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E-News-Letter Index 20-02 Date Title Author Topic 2010 Mar The Lily Anonymous Taxonomy Apr Its Time to add Sparkle to Your Garden Ron Clendenen Spring sale plant descrip>ons and hor>culture May Winged Visitors in Your Garden Sanctuary Anonymous BuBerfly gardening Jun Jul Plant Rarity Glenn Keator What makes a plant rare Rare Plants in the Garden Joe Dahl Plants at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Aug Volunteers in the Garden Patricia Eckhardt, Sue Volunteering at the RPBG Rosenthal, John Rusk Sep The California Floris>c Provence Glenn Keator Botany of California The Garden Layout Joe Dahl Descrip>on Regional Parks Botanic Garden Reliable Fall Color in the Botanic Garden Sue Rosenthal Plants at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Oct California State Rock: Serpen>ne M.C. Erskine Geology Soil that Rocks Cat Daffer Hor>culture soil mixtures Nov Lichens in the Garden Irene Winston Lichens Alisia californica Dan Norris Bryophytes Dec Alpine Dreaming Mike Uhler Snow Willow Salix nivalis 2011 Jan Manzanita Memorabilia Bert Johnson Manzanitas Na>ve Ferns in the Garden Glenn Keator Fern hor>culture Feb Oblong Spurge: A Hazard that Must be Contained Bob Case Noxious weed alert Seventh Annual Bringing Back the Na>ves Garden Tour Anonymous Visit na>ve plant gardens Mar The Island of Fogs Mike Uhler Exploring Huamalgua (Isla de Cedros) Pink Flowering Currant Jake Sigg Ribes sanguineum var. glunosum WIldcat Creek Runs Through it. Susan Rosenthal Descrip>on of Wildcat Creek Apr A Na>ve Garden Anonymous Katherine Greenberg's na>ve plant garden May The Bay Area’s Dazzling Dragonflies Kathy Biggs Dragonfly behavior Wild Cucumbers (Marah) Jake Sigg Marah in California Jun Wild Sides of the Carquinez Strait Bert Johnson Exploring Benicia State Recrea>on Area, Port Costa The Zayante Sandhills of Santa Cruz Cat Daffer Exploring Zayante Sandhills Jul Invita>on to Baja California Glenn Keator Exploring Baja California The Isle of Fogs with Dogs Mike Uhler Exploring Isla de Cedros Rare Plant Hunt on Walker Ridge Celia Zavatsky Exploring Walker Ridge Aug Siskiyou Spring Don Fuller Exploring the Siskiyou Wilderness The Garden's Role in Cul>var Introduc>on Steve Edwards Na>ve cul>vars in hor>culture Sep Goldenrods Jake Sigg Solidago Fall Propaga>on of California Na>ve Plants Susan Ashley Hor>culture propaga>on Oct The Pipevine Connecon Bert Johnson Aristolochia californica, Pipevine Swallowtail Nov The End of an Era Joe Dahl Bert Johnson re>rement California Dreaming with Cedros Island's Liveforever Mike Uhler Dudleya pachyphytum Dec A New - Old World Ron Russo Plant galls The Alpine Ramblings of a Dyslexic Botanist Mori Constan>no Ramble in the Sierra Nevada Mountains 2012 Jan Edible Na>ve Plants: Their Unrealized Poten>al Glenn Keator Poten>al of edible na>ve plants Feb Perfumes, Pigments and Poisons Gre Séquin Plant chemistry Mar California's Colorado Desert Glenn Keator Exploring Sonoran Desert of California Apr Al and Barbary Kyte's Moraga Garden Al Kyte Descrip>on of Kyte garden May The Pipevine Connecon Connues Bert Johnson Aristolochia californica, Pipevine Swallowtail Date Title Author Topic Jun Mildred's Fragrant Rose Mike Uhler Oenothera cespitosa in the Sierra Nevada Mountains Jul Hidden Jewels in Monterey County Cat Daffer Exploring Palo Corona and Garland Ranch Regional Parks Aug Name Changes in the Jepson Manual 2nd Edi>on Glenn Keator Taxonomy Before Linnaeus Anonymous Taxonomy Sep California's Aqua>c Flora Part 1 Donald Les Botany aqua>c plants Oct California's Aqua>c Flora Part 2 Donald Les Botany aqua>c plants Nov Two BuBerflies Bert Johnson Plant partnerships of Pipevine Swallowtail and Monarch BuBerflies Dec Flight of the Pipevine Swallowtails Bert Johnson Pipevine Swallowtail biology Juncus Patens What a Rush! Ellen Uhler Botany and hor>culture 2013 Jan Amigos del Invierno (Winter Friends) Heath Bartosh Manzanitas Feb Plant Communi>es of the San Mateo Coast Glenn Keator Exploring the San Mateo Coast Mar Plant Communi>es of the San Mateo Coast, Part II Glenn Keator Exploring the San Mateo Coast Apr The first years in my na>ve plant garden Alya Davidman Thoughts on a na>ve plant garden May Sweet Smells of Spring Gre Séquin Chemistry of Plant Fragrances Rosaceae for the Garden Glenn Keator Na>ves from the Rose Family Regional Parks Botanic Garden Na>ve Plant Sale Ron Clendenen Offerings from 2013 Jun Tribute to Steve Edwards Staff Steve Edwards' re>rement Jul Lichens and Climate Change Irene Winston Lichens as environmental indicators California's Remote Warner Mountains Glenn Keator Exploring the Warner Mountains Aug Misty Morning Botany on Colonet's Mesa Mike Uhler Exploring Coastal Baja California Sep Watching the Forest Grow Anonymous Fire recovery on Mt. Diablo Oct Autumn in a California Garden Katherine Greenberg Katherine Greenberg's garden in autumn Nov Respec>ng our Elders Ron Sullivan Oral history Dec Welcoming Bart O'Brien the Garden's New Director Sue Rosenthal Bart O'Brien Mountain Plants - On Point Reyes? Doreen Smith Exploring Point Reyes 2014 Jan A Message from the Garden’s New Director Bart O'Brien History Feb The Brodiaeas: A Diverse Group of Beau>ful Bulbs for the Garden Glenn Keator Hor>culture Brodiaeas, geophytes Mar Insects in the garden Bob Case Insects, photography Mar A New Southern California Rock Garden Gertrude Allen Regional Parks Botanic Garden rock garden installa>on Apr All the Garden’s a Stage:Crea>ng Drama in Your California Na>ve Plant Debbie Ballen>ne Landscape design Garden May Birds of the Botanic Garden James Wilson Regional Parks Botanic Garden birds Jun Gopher Control Diana Rebman Great Blue Heron, photography The Redwood Empire Glenn Keator Exploring the Redwood Region Jul It's the Bee's Knees Cat Daffer Bees Aug Where the Sea Meets Cliffs and Forests: The Mendocino Coast Glenn Keator Exploring the Mendocino Coast Sep First Fall Plant Sale for the Regional Parks Botanic Garden & The Bart O'Brien Hor>culture Benefits of Fall Plan>ng Oct What do You see John Rusk Photography, Plant Blindness Nov Why I Love Being a Botanic Garden Docent Maggie Ingalls Docenng Dec Interviews with the Garden Staff John Rusk Liz BiBner, Cat Daffer, Joe Dahl, Don Fuller, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Ashika Narayan, Michael Uhler 2015 Jan Mastery of Taxonomy Glenn Keator Taxonomy Feb Plant-Insect Interac>ons—and Some Fascina>ng Chemistry Gre Séquin Aphids (Aphis nerii), pipevine swallowtail buerfly (Baus philenor), charcoal beetles (Melanophila consputa) