'Don't Plant a Pest' brochures available

By: North County Times

Free "Don't Plant a Pest" brochures sponsored by the California Native Plant Society are available to help gardeners, homeowners and landscapers make better plant choices for their garden or landscape. The brochure features the most common invasive plants that are often sold in nurseries and offers safe alternatives. Invasive plants like pampas grass can be a fire and flood hazard and a maintenance nightmare in your garden.

The brochure can be viewed and downloaded online at www.smslrwma.org/dpp/index.html.

Place bulk orders by calling (760) 728-1332, minimum order 100 copies.

Pick up free individual copies at one of these locations:

Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center, 2202 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside;
Batiquitos Lagoon Nature Center, end of Gabbiano Lane, Carlsbad;
Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery, 8331 Nelson Way, Escondido;
Mission Resource Conservation District Office (Fallbrook Public Utilities Building), 990 E. Mission Road, Fallbrook; Natural Resource Conservation Service, 332 S. Juniper, Escondido;
Tecolote Nature Center, Tecolote Canyon Road, San Diego;
San Diego CNPS, 3rd Tuesday of the month, Casa Del Prado, Room 104 or 101, Balboa Park, San Diego; Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District, 4500 Glenwood Drive, Riverside.