UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA

NEWSLETTERVolume 15, Number 4

Published by the FRIENDS of the BOTANICAL GARDEN • Berkeley, California Fall 1990

Sister Garden Exchange Strengthens Tropical Bond

As the massing clouds engulfed the forested hills ofthe Robert and Catherine Wilson Garden, I wasreminded of our own Strawberry Canyon. It was

the beginning of the rainy season and the spectacularview meant the clouds would soon open up and drenchthe valleys. Although certainly much wetter, the terrainand atmosphere were not unlike the Garden back home,and Jerry Parsons and I found it easy to settle in at thislovely field station.

As horticulturists in charge of the Tropical Houseand Mesoamerican area of the UC Botanical Garden,Jerry and I had come to the Wilson Botanical Garden aspart of a sister garden horticultural staff exchange. Ourtrip began in the capital city of San Jose, located in thecentral highlands of Costa Rica. The Wilson BotanicalGarden lies 207 miles to the south very close to thePanama border in mid-elevation or premontane (1400meters) tropical rainforest. The bus ride from San Jose to

Martin Grantham propagating tropical plants in the Wilson Gardengreenhouse. (photo by Jerry Parsons)

San Vito de Jaba near the Garden was a combinationrollercoaster ride and sauna. We wound our way upthrough the highlands of the Talamanca Mountain rangewhere cloud forests have been cut for charcoal produc-tion and expanding cattle range, down below frostlinewhere coffee plantations cover the rolling hills, and intohumid lowlands of vast fields of densely planted pine-apples. Finally, we arrived in the coffee zone where theWilson Garden lies, very pleased to still have our witsintact 71/2 hours after leaving San Jose.

We were greeted by the Director of the Garden, LuisDiego Gomez and his wife Gail Hewson-Gomez, whoturned out to be perfect hosts. After settling us into ourrooms and encouraging us to test the new self-guidedtour booklet, we enjoyed a delicious dinner and goodconversation in their home across from the field station.Over the course of our one month stay, Luis shared hisknowledge and personal library unstintingly. We werefree to take material for propagation from virtually anyplant in the collection, and Luis eagerly pointed out thoseplants he knew would be especially good acquisitions forour garden. Gail also took the time to make us feel wel-come and share her knowledge of the Garden andinterest in Zamia fairchildiana, a rare native cycad whosephenology and growth rate she is studying.

The Lush GardenThe Wilson Botanical Garden seemed incredibly lush

even though we were seeing it at the end of the dryseason (usually January through March). This year therains were late and didn't really begin until shortly afterour arrival in May. One thing contributing to the lushimpression is the high density of epiphytes. Every con-ceivable perch is occupied by ferns, orchids, bromeliads,aroids, gesneriads, even many cacti. The epiphytesfestooning the Garden are largely natives having seededin from the adjacent forest reserve.

The cultivated grounds of the Wilson Garden extendfor 25 acres. The collection consists of over 1000 generain about 200 plant families with an especially extensivecollection of palms (80% of the world's genera) and Heli-

conia. The Wilson Garden is one of the five repositoriesfor the International Heliconia Society and grows almostall of the 150 known species. There are two large green-

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Gail Hewson-Gomez and Jerry Parsons capture the intricate complexities ofaroid pollination by euglossine bees. (photo by Martin Grantham)

houses and several screened shade houses where plantsare propagated and grown for garden plantings. Aswarmth is no concern in the tropics, greenhouses aremore important in controlling the amount of light andwater plants receive. We explored the greenhousesmany times, discovering some new treasure each time.

We were given a generous portion of the propaga-tion bench where we heeled in the cuttings and plantswe collected from the garden and adjacent forest reserve.Because humidity is generally so high and temperatures

so warm, bottom heat and overhead mist are not neces-sary. One hot day, Luis suggested we simply cover our'cuttings with wet newspaper. Many commercial prod-ucts for plant propagation are in short supply in CostaRica, so Luis has found it practical to develop his ownroot-inducing extract from a relative of the spaghettisquash.

A Horticulture ContributionWe had brought with us a large selection of seed

from the American Begonia Society, knowing that LuisDiego was interested in expanding the Wilson Garden'scollection of these plants. Wasting no time, all the seedwas planted by Luis and his staff in the first few days ofour visit. By the time we left, Luis had achieved anexcellent rate of germination. These plants wouldquickly fill the greenhouse space once occupied by alarge Anthurium collection now planted out on a beautifulnew walk in the Garden.

In addition to the Begonia work, we had the opportu-nity to complete renovation of the Orchid Walk using thegenerous supply of native orchids on the Gardengrounds and in the adjacent forest reserve. Luis found aparticularly large Epidendrum which fell from a tree aftera heavy rain. He said that its flowers would be especiallyattractive to butterflies.

We arranged the native collection more or less inorder of evolutionary advancement, adopting localmethods for securing the plants to the Garden's stock oftree fern trunks. In the tropics the machete is the basic

Orchid Walk, Wilson Botanical Garden, before (left) and after (right). (photo by Martin Grantham)

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The lush grounds of the Wilson Botan cal Gardens. (photo by Martin Grantham)

gardening tool, replacing clippers, weeders, hedgers, andmore in the skilled hands of the Wilson Garden staff. Wereinforced the beam gateway to the walk and to thisaffixed a diverse array of orchids which should producean extraordinary display of color and form at peakflowering, typically at either end of the rainy season.

Beyond the GardenWe explored a sizable reserve (342 acres) of secon-

dary growth premontane forest adjoining the WilsonBotanical Garden. This is an area rich in native plants(approximately 2,000 species) and animals (300 species ofbirds, 80 species of mammals, 71 species of reptiles andamphibians). We were overwhelmed by an incrediblediversity among the insects with over 3,000 species ofmoths and butterflies alone. We used a black light toattract insects to the research station at night, and eachnight there was an entirely new assemblage of mothswhose elegance and intricacy fascinated us no end.

We often walked the river trail leading through thedense layered forest to the Rio Jaba, connecting withmore extensive loop, crest, and waterfall trails. We werethrilled to catch sight of a group of white-faced monkeysas they vocalized and dropped half-eaten fruit on usfrom above. Frequently along the path we stopped toexamine branches heavily laden with epiphytes beggingto enter the ardent plant collector's satchel. Thesebranches had broken under the weight of their epiphyteloads and fallen to the forest floor where their lushburden was destined to etiolate and die.

Luis and Gail accompanied us on a collecting trip toseveral high elevation sites in the Talamanca Range. Wevisited Cerro de la Vueltas (Hill of Changes, ca. 3500meters) where open boggy meadows with their silverymats of Alchemilla and patches of Puya dasylirioides (theonly species of this largely South American genus toextend so far north) alternate with groves of massiveoaks covered by cool-growing epiphytes and surrounded

by gracefully arching bamboos. We collected manyunusual plants in the oak forests of the Villa Mills area(ca. 3000 meters) including a Podocarpus, a Taxus, manycool-growing orchids and the lovely Hydrangea oerstedii, arobust liana with magenta lacecap-type flowers. Sadlythis area is likely to be completely destroyed soon bylogging for production of charcoal.

