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stablished early on in the Garden’s history in Strawberry Canyon, the New World Desert (NWD) is an iconic display of arid land plants from North and South America. It really started to take shape in the 1930s with the addition

of plants collected during the Garden’s expeditions to the Andes. These expeditions focused on Peru and Chile, with forays into Bolivia. Botanical and personal highlights of these expeditions are documented in Garden Director T. Harper Goodspeed’s book, Plant Hunters of the Andes, published in 1961.

The most recent desert expedition was to Baja California in 1986, led by then curator Dr. James Affolter and included Horticulturists Kurt Zadnik and Roger Raiche and current volunteer Fred Dortort. Most of the plants collected in 1986 are in the Arid House, with a few exceptions in the Baja Beds (171A, 171B). Perhaps the showiest of these is Baja fairy duster (Calliandra californica)—it is planted on the bed margin near the

areas receiving less than 254 mm (10 in) of rainfall each year. Given that the Garden typically receives over 500 mm (20 in), this collection is a horticultural challenge. The Garden’s heavy clay soil has been greatly amended with expanded shale to improve drainage and reduce the incidence of diseases and pests, especially nematodes. Recent efforts to improve plant health with the application of compost tea and organic top dressing has shown good results, with renewed vigor

employed to keep the harmful ones in check.

The New World Desert Collection

The hot south-facing exposure and rocky hardscape of the New World Desert provide a dramatic experience in the Garden. Photo by Janet Williams

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Argentine saguaro (Echinopsis terscheckii . Photo by James Gaither

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The current low rainfall year provides a strong incentive for choosing drought-tolerant plants for our gardens, and has

on how to choose these kinds of plants for your home garden and

in this issue of the newsletter. Many of the drought-tolerant native

plants of the American desert southwest and northern Mexico can’t tolerate our environmental conditions, and must be grown in doors. The South American desert species, by comparison, perform much better in our local conditions, and hence are more prominent in the outdoor collection.

The New World Desert displays 348 taxa (337 species) in 485 accessions. The largest species representation is in the cactus genus Echinopsis with 43 taxa in 123 accessions, in the genus Agave with 36 taxa in 85 accessions and in the cactus genus Opuntia with 17 taxa in 28 accessions. Approximately 45% of the current accessions are from the 1930s – 1960s, mostly from Garden expeditions to South America. The high survivorship of these older accessions demonstrate the Garden’s suitability for growing these plants outdoors in Berkeley. Severe freezes in 1972 and 1991 were weathered relatively well by this collection. Even so, some of these accessions are also housed in greenhouses for more controlled care. The Arid House is conveniently adjacent to the New World Desert, where visitors can observe specimens that need warmer and drier conditions than can be found out of doors.

While the cacti visually dominate this collection, there is diversity in other plant groups too. Over 30 kinds of terrestrial bromeliads, especially Puya, Deuterocohnia, and Hechtia, are found throughout the collection. Relatives of Agave on display include Beaucarnea, Dasylirion, Furcraea, Manfreda, Nolina and Yucca. These, along with dry-growing ferns, are planted with the cacti to show how desert plant communities can be complex and not just assemblages of cacti.

In relation to the other Garden collections, the New World Desert has a high proportion of rare species--56 species in 75 accessions. Succulents, especially cacti, have become rare

over-collecting or poaching. The Garden has received many cacti

at the border. As a Plant Rescue Center for the US Fish & Wildlife

Argentine saguaro (Echinopsis terscheckii Photo by James Gaither

The crowded columnar stems of Echinopsis lamprochlora (New World Desert) and Euphorbia caerulescens (Southern African Collection) are examples of convergent evolution of form. Photos by Janet Williams

