Meetings start at 7:15 p.m. in the County Fair Building at The San Francisco Botanical Gardens You can meet the speakers for a walk through San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum at 4:00 in front of the Botanical Garden bookstore (9th Avenue & Lincoln Way). If you're not a member, there is a Guest Fee of $5.
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January 18, 2010 |
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The Rhododendron Species
Foundation: an up and coming garden and world class
collection shown from the perspective of a plant hunter. by
Steve Hootman
Steve Hootman is the Co-Executive Director & Curator of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington. He has participated in or led over a dozen expeditions into remote regions of Asia looking for rare and new taxa of rhododendrons and other plants, and is considered one of the world’s authorities on the genus. He is also an active collector, authority and promoter of related members of the Ericaceae family including genera such as Vaccinium, Agapetes and Gaultheria. Steve is currently working on his Ph.D. in Botanical Systematics at the University of Washington. |
| February 15, 2010 |
Public
Japanese Gardens in Northern California - by David
Newcomer For over 35 years, David Newcomer has visited more than 300 public Japanese gardens in the United States, Canada and Europe as well as in Japan. In addition, he has completed research on more than 100 Japanese gardens that no longer exist, recovering old photographs, documenting their history and reconstructing maps of the gardens. These sites include Japanese gardens at the major international fairs since 1876. He will be discussing his first book that features
the Gardens of Northern California. |
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| March 15, 2010 |
"Fungus Among Us - Observing, Collecting, Growing, and Using Mushrooms for Health, Wealth, and Happiness." by Ken Litchfield.
Note: Ken says with the rains, this is a bumper year for mushrooms of all kinds. He'll be happy to identify yours if you will bring it in to Monday's meeting.. |
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| April 19, 2010 |
“From Trash to
Treasure: One Man’s Garbage Is Another Man’s Art.”
by Mary Te Selle Mary Te Selle is the award-winning garden designer of Quite Contrary Garden Designs. Her work has been featured as a Golden Trowel winner in Garden Design Magazine and she frequently exhibits in the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. Her ever-developing growing garden, lectures on a variety of garden topics and busy design practice help feed her passion for design and the interplay of organic and man-made materials in the garden. |
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| May |
Annual meeting and Potluck- Martin Grantham, Speaker |
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| July 19 2010 |
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| August 16, 2010 |
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| September | Arlie Middlebrook on "Edible California Natives" | |
| October | Tom Ballinger on “Plant Hunting in Borneo” | |
| November |
"to be announced" |
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| December |
NO MEETING |
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| January | John Kipping –The Ethno Botany of California Native Plants | |
| February | Luen Miller - Unusual Citrus for the Garden | |
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Ken
Litchfield began his professional career as a naturalist in the early
'70s at Texas State University where he taught in the biology and art
departments, illustrated scientific papers, theses, textbooks, etc.,
and worked as a botanist on environmental impact studies. He has since
illustrated, written, taught, and worked in the fields of art, science,
and health. Currently he is the Cultivation Chair of the Mycological
Society of San Francisco, teaches "Mushroom Cultivation", "Growing and
Using Healthful Herbs", and "Beneficial Beasts in the Garden" in the
Landscape Horticulture Department at Merritt Community College in
Oakland, and consults variously.
Programs from
2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007,
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