2 – Find
Your Way
For a stocking stuffer
3 – uxury For
L
a Good Cause
Here's a gift that will help Peruvian wom-
with quality and soul, skip
en escape poverty while keeping North Bay
the high tech GPS device
women warm and stylish. Luxurious
and instead select tear-
alpaca scarves, wraps and caps made
resistant, waterproof maps
by women in the barrios of Peru
made by San Rafael resi-
are imported by the Napa-
dent Tom Harrison. Park
based, socially responsible Our
rangers, hikers and natu-
Hands for Hope, and then sold
ralists all over California
at the company's website and
revere Harrison's ability to
at boutiques like West End in
capture the nuances of each
Napa and Bear Moon Clothing
trail as it relates to an en-
in Sonoma (bearmoonclothing.
tire open space area—an important element in staying safe while
com). Gentlemen: this is a no-
enjoying the great outdoors. Available online at tomharrisonmaps.
fail option for the ladies in your
com, at local hiking and biking shops, and at REI. $9.95 and up.
life. Order online (ourhandsforhope.com) by December 18
for delivery by December 24.
4 – he Gift
T
that
Keeps on
Growing
Plant the yard less
traveled with the most
sustainable gift of all
— a native plant or tree
sapling purchased from
locally-owned and operated
5 – Cycling Gems
For the bicycling and recycling enthusiasts in your life, choose
a unisex bracelet or necklace crafted from repurposed bicycle
parts. Artist Christine Culver says of the spokes, chains and gears
she uses in her designs, "Who knows how many miles they have
traveled and how many adventures they have made possible?"
Find them at 3 Ring Cycles in San Anselmo (3ringcycles.com), at
the MadeLocal Marketplace in Santa Rosa (madelocalmarketplace.
com) or at Culver's website, dhbetty.com. Shown: Upcycled chain
pendant, $18; spoke bracelets, $18 and up.
nurseries like Mostly Natives in Tomales (mostlynatives.
com) or California Flora Nursery
in Fulton (calfloranursery.com). Two
all-stars in my yard are the drought-tolerant
and maintenance-free Toyon (Heteromeles
arbutifolia), a native evergreen shrub whose
red berries attract numerous bird species during the winter months, and the Madrone tree
(Arbutus x marina), whose rust-colored bark
peels away in fall to reveal a smooth, pistachio trunk. Or try a Japanese maple from the
artisanal Momiji nursery (momijinursery.com
in Santa Rosa — just be aware that, being deciduous, Japanese maples have no leaves in
December.
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