Some of these rare species include iconic specimens, such as the giant cactus Echinopsis terscheckii in Bed 156. The common name is Argentine saguaro or cardón, because of its close resemblance to the giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) of the American southwest. The giant saguaro doesn’t succeed outdoors in Berkeley, requiring much hotter and drier conditions than the Argentine saguaro. Both species are bat pollinated. The Argentine

fruit in the Garden because we don’t have the type of bat that would pollinate it. It is native to northwest Argentina and was planted in 1956 by staff member Myron Kimnach. Mr. Kimnach went on to become the director of the Huntington Botanical Gardens near Pasadena and periodically returned to visit the Garden. He always remarked on the height of this specimen, likely taller than any in habitat due to our more benign conditions.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List includes the cactus Echinopsis hertrichiana as endangered. Only two populations occur its natural range of 20 square kilometers in Peru. One of these populations is in an Inca ruins heavily visited by tourists, who disturb the habitat and collect this species as an ornamental. There are 21 synonyms for this species, just one example of how frequent name changes can be in the cactus family.

Echinopsis hertrichiana is an endangered species restricted to two populations in Peru.Photo by James Gaither

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The placement of the New World Desert on a south-facing slope provides the best growing conditions for these warmth-seeking plants. The Southern African Collection, above the road, also requires these conditions, and is logically placed in juxtaposition to show the concept of convergent evolution (put simply, this is a description of how unrelated plants evolve similar structures in adapting to similar but geographically distant environmental conditions). Our docents regularly point out the similarity of the columnar cacti of the New World Desert to the columnar Euphorbiaspecimens from southern Africa. Late spring and early summer are the

The tallest columnar cacti usually have white

many in succession. The color range for the cactus

red. The agaves bloom most typically in summer over a long period of weeks to months, depending on the weather. We hope you will come often to see the changes throughout the Garden. — Holly Forbes

We are using The Cactus Family by Ted Anderson, Timber Press, 2001, for our cactus names. There are a

about what is related to what in the cactus family and what they should be called. By using a single reference we are able to

window.

Cactus Naming

While the drought concerns us, it has not prevented us from continuing to care for our precious wards: the plants from around the world. We are doing our best to preserve water in this time of drought. In fact, I’m excited to announce that the long awaited, and desperately needed, upgrade

phase of the project which was focused on the upper slopes of the

Asian Collection (above the main road) have now been completed and are in use. This project was certainly not without some inconvenience to both our operation and visitors, especially when the main road was torn up to install new main lines, but it was well worth the it. Funds for the second phase of the work, which will extend further into the water-dependent Asian Collection, is currently in the bidding phase and will hopefully start this summer.

Another project related to the expected rainy seasons was the replacement of the continually leaking roof of the Conference

Center’s Ornduff Room. The deplorable condition of the roof has long prevented us from fully utilizing the facility. I recall some both desperate and embarrassing moments when attendees at key programs had to continually move to avoid the drips and we often suffered damage to our winter exhibits like Fiber & Dye. A rush was put on replacing the roof, which ironically was not tested for months because of the lack of rain this winter; fortunately, it

One of the most visible ongoing projects, which started in December, involved the acquisition of a spectacular Julia

Morgan building from campus. The translocation of the building, about the size of our Conference Center, which was cut into four large sections for the trip up Centennial Drive, was an adventure in itself. The subsequent ongoing work to put it back together has been fascinating and distracting as well as also rather disruptive to activities in the front of the Garden. The work site has been closed, causing detours into the California Area and to the Conference Center. You will be able to enjoy this new adventure if you come for the Spring Plant Sale in April; the building site will be readied for this event. Please note that the traditional times of the last Friday night (member preview and reception) and Saturday of April has been moved to Saturday night and Sunday because of

Photo by Muinat Kemi Amin

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Photo by Paul Licht

Photo by Paul Licht

From left: Damaged irrigation pipe; new irrigation pipe installation. Photo by Paul Licht

area. You will no doubt be hearing a lot more about this project but I’m including an image to highlight progress to date; by the time of the plant sale, the deck should be in place. The 5th annual Botanical Plants Illustrated exhibit in January - February was once again a great success. This show has obviously been gaining momentum, and next year promises to be even more

spectacular. The ‘local’ exhibition will be combined with a unique exhibit from the National Botanical Illustrator’s Society entitled Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps. Both exhibits planned for

the new Julia Morgan facility. The availability of this the historical Julia Morgan building, combined with our eastern Eastern North American Collection (which is unique on the West Coast), were important in the decision to make this the Garden the only West Coast showing of Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps.