However, I am pleased to say that the majority of ourcollected material is doing well and in time will serve toenrich our outdoor cloud forest collection and contributeto a future paramo (high elevation grassland) planting.In the special setting we can provide here at UCBG, theseplants will help promote an appreciation for endangerednatural plant communities and an urge to conserve them.Some will doubtless prove desirable for horticulture aswell.

Magnolia poasana, a gem of the high cloud forest on Volcano Poas. (photoby Martin Grantham)

We offer a special thank you to Luis and Gail fortheir exceptional hospitality, to OTS Agroecology Coor-dinator, Martha Rosemeyer, whose boundless en-thusasim spurred us on, and to Dona Ana who preparedour excellent meals at the station and cultivated ourtenuous Spanish with such good humor and wit. Welook forward to future visits and the imminent comple-tion of the new lecture hall and laboratory funded by theNational Science Foundation. We also thank the Friendsof the Botanical Garden for their support of this tripwhich added greatly to our personal knowledge of theextremely diverse Costa Rican flora, and allowed hun-dreds of new plants to enter both our greenhouse andoutdoor collections. Most importantly, this month-longvisit strengthened the ties between our two gardens sothat the exchange of knowledge and plant material issure to continue.

—Martin Grantham

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Kids Go Wild for Green Stuff!

After teaching the winter Rainforest Rap sessions, Iwas eager to see what it would be like to have thesame group of children in the garden for a week

instead of just an hour. Luckily, Soozi de Mille, formerdocent and Green Stuff instructor, was visiting in the BayArea as I was redesigning the four week-long sessionsfor Green Stuff campers. I picked Soozi's brain for aweek to learn all of her tricks, including some new onesshe had learned at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Withthe help of gardener Jerry Parsons and our experiencewith Rainforest Rap, we were able to quickly create aninspiring, green, and relatively childproof atmosphere.When maps, posters, plants, and props were all in place,we were ready for the kids.

The day always started with a huddle in the MeetingRoom, followed by an activity introducing the day'stheme. After a snack break with theme treats, thedocents took the children off on a garden tour relevant tothat day's topic. Around 11:00 we would all meet on thelawn to play games that heightened the children's sensesand demonstrated biological concepts. The kids wouldthen return to the Meeting Room to set up experiments,look into microscopes, or color part of their habitat color-ing books.

After lunch, Sabrina Sonntag arrived to run the post-lunch activities. The children really thought Sabrina wasgreat — even when she was being the "cookie monster"eating all the treats leftover from the morning snackbreak! Sabrina would lead an outdoor activity or experi-ment, followed by an arts and crafts hour. The dayusually ended with "Quiet Time" where we recountedthe day's lessons and often read a story relevant to theenvironment. The children appreciated this dailyrhythm because they knew what to expect and couldalways look forward to their favorite activity.

Instructor Chris Pires offers a taste of the Garden to day campers. (photos byRichard Anderson)

Theme for a DayMonday was Plant Diversity Day. We started by

playing Plant Sleuth, investigating what was and was nota plant. "Are mushrooms and fossils plants?" "Are allplants green?" The children used microscopes to findclues, although they were often distracted by insects anddirty fingernails. The docents then led them on a HabitatWalk to look for mosses, liverworts, stoneplants, andother "green aliens." Sabrina helped everyone plantagaves and start bean sprouts to observe all week, and atthe end of the day, they adopted a plant friend by draw-ing a picture and writing a poem about it.

Tuesday was Plant Parts Day. After learning theflower parts, campers went on a flower walk where theyused magnifying glasses. After lunch, we held a Cater-pillar Walk where 3-5 blindfolded kids were connected in

a line behind Sabrina or the docents whoEthnobotany Day and the geographical origins of our common foods. were leading them through the Redwood

Grove. At the end of the walk they had totake off their blindfolds and draw a map oftheir route based on what they heard,smelled, or touched...and then find theirway back! It was quite entertaining towatch four 8-year old boys try to come to aconsensus about who knew the correctroute. "We went downhill here," "No, hewas fooling us by going in circles and I feltthis fern! See, here are the three steps."

Wednesday was Plant Adaptation Day."Do plants eat, breathe, and sleep?" "Doplants really defend themselves?" I helpedchildren answer these questions with theassistance of props and by having themdraw murals of rainforest and deserthabitats. Sabrina showed them Californiahabitats in a "Bio 1B Tour for Kids." Wehad a plant wilting contest, saw dye go upcelery stalks, and learned how Venus fly

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traps moved. They also made leaf rubbings and solarprints of leaf shapes on photosensitive paper.

Thursday was Ethnobotany Day. We started byfinding the origins of all the foods we ate for breakfast ona world map. "Could Native Americans eat bananasfrom Costa Rica and drink coffee from Ethiopia forbreakfast?" After a tour of the herb gardens, Sabrina andI set up the California Native Ethnobotany ScavengerHunt by tying teabags to madrone, diapers to cattails,juice to manzanita, and marking other products thatCalifornia natives got from plants. The children workedin 2-3 person tribes to find all the clues on a list..."and norunning!"

Friday was Rainforest Ecology Day. After eatingtropical treats, seeing the garden's rainforest, and playingecological-relationship games, we went to the RedwoodGrove to compare tropical forests with our own. "Howare they different?" "Why can't we treat the rainforestslike our forests?" They answered these questions bywriting a "Recipe for a Forest" where they put all theecological components together to make a functioningforest. All week we had had long discussions aboutconservation, but we really hit the message home onFriday.

Loving and LearningThese are just samples of what we did, as each day

was crammed with activities. I learned, however, thatthe most learning and the most fun occurred duringthose activities that took a lot of work and preparation.Running a day camp is more than just finding areas ofthe garden that are kidproof. It is about helping childrenbecome more aware of their environment and theirfeelings.

I was often struck about just how aware and compas-sionate children are about environmental concerns. Theyhad a lot to say about rainforests, recycling, and conser-vation if we were willing to listen. They had many ideas

about how to solve our environmental problems. It isencouraging to know that we can teach children that theyare part of the solution. We all learned how importantbotanical gardens are for educating the public. But moreimportantly, we all learned to love Green Stuff.

— Chris Pires

Hammond Center Dedicated

ver one hundred friends and family membersgathered to honor Elizabeth Hammond at thededication of the Elizabeth Hammond Interpre-

tive Center on Sunday, August 19th. The Center wasgiven to the Garden by Marianne and Richard Peterson,her daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. Hammond was com-pletely delighted with the beautiful deck which will beused by many tour groups and visitors for years to come.The deck and trails were designed by Elise Brewster andDavid Kahn, two landscape architecture students at U.C.Berkeley.

A long-time supporter of the Garden, Mrs. Ham-mond gave the first donation of $2500 for seed money todevelop a design for the project in spring, 1989. With thegenerous contribution of the Petersons, the first piece ofthe Strawberry Creek project was put in place. Situatedon an embankment in the California Native area, theCenter overlooks Strawberry Canyon and Creek, lookingeast. Two interpretive panels discuss the ecology of thestream community and restoration of native habitat.Additional handpainted tiles of local birds and otherfauna will be added to the deck later this fall.

— Gladys Eaton

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A Garden for the 21st Century

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of four articles on the history of theBotanical Garden over its first one hundred years. The first three were writtenby Lincoln Constance, Professor of Botany Emeritus. Aerial view photo is 1981.

The last decade of the first century of the Garden,the 1980s, was a period of great productivity andchange. Under the direction of Dr. Robert Ornduff,

the Garden significantly expanded its education, conser-vation, and fundraising activities. Garden accessionspassed the 15,000 mark, making this Garden one of thelargest in the United States.

As the Garden approached its Centennial year in1990, the emphasis of programs expanded to includeconservation as well as horticulture. To meet the chal-lenges of the next century, the Garden began to assess itsrole in the University and in the wider plant conservationand botany community. It forged important links withlocal, national, and international organizations concernedwith the preservation of biodiversity and sustainable eco-systems. Such expansion would not have been possiblewithout the substantial efforts of staff, volunteers, andthe Friends.

New Collections Add DiversityAt the end of the drought of the late 1970s, new areas

were added to the already widely diverse geographicalrepresentation in the Garden. A Pacific Island collectionwas established, along with a special floriculture Gardenof Old Roses. In 1980-81 the Garden sponsored a jointseed-collecting expedition to the People's Republic ofChina, led by Curator Bruce Bartholomew. Brucereturned with more than 2000 specimens from highmountain forests including many Viburnum, Rhododen-

drons, and Clematis. Five years later, new Curator JimAffolter arranged a second trip to China, as part of a staffexchange with the Guangzhou College of TraditionalMedicine. Professor Xu from this college then traveled tothe United States and spent six months at the BotanicalGarden, working with gardener Elaine Sedlack to estab-lish a new collection of Chinese medicinal plants. Thegarden crafted beautiful metal photo labels in 1989, ex-plaining the names and uses of each herb.

With the expansion of the Garden into the north-eastern slope of Strawberry Canyon, three acres werecleared of native oaks and madrones to make way for anew Mesoamerican section in 1988. A crew from theCalifornia Conservation Corps burned brush, pulledstumps, and created a network of trails through the area.A large patch of Salvias was established as a Humming-bird Garden, and several endangered Cloud Forestmagnolias were transplanted successfully.

Heat and cold took their toll over during the 80s,though most plants remained remarkably stable underthe variable climate conditions. The Garden's ancientwater system suffered greatly during the February coldsnap in 1989. A number of pipes broke, leaving beautifulice sculptures over burst stems and branches.

More and More VisitorsPublic visitation increased dramatically over the

course of the decade, especially with all the publicitybefore and during the Centennial year. But the biggestarea of growth was in service to U.C. classes. DirectorRobert Ornduff and Curator Jim Affolter taught Botany129, The Botanical Garden, and Manager Daniel Campbelland Assistant Manager Judith Finn offered Botany 128,Horticultural Methods in the Garden. Education Coordina-tor Stephanie Kaza designed a new course for Conserva-tion and Resource Studies in Conservation Education, andwith Jim, taught a U.C. summer session course in TropicalConservation Education in Costa Rica. Garden staff contin-ued to supply many campus classes with plant materialfor their labs, and over 900 Biology 1B students visitedthe Garden each spring in 1988-90, hosted by docents.

Meanwhile, to support all this activity, the Gardenwas expanding its budget — both through grants andthrough the generosity of the Friends and other volun-teers. In 1983-84, the Garden was fortunate to receivesubstantial funding for conservation work and comput-erization of the plant records through the Institute forMuseum Services, the National Science Foundation, andthe Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. The IMS grantsupported extensive exhibit design work and renovationfor the Desert and Rainforest House. The Friends contin-ued with their annual plant sales in spring, fall, andwinter, providing additional revenue beyond the univer-sity operating funds for Garden projects.

By the 1980s, the Friends were ready to undertake

several major projects. The first Friends' Symposiumwas held in 1984, coordinated by Elly Bade and JuneFalkner on Old Roses. The first Alstroemeria wine-tasting festival was held the same year to raise funds forthe Garden, and was an annual event until the ChineseMedicinal Herb Garden replaced the Alstroe-merias in1987. In the winter of 1988, the Friends renovated theEducation Annex, creating new offices for Education andthe Friends staff, as well as an improved conference roomand docent library.

Under the strong fundraising leadership of Friends'vice president Gladys Eaton, the Friends raised $30,000 tobuild a Tour Orientation Center to accommodate tourgroups. Spurred by this success, they commissionedarchitect Walter Brooks to design a new entrance plan forthe Garden, complete with new office building, green-houses, and plaza entry. During this decade, over 20new benches and study tables were placed in the Garden,each representing significant personal contributions tothe Friends on behalf of friends and family.

In 1989, the Garden hired a two-person developmentstaff to formalize the Garden's fundraising efforts. CindyRasicot and Bobbie Ohs developed a computerized database of donors and campus contacts, and hosted severalluncheons for prospective contributors. The Gardenworked closely with the campus development office topublish a beautiful case statement brochure and lay thegroundwork for future fundraising efforts.

A New Focus in ConservationThe disolution of the Botany Department in mid-1989

left the Garden without an obvious point of attachment

In 1989, the California Native area was spruced up considerably with the addi-tion of a new Alpine Fell-field display, complete with boulders and stone paths.(photo by Stephanie Kaza)

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to the campus, since the key faculty were split intoseveral departments. Dr. Ornduff, in consultation withDean Gardner, chose to shift the Garden from the Collegeof Letters and Sciences to the College of Natural Re-sources — in some ways, taking the Garden back to itsearliest beginnings. This set the stage for highlightingthe conservation work already begun at the Garden inthe mid 80s.

In 1987, the Garden was asked to be one of 20 U.S.gardens in the Center for Plant Conservation, a nationalorganization committed to the study and preservation ofrare and endangered plant species in the United States.With this came the responsibility for collecting seed andpropagating a number of local central California species,known to be near extinction.

As the oldest and largest botanical garden in the Uni-versity of California system, the Garden joined theBotanical Gardens Conservation Secretariat of theInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature andNatural Resources in 1987, representing botanical gar-dens around the world and actively promoting a conser-vation role for gardens. The next summer saw theadoption of our sister garden in Costa Rica, the Robertand Catherine Wilson Garden, one of the three principalresearch and education sites for the Organization forTropical Studies. Garden staff traveled to Costa Rica tooffer computer consulting, development of interpretivematerials, and horticultural assistance in 1988-90. Thesister garden relationship has drawn national attention asone of the more successful arrangements betweentemperate and tropical gardens today.

The garden continues to grow as an exciting andvaluable resource with a mission to serve the campus, thecommunity, and to function at an international level aswell. As this Centennial draws to a close, the Gardenlooks forward to the tasks of the 21st century and aleadership role among the world's great botanical institu-tions.

