical advice on topics such as pest control, water conservation, living with native animals, mulching, and invasive species.

• 3-Weed Note - Patterson Clark has been harvesting Washington D.C.'s exotic invasive plants for seven years, exploring their potential for use as art materials. He has donated this print. It is printed with three invasive species, paper made of English ivy vines, the wood block is cut from white mulberry, and the ink is produced from multiflora rose, all invasive in Washington D.C.

• Italian weedy souvenirs - Elizabeth Brusati traveled through Italy after last years symposium and brought these souvenirs back to California..

• CNPS 2012 Pre-Conference Workshop - CNPS is hosting two-days of skill-building workshops, Jan 10 and 11, preceding their 2012 conference. CNPS and other agencies and organizations will offer fifteen workshops on a wide variety of subjects.