Finally, I want to call your attention to our newest membership category, Family Plus, which has proven to be the fastest growing segment of our membership program.

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We are now part of the national museum consortiums (NARM & ROAM), and a Family Plus membership will entitle you to free reciprocal admission to most of the major botanical gardens in the country as well as over 700 museums.

I hope to see you all at the upcoming Spring Plant Sale at the end of April. — Paul Licht

Plants Illustrated exhibition. Photo by Paul Licht

One of the 44 artworks featured in the Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps exhibition - Franklinia alatamahaIllustration by Karen Kluglein

A featured botanical illustration from the Plants IllustratedFig (Ficus carica) Illustration by Barbara Ward

Green Stuff Summer Camp 25 Yearsyear olds, and one week for eight to eleven year olds. With its

and thus began a Garden tradition with now almost 100 children participating each summer. In fact, we now have 2nd generation campers!

Of course some activities have changed over the

song repertoire, but there are Banana Slug String Band songs;

of the summer program has remained the same – guiding children to discover the wonder and importance of plants through garden explorations and careful observations – all the while having outdoor fun amidst the beauty of the Botanical Garden.

A Day at Green Stuff CampEach day of camp has its own theme, which can change from year

A fun activity in the Entrance Plaza greets the campers as they arrive in the morning, and then all proceed to the Conference Center (camp home-base) for an introduction to the day’s theme.

adventure of the day, sometimes led by Garden docents. A Ponds & Creeks tour has children dipping for water creatures on Animal Day, and a tour of the plants in the three glasshouse collections reveals amazing diversity on Plant Adaptation day. After the walk, campers return to the Conference Center to capture what they learned in their journals before lunch, which is enjoyed in a different location each day.

The Redwood Grove is a perfect cool spot for lunch on a hot day, and the Oak Knoll provides bird watching opportunities. Ecology games or story time can be a part of the afternoon break. Then it’s time for some hands-on science, special hunts, arts and crafts, or gardening in the Crops of the World Garden. Flowers are looked at under microscopes; plants are used to make natural dyes; and campers try to tell the difference between apple mint and chocolate mint in a blind-folded test. The day ends with group

EDUCATION

Photo by Christine Manoux

return to their parents with a new area of the Garden discovered, a new concept learned, and something they have made to take home each day. By the end of the week, Green Stuff campers have developed an understanding of the importance of plants in the world and in their own lives.

What Parents and Campers Say About Green Stuffproviding their children with a beautiful and caring environment, but more than that, they are amazed by how much their children learn in one short week - and want to share. Campers become

family members all they know about plants in the Garden. Through their discoveries, children create a strong personal connection to

— Christine Manoux


PROGRAMSEVENTS

Saturday, May 3 | 8 am – 11 am

Fourth Tuesday of Each Month (April – October) 3 pm – 4 pm

Thursday, May 8 | 10 am – 4 pm

Sunday, May 11 | 10 am – 12 pm

easy-to-care-for garden.

Tuesday, May 13 | 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Ginkgo: The Tree That Time ForgotWednesday, May 14 | 1 pm – 3 pm

has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than 200 million years.

of dinosaurs, ginkgo is

for its edible nuts, and

In Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot

renowned botanist

the history of the ginkgo from its mysterious origin

Saturday, May 17 | 10 am – 12 pm

Join our resident Plant Pathologist of the Garden’s Sick Plant

&

Saturday, May 17 | 1 pm – 3 pm

Tuesday, June 10 | 1 pm – 2:30 pm

and fun tour of the

Thursday, August 21 | 10 am – 4 pm

this course.

Thursday, June - August | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Thursday, July 10

PROGRAMS & EVENTS

July Walk-Up Activities Thursday, July 3 11 am – 3 pm Free

August Gardening 101 for

Little Green Thumbs Saturday, August 9 10 am – 11:30 am

$15/$10 members

September Botany On Your Plate Saturday, September 13 10 am – 12 pm $20/$15 members October

Foods of the Americas Family Day

Sunday, October 5 10 am – 3 pm

Free w/ Garden AdmissionNovember

Animals of the Garden Saturday, November 8 10 am – 11:30 am $15/$12 members December

Handmade for the Holidays

Saturday, December 13 10 am – 2 pm

$20/$18 members

Green Stuff Camp

Green Stuff Camp

May Herb Crafts Saturday, May 10 10 am – 11:30 am $25/$20 members; $10 adult chaperones

June Bug Day

Sunday, June 15 10 am – 4 pm

Free w/ Garden Admission

Green Stuff Camp

Family Programs


Docent Training 2013- 2014Congratulations to the 2014 docent training class graduates! This enthusiastic group impressed all staff members and presenters that came across them with their dedication, growing knowledge of the Garden, and quick thinking. The UC Botanical Garden’s newest docents have diverse backgrounds in science, teaching, and communications and all bring impressive skills to the table.

This docent training class ran from August 26 to March 31 and met once a week. Trainees received instruction from the Garden’s accomplished education, curatorial, and horticulture staff, experienced Garden docents, and experts from UC Berkeley and the East Bay Regional Parks. Veteran docents served as mentors to guide trainees throughout the process, gave valuable feedback during practice presentations, and helped these new docents

volunteer community. We look forward to working with our new docents to further the Garden’s educational mission!

— Grace Pegan Weltner

VOLUNTEER


Drop-in Discovery Days!Save the Date for the UC Botanical Garden’s Upcoming Drop-in Discovery Days! Learn from Garden docents and expert guests from the local science community.

Sunday, June 15

Sunday, July 27

Photo by Melanie Hofmann

Docents exploring the New World Desert during a docent training session.Photo by Grace Pegan Weltner

DRY GARDENING & IRRIGATION

New Era Drought-Adapted GardeningWith concern swirling over the current California drought, we thought it a good time for a refresher on key techniques for the thoughtful water-wise gardener. What follows is a brief description of experience and observations in the Garden and beyond.

When starting to plan for a new garden, or for ongoing work in an existing garden, I think of a few critical issues that are worth consideration. These would fall into about four top-tier categories:

Plant Selectionin which you are gardening and the region from which your

succulents now available in staggering abundance – great choice! One might also have the thought of using our own California natives, keeping in mind that even here provenance is an important consideration. The broadest pallet of regionally appropriate plants come from the Mediterranean climates around the world, including of course California, and many choices from other arid and semi-arid regions around the world, especially Mexico. Some of the growers that provide plants for local nurseries have excellent web pages for reference. Exercise restraint, there is SO much out there, and it is very easy to have an overly busy, maintenance-heavy garden.

Soil Preparation Often in residential settings we are starting out with suboptimal soils. Keeping this rather simple, I feel the general idea is to get that soil ! This means improving the tilth/structure and the organic matter content. Additions of commercial or homemade compost make a good start, keeping in mind that in clay soils the

many plants that prefer decent drainage. Adding to existing soil is more realistic than wholesale replacement, and in most cases, even the most dreadful clay can be rehabilitated over time. A healthy

to hold more water and nutrients, and support healthier, more adaptable (read drought stressed) plant growth in general. Keeping some kind of mulch on the soil is also a good idea.

Seasonal Timing Here I refer to planting schedule, the rainy season being optimal. Late fall is often the wisest time to plant, but given the variability of our dry season, use your best judgment about when to put all

those new plants in the ground. Take advantage of rain to get your plants well-rooted and better able to take on the upcoming dry season. There are some plants that if put out at the right time can survive here on climatic rainfall. The exception to this rule are plants that are frost tender – these are better off planted after frost in the spring.

Irrigation Methods

rainy season. Provide supplemental irrigation to still-establishing plants as spring warms into summer, keeping an eye to getting your plants through fall as you taper off domestic water in hopes

water regimen will physiologically predispose them to be more

Photo by Anthony Garza

Smart controllers have weather condition sensors to automatically adjust how much water is delivered to your plantings. Photo by Anthony Garza


adaptable to environmental stresses. Another key strategy to

distillation means planting in concentric rings of incrementally reduced water as one moves out away from the house. Automated irrigation systems can be used wisely, but often are not. If your system is not set-up to account for variations in climatic rainfall

on adjustments to prevent overwatering – there is no substitute for regular observation.

for the Home Landscape

the typical home garden. There have been some fairly recent improvements in certain types of irrigation, some of them now in current use at the Garden.