— Stephanie Kaza

One of the first benchdonations and GladysEaton, Friends of theBotanical Garden.

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GARDEN SPOTLIGHT

Serpentine and Chaparral California Specialties

c alifornia's varied landscapes are marked by twodistinctive botanical features: the diverse vegeta-tion types — from grasslands to desert scrub,

from giant coniferous forests to dwarf alpine fell-fields —and the diverse soil types — sand, clay, granite, basalt,gypsum, and limestone. Two of the most unusual yettypical California plant associations represented in theBotanical Garden are those of the serpentine and thechaparral. Though in general, plant ecologists will tellyou that climate is the most important factor in determin-ing the vegetation type of an area, in areas of serpentineor other unusual substrates, soil features will often over-ride climatic effects.

Serpentine rock occurs in island-like patches, rangingfrom a few square feet to vast tracts covering hundreds ofsquare miles. These patches may appear as abruptbreaks in oak woodland or coniferous forest, where thetrees give way to chaparral shrubs or even serpentinegrassland. The rock is called serpentine because of thefancied resemblance of its mottled surface to snakeskin.(Technically, the rock is named serpentinite, but com-monly it is called merely serpentine.) It is common inthe Coast Ranges, the Sierra foothills, and in the north-western counties; outside of California it is abundant insouthwestern Oregon, but elsewhere in North America itis rare.

One of the most noxious chemical mixes imaginable,it is a wonder that any plants survive on serpentine at all.Added to the relatively harmless magnesium silicate aresubstantial dollops of chromium and nickel, both toxic toplants. A further challenge are the low quantities ofnitrogen, molybdenum, and calcium — essential plant

Brodiaea pallidaChinese camp

brodiaea

nutrients. Serpentine oftencontains high amounts ofiron, revealed in the charac-teristic red color of weath-ered serpentine and the soilderived from it.

Serpentine EndemicsIn the California Native

Area we have attempted torecreate a serpentine patch todisplay sample stones and typi-cal inhabitants of this peculiarsubstrate. These annuals, perenni-als, and small trees look like speciesof more ordinary soils, but are dis-tinctive in their preference for ser-pentine. Some of these serpentine en-demics will fail if grown in ordinarygarden soil, but that is not always thecase. For several years I have been growing Brodiaeapallida very successfully in pots of ordinary greenhousesoil and find I must repot my plants at least every threeyears or flowering will cease due to overcrowding bybulb production. Isn't it odd then, that this reproduc-tively vigorous species occurs naturally only along aquarter-mile length of stream in the serpentine of MotherLode country?

In our display, we include unusual species whichthrive despite the hostile serpentine chemistry, many ofthem very limited in distribution. In Marin County, theJewelweed, Streptanthus niger, the Indian Paintbrush,Castilleja neglecta, and the Tiburon Mariposa Tulip,Calochortus tiburonensis, are each known from only asingle population. Other species, such as the handsomeorange-flowered Senecio greenei are more widespread, butalways on serpentine. Still other species, such as Toyon(Heteromeles arbutifolia), occur both on and off serpentine,but take different growth forms according to the sub-strate.

When the Biology 1B students from campus visit theGarden, we use the serpentine section to explain theconcept of ecotypes. In a classic study four decades ago,then Berkeley Botany graduate Arthur Kruckeberg dem-onstrated that in some herbaceous species, serpentineraces or ecotypes can survive on normal soils, but non-serpentine races die or develop poorly when grown onserpentine. In nature, however, serpentine ecotypes donot grow on non-serpentine soils even though their seedsare dispersed there. Why not? One idea is that the

Arctostaphylos imbricataSan Bruno Mountainmanzanita

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serpentine ecotypes are susceptible to disease from soilfungi that abound in the non-serpentine soils but cannottolerate the odd chemistry of serpentine. Just how plantsdo grow on serpentine is not well understood, though itis likely that several physiological strategies haveevolved to support their survival.

California ChaparralWhile chaparral commonly occurs on serpentine, it

also grows on a variety of other soils, though these areusually poor in nutrients, shallow, or in steep and rockyterrain. The word chaparral comes from the Spanishchaparro, referring to a scrub oak; the -al ending means "aplace of." California Chaparral contains oaks — notablyLeather Oak (Quercus durata), but also a wide variety ofother shrubs, including California lilacs (Ceanothusspecies), manzanitas (Arctostaphylos species), and Chamise(Adenostoma fasciculatum, or in southern California, A.sparsiflorum). The chaparral collection at the BotanicalGarden is unusual in its diverse representation of thesespecies. We have 57 species and 23 subtaxa of manzanita(several more recently described than Munz), and 41species and 20 subtaxa of Ceanothus.

Although substrate is an important factor influencingthe distribution of chaparral, an equally important eco-logical factor is fire. Under natural conditions, the dense,evergreen, scrubby chaparral was probably swept by fireat least once a decade or perhaps longer in some areas.While television newscasters often refer to the manythousands of acres "destroyed" each summer and falldue to fire, this term is only applicable to human life andproperty. For chaparral, fire is a means of rejuvenationand perpetuation. Without it, chaparral would in time,lose many of its distinctive species or might even bereplaced by another vegetation type that is not fire-resistant.

Ceanothus maritima

Fire benefits plantsby removing the densevegetative cover, allowingmore sunlight to reach theground, and by depositinga layer of nutrient rich ashon the soil surface. Theseconditions are favorable forlush development of herbaceousplants and germination of shrubseeds. Some chaparral annualsrequire the heat of fire for seed germi-nation. Others do not germinate until after afire, perhaps because only then are the toxic com-pounds produced by chaparral shrubs dissipated fromthe soil by heat.

The chaparral beds at the U.C. Garden are located atthe far end of the California Native Area, on the mostdirectly south-facing slope, with typically poor soil andvery dry conditions. This is one of the warmest spots inthe Garden under almost any weather conditions.Associated with the stresses of high temperatures andlow soil moisture, chaparral shrubs show many adapta-tions that reduce water loss: gray or pale leaves oftenheld vertically, with possibly a thick waxy cuticle orhairy covering, or reduced leaves that are needle-like inshape. While one might expect a rational chaparralshrub to lose it leaves in summer (as does the CaliforniaBuckeye), most species in that community are evergreen.It may be that losing leaves in summer would meanmobilizing more nutrients to produce a new crop ofleaves the following spring, and chaparral soils are toopoor to support this luxury.

Late Fall BlossomsWhen plants in the rest of the California Native Area

have stopped flowering by late fall, some chaparralplants are coming into their peak of blossoms. Manza-nita flower buds are preformed the preceding growingseason and can be seen on the branches from Juneonward. Once the fall rains begin and sometimes evenbefore this, these manzanitas will burst into flower, an-nouncing the beginning of California spring.

All during the summer and well into fall a variety ofplants in the California area are in flower, such as theTarweeds and Clarkias, and many of the plants not inflower, such as our native sages and sagebrush emitmarvelous odors from their leaves on balmy days. And ata time when most of the U.S. is restoring their woodpilesand filling their oil tanks for a long winter, our manzani-tas respond to the first fall rains as harbingers of spring.

— Robert Ornduff

Strawberry Creek display put together by Environmental Health and Safetyintern John Brault. (photo by Gladys Eaton)

Did you know there are 75 check dams on Straw-berry Creek? That goats are being used to restorethe upper watershed to native vegetation? That

fallen leaves are the main energy source for creek organ-isms? That runoff rates have increased with the paving ofthe canyon? Participants at the Strawberry Creek Sympo-sium, held at the Garden on Saturday, September 8th,listened to speakers from many different areas share theirknowledge and enthusiasm for this creek and its fascinat-ing ecology and history. The program was a special invi-tation to the public to walk the new trail along the lowerstretch of Strawberry Creek and enjoy the new HammondInterpretive Center below the Oak Knoll.

The first panel of the morning focused on the naturaland ecological history of the creek. UC Berkeley professorof stream ecology Vince Resh painted an elaborate pictureof the micro-food webs of the creek, with invertebrateshredders, collectors, scrapers, piercers, filterers, andengulfers all picking up a different piece of the nutrientsupply. Taking the long-term perspective, hydrologistJeff Haltiner raised questions about what people value increeks. The native Ohlones used the creek for water andgame supplies; later on, the Spanish used the water fortheir cattle. By the 1850s, agricultural interests wanted thewater for irrigation, and the urbanized town culverted thecreek because it found flooding problems a nuisance.Now there is interest in the creek as habitat again, andpeople are coming to value the presence of the creek as avisual amenity on campus and in town.

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A Celebration of Strawberry CreekCampus Clean-up of Creek

The second panel offered some history of campusplanning and management regarding Strawberry Creek,complete with diagrams of utility lines and photos ofunderground culverts. Planner Bob Charbonneau andengineer Sonja Biorn-Hansen reported on the activities ofthe Departments of Environmental Health and Safetyand Facilities Management in cleaning up point sourcesof pollution and faulty sewage channels, as well asestablishing erosion control mechanisms. Because thecreek serves as a good indicator of what is happening inthe watershed, the campus has also been actively manag-ing the upper hill area. Consultant Carol Rice explainedthe five-year fire reduction program to restore the area tonative vegetation and manage water runoff to minimizesediment flow. The California Conservation Corps crewshave been thinning eucalyptus and goat crews have beenchewing up the invasive broom and poison oak. Underthe advice of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee onStrawberry Creek, the creek has received much neededattention and is now once again a pleasant and relativelyhealthy corridor through the Garden and campus.

Panelists in the last session addressed the role of

Panelists on creek restoration, from left to right, Nancy Stone, CarolSchemmerling, John Steer, Gary Mason. (photo by Gladys Eaton.)

creeks in urban settings. Carol Schemmerling of theUrban Creeks Council, John Steer of the East Bay Citizensfor Creek Restoration, and Nancy Stone of the NationalPark Service shared colorful and inspiring examples ofthe hard work of local citizens in improving creekhabitat. There are a number of creek restoration projectsaround the San Francisco Bay Area, many of which wererepresented in the poster display area outside the Meet-

ing Room. The East Bay group provided bright bannersand a 25-foot long paper mache fish called Ganesh aspart of the celebration of the life of the creek. Perhaps themost hopeful story was told by landscape architect GaryMason about Strawberry Creek Park, where a oncetotally buried creek now flows beautifully above ground,surrounded by green grass and children playing.

Following the morning program of speakers, docentsled visitors on short walks along the new creek trail up tothe Hammond Interpretive Center overlooking Straw-berry Canyon. John Brault coordinated a fish release ofnative species into the small waterfall pool area, andseveral speakers offered tours of the lower creek throughcampus.

The Symposium program drew people to the Gardento introduce the Strawberry Creek restoration project,now well into its first phase. With the completion of theInterpretive Center, building efforts will now focus onthe boardwalk and lower deck by the waterfall. The trailis cut but still needs reinforcement, and erosion controlmechanisms are yet to be put in place. This fall weexpect to develop the plans for the planting exhibit,drawing on plant lists from the past 100 years of botani-cal collecting in the creek. In a year or two, the creek cor-ridor will begin to look like a natural stream habitat —one that we hope will attract a few more migratingwarblers, keep the native fish and newts around, andbring visitors back to the Garden again and again, toenjoy the serenity and intimacy of this beautiful creek.

—Stephanie Kaza

Student ScienceClub members fromCrockett High Schooladmire their youngDawn Redwood,offshoot from theLSB tree. (Photo byDavid Eakin)

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

Many of you are familiar with the Graeco-Egyptianmausoleum-like building on campus known asthe Life Sciences Building. You may also be fa-

miliar with one of the Botanical Garden's specialties — afine collection of the members of the Redwood Family(Taxodiaceae) including several Dawn Redwoods(Metasequoia glyptostroboides). What is the connectionbetween LSB and the Dawn Redwoods?

The Garden's Dawn Redwoods include the firstplants of this species brought to the United States in 1949,some grown from seeds, others planted as importedseedlings. Fossil samples of the Dawn Redwood werewell-known in the paleobotanical record, but the specieswas thought to be extinct in the wild. Then shortly afterWorld War II, a Chinese forester discovered a group oftrees growing in a remote locality in south-central China.Ralph Chaney, distinguished UC Berkeley paleobotanist,and The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University wereinstrumental in bringing living material of this handsometree into cultivation outside China. Our trees were givento the Garden by Dr. Chaney.

Despite the fact that the Garden's Dawn Redwoods areas old as any known outside China, they are not the largestin cultivation. One magnificent specimen, also from thisinitial importation, was planted in the courtyard of theLife Sciences Building. This tree is now over four storiestall and is well-shaped. To those of us working in LSB, itis a beautiful sight at all times of year, whether in leaf inspring, or leafless in winter. That tree was planted bynow-retired Botany Department staff member BillHirano, who nurtured it through its early years.

The Price of RenovationAs some of you know, LSB is now vacant and is

undergoing extensive renovation to make it a modernscientific facility. Its distinctive exterior facade willremain as is, but the courtyard will be filled in as thelower story of the renovated building. As a consequence,Bill's beautiful Dawn Redwood will be destroyed.

In anticipation of this, and for sentimental reasons,the Garden propagated a few plants from the LSB tree.In response to an inquiry from distinguished retiredzoologist Richard Eakin, we gave a rooted cutting toEakin's son David, now chair of the Science Departmentat John Swett High School in Crockett. This summer,David wrote saying that the tree was doing well on thehigh school grounds. (See photo to left.) I hope that thefuture of this historical tree will be more secure than thatof the tree which grows, or grew, in the LSB courtyard,and that in four decades, it will be as stately as the parentthat gave rise to it.

