Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center- Nature Education

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Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center- Nature Education

A nature education center and overnight lodge, with brand new facilities supported by the California Coastal Conservancy.

We have a Native Plant Restoration/Education Nursery on site where we do projects with schools and resource agency partners.

05/22/2026

Join us for the last event of 2026. This series has brought many people together in community. We are thankful to Xa Kako Dile and Sue Coulter especially, for their ongoing efforts to bring indigenous voices to our community spaces. See you there!

05/13/2026

Plants just repotted by student guests at Jug Handle Restoration and Education Native plant Nursery! As a non-profit with many hats, we relish visiting school groups contributing to our mission.
"Live long, grow strong!" A blessing on the plants from the kids.
Our nursery is open by appointment, and specializes in local coastal, riparian and redwood forest species. Visit our website at jughandlecreekfarm.org for more information or to volunteer.

05/11/2026

Join us this Sunday for a wildflower hike that's sure to please. Join local expert Alison Gardner to meet our native flower neighbors. The season is in full swing and the colors are delightful.

04/17/2026

Join us for another installment of our fireside storytelling. Our next storyteller is from our southern coast neighbors at Stewart's Point Rancheria, Elvira "Hannah" Banuelos will be at Jug Handle next Saturday at 5pm. Bring your chair, blanket and community spirit.

04/09/2026

Jug Handle Restoration nursery has a beautiful duet of Western Trilium (Trilluin ovatum) blooming today. This gorgeous flower can live into its 70's, given the right conditions. On the Mendocino coast, spring has sprung and hundreds of western trillium, or western wake robins, are blooming. Trillium seeds have a hidden surprise, an elaiosome, a lipid rich oily structure which attract ants and wasps. The insects gather the seed for this tasty structure and aid in seed dispersal with the perk of a snack. Seeds are either left in the insect nests to germinate or are discarded out of the nest to germinate there. This creates large stands of the flowers. Pure white indicates it has yet to be pollinated, while blush, pink, purple and even red, indicate it has been pollinated and is working now to create seeds. Insects know this and head to the white flowers. See the larger o***y (central in flower) on the purple flower in the pictures? Enjoy the springtime friends, there are wonder to behold. Come and stay with us and enjoy the blooms! A few pictures from a walk today too.

03/28/2026

Join us this evening, at 5pm, for indigenous fireside storytelling. Bring a chair, blanket, and enjoy this evening of community.

02/26/2026

Join us at Jug Handle Creek Nature Center this Saturday evening, at 5pm, for our latest fireside storyteller, Mr. Michael Hunter of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
We're honored to share this collaboration offering with our neighbors at Xa Kako Dile (www.xakakodile.org) and with a generous grant from the Community Foundation (http://communityfound.org).
Gather around our fire for an evening of community and a chance to learn from and about the coasts original inhabitants and their stories.
Bring along a chair and blanket. Light refreshments will be available for purchase and a 5$ is suggested.

01/23/2026

The Sacred Flame Series is back after our winter break! Join us for our latest storyteller, Atta Stevenson, on Saturday, January 31st.

01/20/2026

Join us next Saturday, January 31st at 9:30 am, as we go on a nature hike lead by Sue Coulter. Step through time on the Ecological Staircase, a 2.5 mile hike where ancient marine terraces rise from the Pacific ocean into redwood and rare pygmy forests, each level telling a story a million years in the making.

12/30/2025

In the calm after our recent storm there was a chance to head to the woods, but not for mushrooms this time. The coho salmon are spawning and heading home! Red to attract mates and over 14 miles inland, these fish were big, over 18 inches! Over a dozen fish in under a mile of stream, a tributary of the Albion river. These are anadromous fish, who return to fresh water from the ocean to hopefully breed. We saw two different fish carcass on log jams, evidence of predators hunting from the banks. Debris in streams provide shelter for young fish after hatching and a clear stream with debris filled logs and sticks are an ideal habitat to protect young fish. Never mind the kids commentary, there's no way to quiet them w this action.
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Video crefit: Fern Tahja

Address

15501 N. Highway One
Caspar, CA
95420

Telephone

+17079373498

Website

http://www.jughandlecreekfarm.org/education, http://www.jughandlecreekfarm.org/

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