Below-ground irrigation: The familiar example here would be drip emitters run off of black

includes various sizes of drip tubing with laser-cut perforations set directly into the tube, at various intervals delivering varying amounts of water. Newer still is an upgraded product called

new turf. All of these would fall into a category I would call uber-

and no surface runoff. Applications would include areas with little or infrequent cultivating, digging, or plant rotations. The exception to this rule would be in sites where you might leave the tubing visible on the surface and be able to work around it or pull it out of the way while doing your work.

Above-ground micro irrigation:

adjustable at the head. This type of irrigation is often preferred over drip primarily because the performance can be readily observed. Because the lines are laid in shallow trenches or just under mulch,



Solar-powered valve. Photo by Anthony Garza

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add, subtract or make changes to the garden. We use this type of irrigation in our Waterwise Entry Garden, running automatically

New-gen spray heads: Here at the Garden we do use some larger spray heads to throw water long distances and penetrate dense vegetation in certain collections. We are in the process of converting from impact type

of spray heads made by Hunter; MP Rotators (multi-stream), PGP, and PGJ heads (single stream). See pictures. MP Rotators have become very popular as a one-to-one replacement for typical turf

are more adjustable than older style spray heads. They are more expensive, but savings should be realized in water savings over time. MPR’s come in sizes that can throw approximately 10, 20, and 30 ft. so they can be used to irrigate a typical home garden, even ones of larger proportion. PGP and PGJ are rotation, single stream heads and are best suited to large-scale landscapes and turf.

Establishment water: In situations where no irrigation water is available, the best option

a product called DriWater. These are commonly used on sites where remote revegetation work is being done, but homeowners can easily take advantage of the technology. Most types consist of a gel-like material packaged in a casing, reminiscent of culinary sausage. Formulations of the gel vary, but offer a small amount of slowly released water for up to 3 months. If plants are put in the ground during the fall or winter, the time-release can be added in the spring to provide supplemental water in order to better establish the plant for the coming dry season. We have also utilized the gel tubes (available in hard tube casing with a cap) to water large potted plants.

— Anthony Garza


DriWater “timed-release” water packs. Photo courtesy of DriWater


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Photo courtesy of Hunter

An example of a impact sprinkler head.Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

RESEARCH & CONSERVATIONThe Garden’s research mission is borne out in part by

providing plant materials for research projects. , of ’s

lab (Department of Integrative Biology), continues to collect pollen to create a pollen reference collection of woody California

native plants. She is also making a herbarium voucher sheet of each sampled plant. She has made 67 collections to date and her project will continue through 2014.

and

requested and received cuttings of several species in the laurel family (Lauraceae). They are studying resistance to the devastating non-native laurel wilt disease that is currently found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Louisiana. Laurel wilt is a deadly disease of redbay (Persea borbonia) and other tree species in the laurel family (which includes avocado). The disease is caused by a fungus (Raffaelea lauricola) that is introduced into host trees by a non-native insect, the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus).

received leaves of a Chilean shrub, Aextoxicum punctatum. He is studying evolutionary relationships in the small plant group Berberidopsidales (the monotypic Aextoxicaceae family of Chile, and the Berberidopsidaceae family with two genera, one each in Chile and in Australia). Seeds of the

Aextoxicum were collected in a natural area in the city of Valdivia and sent to the Garden in 1973 by staff of the Universidad Austral de Chile. Many of our conservation species are included in the national collection of the Center for Plant Conservation and require a very long-term commitment. Baker’s larkspur (Delphinium bakeri) has been actively worked on since 2000, though our late director was monitoring the lone wild population long before then. This year we are monitoring the results of a direct seeding of the lone wild site done in January 2014. There are currently only four plants of

that number in the near future. The drought re-directed efforts of the Garden and our

Amsinckia ) plants for seed production than planned. Seeds of

stored for use this fall and in the future for direct sowing in the

populations. There is currently only one population in the wild. was recently asked to serve on the US

Fish & Wildlife Service’s Recovery Implementation Team for this species.