—Robert Ornduff

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GARDEN NOTES

New Projects for Fall

Taking Stock: The Garden has almost concluded itsmanagement self-assessment process, complete withnewly revised mission statement and organization chart.A subcommittee of representatives from staff, Friends,and the College of Natural Resources have been meetingregularly with Elena Minor, consultant from the campusManagement Analysis Group, to develop project priori-ties and appropriate staffing relationships. The finalreport will be presented to the Dean, with recommenda-tions for administrative changes and top projects for thecoming years. Copies will be available upon requestfrom the administrative assistant by early 1991.

Strawberry Creek: The Garden has completed the firststages of the Strawberry Creek project, with the buildingand dedication of the Hammond Interpretive Center andthe preliminary clearing of the trail between the lowerwaterfall and the new deck. Interpretive panels havebeen installed near the entrance to the trail and on therailings of the deck. Handcrafted tiles will be added tohighlight the local birds and other fauna. A lovely self-guided tour booklet to the creek on the lower campus isnow available at the VisitorCenter, written by EducationCoordinator Stephanie Kaza,Bob Charbonneau, U.C. envi-ronmental Planner, and VinceResh, U.C. professor of aquaticecology, and designed byLinda Cook. The next stagesof the project are to build thelower waterfall educationaldeck and boardwalk and todesign a vegetation plan forrestoring the creek and itsbanks to native riparian orstream habitat.

Education: The new fall docent class has 32 docents-to-be and is off to a good start with guest lectures in botany,evolution, and ecology. The fall tour schedule forOctober is quite full with two weeks of Biology 1Bclasses as well as other school groups. We hope to havea new Education Coordinator very soon to pick up thejob where Stephanie left off.

AABGA Conference: Holly Forbes, Bobbi Ohs, andStephanie Kaza all attended the June national meeting ofthe American Association of Botanic Gardens andArboreta in Seattle. Stephanie presented two papers onthe Rainforest Rap program and our sister garden rela-tionship with the Wilson Garden in Costa Rica, andchaired two sessions on Environmental Education.

Fall plant sale draws the crowds. (photo by Diane Kothe)

Holly and Dr. Ornduff also attended a national meetingof the Center for Plant Conservation, held at the BerryBotanic Garden in Portland.

Improved Access: The department of Physical Resourcesreceived the go-ahead to spend $10,000 improving theGarden restrooms to make them handicapped-accessible.They will enlarge the stalls, add grab bars, and changethe entrance to allow wheelchair entry.

The Garden parking lot has been graded and re-ceived some attention from campus parking, although itspaving has been rescheduled for March, 1991 at theearliest. With state budget cuts, it is hard to say when theparking lot will actually be completely safe for the highload of visitors coming to the Garden at all seasons.

People: Cindy Rasicot, Development Coordinator, leftthe Garden at the end of September for another develop-ment position with San Francisco Performances. Sheleaves behind the groundwork for further fundraisingefforts, which will be useful to the College and thecampus Development Office in supporting the Gardeninto the next decade. Bobbie Ohs will continue in herpublicity efforts, following through on donor contactsand local projects.

On October 14, the Friends of the Garden celebratedthe many contributions of Myrtle Wolf, longtime friendand supporter of the Garden. Gladys Eaton presentedMyrtle with an album of fan letters and a framed posterfeaturing a species of manzanita named after Myrtle. It isfriends like these that make things truly possible at theGarden. Many thanks, Myrtle.

David Coronado, former gardener for theMesoamerican area, died on June 22, 1990. We are sorryto lose him from the Garden family, and wish his parentswell in surviving this loss. A bench for David donatedby family and friends has been placed in the Mesoameri-can area to remember his contributions in developingthis garden.

— Stephanie Kaza

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BULBS

Antholyza ringens (Iridaceae) - South African bulb withscarlet and yellow flowers on a stem with a velvetappendage evolved as a perch for pollinating sunbirds.

Babiana spp. (Iridaceae) - our usual mixed hybrids from theGarden.

Bellevalia spp. (Liliaceae) - several species of this genus for-merly included in Hyacinthus.

Biarum tenuifolium (Araceae) - low-growing plant withblack-purple spathe, wild-collected in Greece.

Brunsvigia slateriana (Amaryllidaceae) - a rare SouthAfrican from the garden that forms a ball of pink flowersover a foot in diameter. Not likely to flower for severalyears.

Brimera amethystina (Liliaceae) - small plants with lightblue flowers like a tiny hyacinth.

Cyclamen spp. (Primulaceae) - a selection of rare species,may include C. africanum, C. balearicum, C. creticum, C.cyprium, C. hederifoliium, C. libanoticum, C. purpurescens, C.repandum.

Ferraria crispa (Iridaceae) - yellow-brown frilled flowersintricately blotched and spotted with darker brown-purple from South Africa.

Gladiolus spp. (Iridaceae) - seldom offered northern hemi-sphere species G. communis, G. illyricus, and G. palustris.

Leucojum autumnale (Amaryllidaceae) - delicate fallblooming plant with white flowers flushed with pink.

Muscari spp. (Liliaceae) - several species including M.aucheri, M. caucasicum, M. chalusicum, and M. commutatum.

Nerine spp. (Amaryllidaceae) - N. fihfolia from the Gardenand N. masonorum, a dwarf species, both with typical pinktrumpet-shaped flowers.

Plants for sale will be drawn from this list, depending on the condition ofthe plants at sale time and may include others not on the list.

Holiday Plant SaleSaturday, December 8, 10am-3pm

The Friends of the Botanical Garden will hold theirannual Holiday Plant Sale on December 8 from10am to 3pm at the Botanical Garden. The sale will

feature a wide array of lovely plants for holiday gifts,including many hard-to-find species. Proceeds from theplant sale go to support the Garden's programs, activi-ties, and general operations.

Holiday special items include ferns, cacti, succulents,houseplants, epiphytic orchids, and Cymbidiums. Aspecial feature is an assortment of bulbs, available now inanticipation of their blooms next spring - in your garden!

Fall 1990

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Friends Report 1989-90

Balance July 1, 1989 $106,906

Income:Membership 36,892Gifts 84,885Program and Tour 63,757Symposia 29,132Centennial Program 311Plant Sales 35,094Donation Box 4,675Japanese Stroll Garden 4,427Interest 4,778Visitor Center 30,000

TOTAL $293,951

Expenses:Membership 6,792Newsletter Printing 14,685Major Gifts 1,177Program and Tour 63,894Symposia 18,768Insurance 2,199Propagators/Plant Sales 7,359Misc Board Expenses 406Public Relations 120Administration 13,496

TOTAL $128,896

Disbursements:Centennial 13,563Garden General Use 27,000Entrance Design 33,046Horticultural Staff Development 2,339Japanese Stroll Garden 4,427Volunteers 1,529Docents 847Memorials 610Orchids 229Discretionary 5,320Case Statement 4,000Fundraiser's Expenses 2,329

TOTAL $95,239

Balance June 30, 1990 $176,722

Current Assets:Checking Account 26,470Savings Account 8,303Sales Tax Reserve Account 780Certificate of Deposit 21,754Treasury Bill 49,106Market Savings Account 70,309

TOTAL $176,722

U.C. Berkeley Foundation Accounts July '89 - June '90

Disbursed from Current Use Fund to UCBG Regents Account$20,554

Endowments:Directors' Fund

35,197

Twenty First Century Fund

21,998

UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA

ala-KED BERKELEY • CALIFORNIA 94720

The Newsletter is published by the Friends of the Botanical Garden,a non-profit organization that provides support for the U.C. BotanicalGarden. Articles may be reprinted with credit to the authors and theU.C. Botanical Garden.

