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Past Programs 2010-2011

September 8 Katherine Greenberg
  The Evolution of a Native Garden
 
October 13 Richard Merrill
  Managing the Landscape and the Garden as an Ecosystem
   
November 10 C. Todd Kennedy
  The Unlimited Orchard; the Finest Fruits You Can Grow
   
December 8 Jennifer Dungan     MEMBERS ONLY
  Can you see my Garden from Space? Satellite Photos
   
January 12 Andrea Hurd
  Mallorcan Masonry: Dry Stacked Stone Walls for Beauty and Habitats.
   
February 9 Don Mahoney
  The Best New Plants for Shade
   
March 9 Cliff Low
  Fertilizers, Amendments, Organic, Conventional, Oh My!
Lab Testing to Decide What to Use For Improving Soil Conditions
   
April 13 Jim Dixon
  Transforming the Sense of Place:
Redefining Space with Shape, Color, and Texture
   
May 11 Kristin Yanker-Hansen
  Year Round Cut Flowers From the Garden
   

Past Programs 2009

January 14
Ellen Zagory 
The UC Davis Arboretum: New Programs, Gardens, and Plants

February 11
Dick Dunmire

Rock Gardens and Rock Garden Plants

March 11
Jason Dewees

Palms for Central California Gardens

April 8
Rosalind Creasy
Edible Landscaping:The New American Garden

May 13
Rebecca Lance
Rock Garden Strategies for Waterwise Gardens

September 9
Bill McNamara
Plants on the Move

October 14
Robert Kourik
Roots Demystified

November 11
Patrick Anderson
Bringing Succulents into the Garden

December 9
Aaron Dillon
Nursery History

 

Past Programs 2008

January 9, 2008
Barbara Worl
Bits and Pieces of a Life in the Garden

February 13, 2008
Ernie Wasson
Foliage plants: the Backbones of the Garden

March 12, 2008
Rosemary Nightingale
See, Smell, Hear, Taste and Feel; the Herbs, the Useful Plants

April 9, 2008
Patrick Worley
Peru, a Plant Lover's Journey

May 14, 2008
Jeff Rosendale
Plants, People and Art: Putting Them All Together in a California Garden

September 10, 2008
Judith Larner Lowry
Landscaping Ideas of Jays:
the interface between ecology and art in the restoration garden

October 8, 2008
Dave Egbert
Big Ideas for Small Gardens

November 12
Ryan Hall
What's New in Cordyline and Other Great Plants for Mediterranean Gardens

December 10
Nancy Schramm

Nursery Child: Growing up at Carman's Nursery

 

Past programs 2007

January 10, 2007
Ron Parsons
The Splendor of California Wildflowers

February 14, 2007
Paul Heiple
Weeds: What Horticulturalists Find in Pandora's Box

March 14, 2007
Daisy Mah
The Gardens of William Land Park, Sacramento, California

April 11, 2007
Martin Grantham
Exploring South Africa's Western Cape for New Plant Gems

May 9, 2007
Bob Hornback
Variegated Plants: Horticulture Goes Hollywood

September 12, 2007
ANNUAL LOUISA BECK GUEST LECTURE
Carul Bornstein
California Natives for the Mixed Border

October 10,2007
Dennis Makishima

Aesthetic Pruning of Small Trees and Shrubs in the Urban Setting

November 14,2007
Tom Bessman
Innovations in Landscape Water Conservation

December 11 ,2007
Allan Ridley & Helen McKenna-Ridley
Travels on the Eight Continent; A Natural History Adventure in Madagascar

 

Past programs 2006

September 13, 2006
ANNUAL LOUISA BECK GUEST LECTURE
Nevin Smith
Life on the Wild Side: Exploring the California Outback

October 11, 2006
Andy Mariani
Stone Fruits for the Bay Area: History, Cultivation, and Varieties

November 8, 2006
Bill (William A) Grant
What is Wrong With My Roses?

December 5, 2006
HOLIDAY POTLUCK & PROGRAM AT SHOUP PARK, LOS ALTOS
Betsy Fryberger

A Taste for Citrus

 

 

 

   

 

 

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