We are growing on plants of Tiburon paintbrush ( ssp. neglecta) for many more months than planned. The Tiburon paintbrush will be out-planted southeast of San Jose this fall in an attempt to increase its numbers in the wild.

) is taking up much of the Garden nursery space. The two-gallon cans for each plant allow us to grow large plants for seed production. Photo by Holly Forbes

Delphinium bakeri

Photo by Holly Forbes


Katherine Greenberg is a garden designer and author with

generation Californian, Katherine was born in Monterey County and currently lives in Lafayette.

Katherine has designed a number of gardens in the Bay Area and a private garden in Jerusalem. Her Lafayette garden has been featured in a number of publications, and it was selected for a Garden Design Green Award in 2010. She has also taught classes at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, the UC Botanical Garden, and Merritt College, and her articles have appeared in

and The Mediterranean Garden journal. Her book, Growing California Native Plants, 2nd edition, was published by the University of California Press in 2012 and can be purchased in the Garden Shop.

The founding president of the Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden (1996-2000), Katherine is also past president of the Mediterranean Garden Society (2000-2004) and

and she has led tours to Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Sicily, Greece, Croatia, and Cuba.

Photo courtesy of www.katherinegreenberg.com

DEVELOPMENT


The Gardenreaches an all time high with nearly

3400activememberships!

Celebrate, honor and remember with an inscribed brick in the Garden’s Tribute Plaza. To give you an idea of the diversity of design options, below are the Garden’s most recent additions to the Tribute Plaza. Bricks of varying sizes can be purchased for $500 or $1000.

Help preserve and maintain the Garden’s priceless collection by adopting a tree. Your adoption will fund an interpretive panel for your tree, enabling the Garden to share its history of conservation with thousands of Garden visitors each year. You will receive a personal dedication on the panel and the satisfaction of making

and conservation. Tree adoptions start at $7500, are fully tax deductible and may be applied towards University class gifts and giving societies.

For more information or assistance with a tribute gift please

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The improved Family Plus level is a great way to leverage your membership dollar! As always, members at this level receive unlimited Garden admission for up to four adults and four

offering FREE admission for two adults to over 1,000 museums and gardens nationwide! Local offerings include such prestigious museums as San Francisco’s de Young and the Oakland Art Museum.

One Family Plus member commented that her membership

to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Another Family Plus member visited the Oakland Art Museum for free and even had her parking validated, saving a total of $35 in just one visit. For

earn your money back - and then some! At an annual rate of just $125, Family Plus offers a fantastic value, allowing members to support the Garden while making every dollar count.

Tribute gifts are a special way to honor cherished friends and families and to commemorate those special occasions that represent important milestones throughout our lives. The Garden has many unique and meaningful ways to mark the important moments in our lives and support the Garden with a fully tax-deductible gift.

collections, the Garden serves as an oasis of peace and serenity. It is an opportunity for visitors to escape the frantic pace of contemporary life and seek the serenity only a setting like the UC Botanical Garden affords. Tribute benches placed throughout the Garden’s 34 acres provide a confortable spot upon which visitors can rest, relax and rejuvenate both body and soul. The placement of the bench determines the investment cost of $15,000 to $20,000.

Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp Cypress

Glyptostrobus was widely distributed throughout North

It is a semi-deciduous species in the redwood family

to bald cypress (Taxodium),

pear-shaped, long-stalked

This specimen is dedicated to the

family and friends.

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at BERKELEY

Photo by Marion Brenner

Collected by Dr. Bruce Bartholomew, Garden Curator, and Dr. Dennis Breedlove of the California Academy of Sciences, in 1981, Magnolia sharpii

valley of Chiapas, Mexico.

understory trees such as M. sharpii.

Magnolia sharpii

This is an evergreen species

appear in May. The glossy green leaves are reminiscent of those of the southern magnolia (M.