Friends' Board of Directors:Robert Riddell, President

Gladys Eaton, Vice PresidentRamona Davis, TreasurerThomas Shaw, Secretary

Eleanor BadeFred CoeBernard DietzHarland HandJames H. Jones

Marilyn La BrashJames Lattie

Erroll MauchIanElmo R. Morgan

Dr. Robert OrnduffRobert Ratcliff

June SmithNancy SwearengenJames Van Sicklen

Staff:Dr. Robert Ornduff, Director

Dr. Robert Raabe, Associate DirectorDaniel Campbell, Manager

Judith Finn, Assistant ManagerHolly Forbes, Assistant Curator

Toni Kafton, Administrative AssistantBobbie Ohs, Development Assistant

Nancy Swearengen, Education AssistantDeborah Darnell, Friends' Assistant

Scott Chance, Security

Gardeners and Maintenance:Louis CaizzaJohn DomzalskiGerald FordMartin GranthamSean Hogan

Peter KlementJerry ParsonsRoger Raiche

Elaine SedlackKurt Zadnik

Newsletter:Stephanie Kaza, Editor

Lisa Krieshok, Production Printed by UC Printing Services

(415)642-3343 Visitor Center • 642-0849 Administration643-8040 Curation • 642-3352 Education643-7265 Friends • 642-3012 Development

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CONTRIBUTIONS

New MembersThe Friends of the Botanical Garden welcome the follow-ing new members:Susan Aberg Judith A. BeckerCharles Akin Doris BergmanPeter S. Albin David BighamDaniel & Eugenie Alexander Tom BowenSonja Altena Louise BraunschweigerJanet L. Alvarez Robert Browning & Linda MaioGene & Pat Angell Dr. Jim BudkeMr. & Mrs. R. Stanton Avery Robert & Irene ByrneClaude Babcock Abby CampbellElizabeth Bacon Shirley R. Carrie

Alfred CavanaughBonnie ChirosLisa ChuDrs. Stephen & Doris ChunElizabeth ClarkArlene CoggburnMargaret ColbertPriscilla A. CoudenMrs. J. Robert CulverKitty DautoffGui de AnguloJohn DennisMr. & Mrs. Lawrence DraperMichael DriscollMarilyn DunckelAnnie FarleyRobert Feldman M.D.Dr. Ronald Ferrera-CerratoMargie Garrity-SimesMr. & Mrs. Theodore GeballeWilliam A. GrantMarla Grinols (G&M Design)Mr. Lynn A. HildemanCharles J. HitchMr. & Mrs. G.C. HodgesMrs. J. K. HoffmanEllen HolmesHortiphilesMr. & Mrs. Richard HotalingMr. & Mrs. Preston B. HotchkisMr. & Mrs. Charles N. HugginsMr. & Mrs. G.A. limesPatti & Glenn ItanoMr. & Mrs. Frank W. JamesonMurrey M. JohnsonDorothy V. KingLorraine & Dave KratovilJeremy LamerBarry Lesch & Jo EckerleyMr. D. Y. LiaoWanda J. LinsleyRobert M. LloydMrs. Duncan LowSusan LowHal LiuChi Zen Lu & Cedilla WangSheila MackeyMr. & Mrs. John T. MaechlingBonnie M. MarzoJohn & Valerie MatzgerMr. & Mrs. Kingston McKeeNancy J. McLaughlinMerry MeierErika MeyerNick & Alison Mills & FamilyDr. & Mrs. John L. MohrHelen W. MorrisTerry MorrisHope A. NathanArvalea NelsonElvira NishkianMansurali G. NurmuhammadAnn NunziataDr. & Mrs. T.W. OhlsonRoberta Ormaas

In AppreciationThe Friends offer appreciation and thanks for gifts fromthese donors in honor of:Elizabeth Hammond, for the Elizabeth Hammond Interpretive Center,

from Cynthia S. SchwabacherHarland Hand, from Thomas DriscollMargarett von Hacht, from Mrs. Philip M. McCombsMyrtle Wolf, from Gladys Eaton and Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln ConstanceJacqueline Woodfill, from Mrs. D.I. Robinson

Daniel R. OsborneMr. & Mrs. David H. OsborneSharon OsmondMr. & Mrs. George OttoDebra Jan OwenMargo PaceRichard PalmerJeffrey PaulKaren PaulsellThanh Pham & Thiet Thi NguyenClaire PhillipsMr. & Mrs. John PillsburyLora L. PowellCarol QuillenMarion & Selwyn RehfeldK. B. ReimerJeanne ReismanMichael V. RiceDeborah RicheyDavid & Rochelle RidgwayJohn R. RodmanKathleen & T. Gary RogersRomeo Packing CompanyJeff & Lisa Rosendale (Rosendale Nursery)Leslie A. RosenfeldKathy SandelWayne M. SaundersLinda SchachtJanet SchaefferMargot ScharpfMarilyn SchummNancy SchwartzKathryn ScottKing-Doh SipElliot W. SmithM. & S. SmithDeborah SopherEllen SpoonerF. Arlene SpurlockRedmond C. StaatsJack & Bonnie StaffordMr. & Mrs. Alan G. StanfordMary R. StephensCarol SternPat StockerElizabeth L. TaylorJohn Frederic ThomasMr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. TollenaereMr. & Mrs. Arthur Van de MarkVirolab, Inc.John & Martha VlahosRevett & Katharine S. WallaceJaney Walt & ChildrenBill WeinerMrs. Clyde G. WeldonRoy & Carolyn WestThomas Weston, S.J.Fay S. WhiteMr. & Mrs. Cole WilliamsFrank M. WightDieter WilkenMary S. WilliamsArt & Evelyn WoodworthCelia Zavatsky

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For donations given in memory of:A bench was donated in memory of David Coronado

from Elly Bade, Daniel Campbell, the Manuel Coronado family,June Falkner, Stephanie Kaza, Robert Ornduff, Elaine Sedlack, MarySchroter, Sara Wikander, and California Flora Nursery

Janet Hayashida, from Jeanne & Malcolm MillerMargaret Koontz, for the Japanese Stroll Garden, from

Marjorie JacksonGlen and Ruth Mohr, from Dr. & Mrs. T.W. OhlsonHaruko Obata, for the Japanese Stroll Garden, from Wanto Fukuoka

Kenjin Kai (an organization of former residents of the city ofFukuoka).

