to encourage and actively participate in the restoration and conservation of Orange County and California Wildlands through education and restoration programs featuring native plants and biodiversity as a centralizing theme.

Community & Neighborhood Development , Economic Development , Environment , Environmental Education , Land Resources Conservation

Habitat Restoration programs at Back to Natives Restoration's Native Plant Reserve: Cuesta Kato in Dana Point, Santiago Creek Nature Preserve in Santa Ana, Elsinore Peak Star Thistle Removal Project in the Cleveland National Forest, San Mateo Wilderness Italian Thistle Removal Project in the Cleveland National Forest, The USFS & Back to Natives Restoration Training Program in partnership with the Cleveland National Forest, Native Plant Propagation classes at the Back to Natives Nursery in Santa Ana, Irrigation Modification and Landscape classes at the Back to Natives Nursery in Santa Ana, Tongva Traditions: Native Plant Uses and Culture classes with Craig Torres at the Back to Natives Nursery in Santiago Park Santa Ana. Environmental Education programs which include Traveling Naturalists for grades K-8, Scout programs and Home School edcuation facilitation based on state science and social science standards. Habitat Restoration projects at our Native Plant Reserve: Cuesta Kato, in Dana Point, in the Cleveland National Forest, City of Santa Ana park sites and other land managers within Southern California. Sustainable living classes including ediable landscapes, organic gardening, composting, nutrition core classes, permiculture and native plant landscape design and native plant propagation workshops. Healthy lifestyle classes including Core Nutrition training, Pilates and Boot Camp series physical fitness courses. Native Plant Landscape design for residential and commerical properties including the First LEED Platinum home in Orange County!

Everyone 0-150 years of age!

Orange County and beyond