Demonstration Gardens

Angora Community Garden/Evans Family Garden

Join us once a week in our Angora Demonstration Garden, located at 1383 Mt. Olympia

Circle in the Angora burn area in South Lake Tahoe.  Learn about native plants, water efficient landscaping and soil amendment practices.

This property was donated to the Tahoe RCD for the development of a demonstration garden.  There are examples of slope stabilization, native plants, water efficient irrigation, attracting wildlife and soil amendments.   To volunteer, contact Courtney Walker at 530.543.1501 ext 118, cwalker@tahoercd.org.

Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

The garden demonstrates successful landscaping and gardening at Lake Tahoe. The site was originally very disturbed by human activity. It served as a borrow pit for the construction of roads and later as a recreation area for off road vehicles. Its bare soils supported little vegetation. Now it is a thriving alpine garden and a great spot for students to enjoy Tahoe's unique environment.

The garden is part of a community partnership designed to protect and preserve the Lake Tahoe basin by showcasing landscapes to:

• Promote the use of water efficient native and adapted plants and gardening practices;
• Display native and adapted plants in an attractive natural setting;
• Demonstrate Best Management Practices and other backyard conservation practices; and
• Provide a public venue for inspiration and education.

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

The North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden is an educational community garden at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. The Garden promotes lake-friendly landscaping and conservation planning to help preserve our unique and fragile alpine environment.

The North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden's mission is to provide an educational resource to the Tahoe/Truckee Meadows community by creating demonstrations of lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants, water conservation, soil stabilization techniques, defensible space from wildfires, and Best Management Practices for storm water infiltration. The Garden collaborates with residents, community agencies, and private companies to teach building and landscaping practices which work in harmony with Tahoe's naturally beautiful but often fragile environment.  For more information, call (775) 586-1610 ex.25 or email ghuie@ntcd.org

Eriksson Education Center

The UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station, also known as the “Historic Fish Hatchery”, is home to the Eriksson Education Center. The Eriksson Education Center, named in memory of Paul and Helen Eriksson, offers visitors the opportunity to discover the history of the former fish hatchery, visit the current field station, learn about research at Lake Tahoe, and much more!

Follow the path to see wetlands and stream restoration projects and gardens of native Tahoe plants. Here you can see many plants that are native to this region. Native plants thrive here because they have adapted to the soil, climate, and pest species. You’ll find many ideas that you can use at home, too.  The native plant demonstration garden showcases various native Lake Tahoe plants in both upland and wetland areas and offer residents a beautiful way to have truly “green” landscaping.  Plant identification signs within the butterfly garden, alternative groundcover area, upland and wetland plant areas will help you learn about the native species. For more information, email tercinfo@ucdavis.edu or call (775) 881-7566