).

This specimen is dedicated to . . .

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at BERKELEY

DEVELOPMENT


SAN FRANCISCO2833 Vicente St. 94116 (415) 661-2204Corner 40th Ave in the Sunset

MILL VALLEY653 East Blithedale 94941 (415) 380-3840

Next door to Sloat Garden Center

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We are pleased to offer all current UC Botanical Garden Members and Cal Affiliates a 10% discount on purchases at The Urban Farmer Store,

the helpful source for all your landscape lighting, water

feature, and irrigation needs.

Simply show your membership card at the time of purchase.

The Garden is searching for a donor(s) willing to underwrite the purchase of two concrete planters to house these wonderful Dypsis ambositrae palms. Not only will the new planters provide a more hospitable environment in which these lovely specimens can grow and thrive, they will provide a more pleasing aesthetic to the conference center patio effectively extending useful terrace space. This would be a wonderful way to memorialize someone special in your life.

Project cost: $3000. Please contact the Garden’s Director of Development at [email protected] or call 510-643-2937.

Photos by Paul Licht

joined the Garden staff in the Spring of 2013 and maintains the Tropical House and Orchid Fern & Carnivorous Plant House Collections. She has a Nursery

Merritt College, a Bachelor of Arts in German Language & Literature from San Francisco State University and attended the sculpture program at the Kunstgewerbeschüle in Basel, Switzerland. Some of the

horticultural positions Corina has held include Gardener for the

S.F. Conservatory of Flowers, Production Assistant at Annie’s Annuals, and even some years here at the Garden as a Volunteer Propagator.

joined the staff in August 2013. After graduating from The Evergreen State College with a focus in chemistry, she worked for 8 years at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ as the propagator, conservation collections manager and collections manager of Agavaceae, Aloaceae and Non-Cactus Succulents. Prior to that, she managed a hardware store and nursery in Washington state. Her

love of plants and the environment has led her down a rewarding path working at botanical gardens alongside passionate individuals and has enabled her to teach and share her appreciation of nature while enjoying the outdoors each day.

joined the staff in September 2013. He was most recently Associate Head of Education for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UCB for 7 years. There he oversaw the public face of the museum, which included the store, tours, docents and volunteers, social media, as well as the educational offerings. Prior to that, he worked as an archaeologist

for ten years specializing in California. He has a master’s degree in museum studies from John F. Kennedy University, and a BA in anthropology from UCB. Jonathan enjoys understanding more about the natural world, working with the public, and invites suggestions on ways to improve the visitor experience overall at the Garden.

, with assistance from and and several

volunteers, completed an inventory of the Arid House collection. Every pot was reviewed for current taxonomy, resulting in hundreds of new labels throughout the collection.

The Garden hosted a workshop for the western region of the (SPN) in February. A joint program of the American Public Gardens Association and the National Plant Diagnostic Network of the US Department of Agriculture,

workshop, representing public gardens from Alaska to southern California.

completed. With support from the UCB Capital Renewal Committee, the irrigation system in a portion of the Asian Area was replaced, a new main irrigation line running through the Garden was partially replaced, and an automated irrigation controller was installed. A multi-year project, the campus has already committed funds to continue replacing the irrigation system in the rest of the

our water use, while saving valuable staff time for direct work in the plant collection.

GARDEN NOTES


Copiapoa haseltoniana is one of thousands of accessions


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Jonathan Goodrich Photo by Holly Forbes

The UCBG Mug Collection

he Garden Shop offers members and visitors the opportunity to support the Garden – and go home with a plant, a meaningful gift or memento of the visit – at the

into the Garden to allow for the continuation of the Garden mission. And the cycle continues…

Emphasizing products from local vendors, the Shop, in turn supports the community at large. From the plants that are propagated on-site to the local honey, teas, jewelry, and other gift items purchased to sell - where possible, local vendors are the source for the items featured in the Shop.

The UCBG Garden Mug Collection showcases the collaboration between local artistic talent and the Garden. Manufactured in the USA, each mug comes with a special card insert describing the characteristics of the featured species and its relationship to the Garden. Using botanical and faunal illustrations from local artists to adorn this special proprietary collection, the UCBG Garden Mugs make practical, beautiful gifts and mementoes!

Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea

is a saturated rose red, Lapageria range in color from white, cream, blush

Eschscholzia californica

Callipepla californica A year-round Garden resident and breeding bird, the California Quail is most

osa californica

Maria Cecilia FreemanVisit The Garden Shop or call 510-642-3812 for more information.

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Dr. Paul Licht, DirectorADMINISTRATION

Muinat Kemi Amin, Marketing & Design ManagerNadean Lindberg, Development Director

Emily Dennis, Visitor Services CoordinatorJonathan Goodrich, Associate Director, Visitor Experience

Deepa Natarajan, Program CoordinatorGrace Weltner, Volunteer & Tours Coordinator

Margaret Richardson, Rental CoordinatorNancy Rosenlund, Shop Manager

COLLECTIONS and HORTICULTUREDr. Christopher Carmichael,

Associate Director of Collections & HorticultureHolly Forbes, Curator

Barbara Keller, Assistant CuratorAnthony Garza,

Supervisor of Horticulture & GroundsBen Anderson, Horticulturist

Ken Bates, HorticulturistColin Baxter, HorticulturistBrandi Eide, Horticulturist

Bryan Gim, Horticulturist & Volunteer Propagation Program Coordinator

Peter Klement, HorticulturistSusan Malisch, Propagator

Basil Medeiros, HorticulturistMeghan Ray, Horticulturist

Corina Rieder, HorticulturistEric Schulz, Horticulturist

Elaine Sedlack, HorticulturistRick Boyer, Building & Grounds Maintenance

Thomas Bridgman, Facilities Maintenance

EDUCATIONChristine Manoux, Education Program Manager

FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEEDr. David Ackerly, Integrative BiologyDr. Tom Carlson, Integrative Biology

Dr. Lewis Feldman, Chair, Plant and Microbial BiologyDr. Bruce Baldwin, Integrative BiologyDr. Todd Dawson, Integrative Biology

Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant and Microbial BiologyDr. John Taylor, Plant and Microbial Biology

RESEARCH ASSOCIATESDr. Tim Gregory, Stemcentrics

Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant & Microbial BiologyUC BOTANICAL GARDEN ADVISORY BOARD

Tim Gregory (Chair)Dr. Robert ArathoonJames W. Bruner, Jr.

Julia BurkeDr. Beth Burnside

Ramona DavisDr. Lewis J. Feldman

Robert FerberKatherine Greenberg

Pamela GrossmanJon Hartung

Curtis R. HoffmanSuanne Inman

Daniel W. JohnsonKen Kuchman

Jim LandauWarwick MayJudith MooradNorman Pease

Cynthia PlambeckMary Porter

Ann ReynoldsPat Rudebusch

John ScharffenbergerJill Wilson

NEWSLETTERHolly Forbes, Editor

Muinat Kemi Amin, Graphic DesignGarden contact information is available on our website.

Call 510-643-2755 for more information.E-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.eduThe Newsletter is published by the University of

California Botanical Garden with support from memberships.©UC Regents 2014. Articles may be reprinted withcredit to the authors and the UC Botanical Garden.

PLAN YOUR VISIT TO THE GARDENCheck for the latest news and events on our web site:

Free without reservation every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 pm. Join a docent near The Garden Shop for an hour or so and learn about special plants.

Contact our Tour Coordinator at 510-643-7265 or [email protected] before the 15th of the month prior to your tour date. Various kinds of tours are described in our tour brochure and on our web site:

Enjoy your lunch on one of the many Garden benches or tables located throughout the Garden.

Bring a camera or binoculars to see the dozens of

Take a class or workshop, meet fellow enthusiasts.

Attend the plant sales, everyday and on special occasions, next up (Note: New times and dates!):

| Saturday, April 26 | 4 pm - 7 pm | Sunday, April 27 | 9 am - 2 pm

If you haven’t already, become a member and enjoy free admission all year.


Public Tours are offered at 1:30 pm each Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Call (510) 643-2755

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