Speaker Program

September 13, 2006
ANNUAL LOUISE BECK GUEST LECTURE

Nevin Smith

Director of Horticulture, Suncrest Nurseries, and author of Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California

presented
Life on the Wild Side: Exploring the California Outback

Nevin will present a lighthearted personal account of discovery in the wild. He will include copious notes on the joys, and occasional woes, of working with less-known native plants and attempting to bring them to California gardeners. Having grown up exploring the hills and native landscape of Sonoma County, he followed a Master,s Degree at John,s Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a "summer job that led to the life of a nurseryman. He developed interests in unusual and native plants found in his travels, launching a career introducing new plants to gardeners and reviving forgotten but garden-worthy plants.