Grateful ThanksThe Friends wish to thank these donors who have madea substantial gift over and above membership:

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Anderson Clareda McCombsSherrie Althouse & Philip Van Soelen Kingston & Veva McKeeAnonymous Jane McKenzieErnestine Avery Jeanne & Malcolm MillerDavid Bigham James & Margaret MitchellCalifornia Association of Nurserymen — Mr. & Mrs. F. E. Mohr

Northern California chapter David & Phyrne OsborneCalifornia Flora Nursery Dr. T. W. & Gloria OhlsonCombustion Engineers*

Warren RobertsFedor & J. Becker California Native Plant Society, S.F.Ramona Davis Bay Area ChapterGladys Eaton Estate of Geraldine K. ScottLyda Ebert Family Foundation Alan & Janet StanfordFirst Interstate Bank"

Eric & Marie SutcliffeMr. & Mrs. T. H. Geballe Tom & Nancy SwearengenHome Gardeners L. R. TollenaereHortiphiles William H. TooleyRichard & Elizabeth Hotaling Marian & Hans UryMaurine & Preston Hotchkis Virolab, Inc.Charles & Marian Huggins John & Martha VlahosGrant & Suanne Inman John WeedenBarbara Jameson Mr. & Mrs. Revett WallaceRichard & Betty Keatinge " Company match

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Daphne F. AchillesRobert Bruce AndersonBarbara B. AndersonJoyce AppelbaumDr. Karl ArndtDick & Sandy BailsDavid & Curry BarberDr. Charles BarnesSuzanne BeckerDr. & Mrs. Gordon BennerBill & Gail BerlandJohn BlausteinDr. & Mrs. Peter BraunsteinPat BurkeBeverly Cheney & AvrumGratchAnne & Tony CivitanoElizabeth M. CochranNorman & Karolynn ColemanRichard & Marilyn CollierCarol Cosman-AlterTessa DaltonJoseph & Jennifer DickermanRoy & Pamela DoolanDr. Jonathan EllmanAndrea FaberGilbert & Charlotte FerreyLois Fleiner & James KennanDouglas & Barbara FloydRon & Nancy FriendJake & Freya FuchsBill & Judy FukimotoGordon & Liz FultonJohn & Amy GageKathryn W. GaleKathleen W. GaleJohn & Joy GarrettLinda Gibbs & David LeivickTerry GillenBarbara GoodhartBob & Katie GreeneLinda & Bob HarrisFrederic L. HarveyCatharine HiersouxCoille HoovenBelle Huang & Ed BlumenstockThomas & Nancie HughesEdie Jackson & Tom RichardsonBill & Julie Jaeger

Bob & Sandy KetchumStuart KimballJudith & Jeffrey KleinSteven & Dorine KohnLynn LandorHank & JoAnne LernerMarty & Linda LorberLisby Mayer& Owen RenikIra & Rayme MeyerNorman & Eleanor MoscowNancy & Bob MuellerWilliam & Melissa MuellerJulie & Fred NachtweyCharlene Nye & Chris FlynnPaul & Susan OpsvigBob & Nancy PolskyRobert & Darryl ReedTerril & Joann RichertBetty Rintoul & Steve FarnethHans Georg & Maria RitterBill and Erica RobertsLloyd & Gloria SampsonGiovanni & Carol SavioLinda Schact & John GageSusan Schevill & Robert SinaiNancy SelvinLily Shill & Witt MontsSharon SimburgMeg StockwellRoss & Margi StrombergJake StubDr. & Mrs. Pate ThomsonTom & Beebo TurmanCraig & Anne Van DykeEmily & Det VoglerStan & Andrea WashburnRick & Judy Weiss & FamilySusan E. Wengraf & Mark BergerCarol & Dennis WhiteTerril & Esther WilsonLeslie & Beverly WilsonDr. Jeffrey & Robin WolfDr. David & Carolyn WoodruffKay Woodruff & John LymanSteven Wright & Barbara NelsonJoel & Karen ZeldinJoe ZichermanBetty Zlatchin

In MemoriamThe Friends offer appreciation and thanks for gifts fromthese donors.

In Memory of Sarah Millett Arndt Gale two bencheswere donated by her friends and family.

MEMBERSHIPThe Friends of the Botanical Garden offers publiceducation programs and provides independentfunding to support the many needs of the Garden.You can enjoy and support the Botanical Gardenyear-round by becoming a member of the Friendsof the Botanical Garden.

Membership benefits include:•Newsletter

• Workshops, lectures, and tours• Discount on Visitor Center purchases

• Discount on educational classes•Early admission to Spring Plant Sale

•Volunteer opportunities

Friends of the Botanical Garden Membership ApplicationYes, I would like to support the U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden as a member:

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RAINFOREST RAP

TEACHER TRAINING Wed, NOV 14Information, displays, activities, and teacher materials avail-able as preparation for a unit on the Tropical Rainforest or afield trip to the Garden's winter Rainforest Rap program.$10 per teacher, call 642-3352 for reservations.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, DEC 1Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease, and pest problems.gam-12noon, Meeting Room.

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS Sun, DEC 2Make wreaths and arrangements from unusual dried naturalmaterials with expert Wayne Roderick. Meeting Room, 1-4pm.Limit 18. $20 members, $30 non-members, includes materials.

HOLIDAY PLANT SALE Sat, DEC 8Gift plants of all sizes and shapes for the holiday season,including orchids, cacti and succulents, bromeliads, ferns, andother Garden specialties. loam-3pm, Meeting Room andGarden entrance.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, JAN 5Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease, and pest problems.gam-12noon, Meeting Room.

RAINFOREST RAP

TEACHER TRAINING Tues, JAN 8Information, displays, activities, and teacher materials avail-able as preparation for a unit on the Tropical Rainforest or afield trip to the Garden's winter Rainforest Rap program.$10 per teacher, call 642-3352 for reservations.

ROSE PRUNING Sat, JAN 12Peter Klement, U.C. Botanical Garden staff, will demonstraterose pruning techniques, as well as proper pegging for shrubroses. 9:30-11:30am, Meeting Room. Limit 25. $15 members,$20 non-members.

RAINFOREST RAP Mon-Fri, JAN 15-MAR 15Programs for school groups and others on tropical ecology andconservation, complete with pollination lab, tropical economicplants, and poster displays. $1 per child, chaperones free. Byreservation only, phone 642-3343.

COMPOSTING WORKSHOP Sat, JAN 19Learn about the latest techniques for regular, accelerated, andvermicomposting (with worms) from Dr. Robert Raabe, U.C.Berkeley professor of Plant Pathology. 10-11:30am, MeetingRoom. $5 members, $8 non-members.

PLANT DISEASE CLINIC Sat, FEB 2Bring your sick plants for free consultation with MasterGardeners and others on infection, disease, and pest problems.gam-12noon, Meeting Room.

For further information on classes and events, call the VisitorCenter, 642-3343. To register for classes, send checks to UC BotanicalGarden. No refunds the week before the class date unless class iscancelled.

The Garden is open every day of the year except Christmas from9:00am to 4:45pm. Free public tours led by docents are given onSaturdays and Sundays at 1:30pm. Admission to the Garden is free.

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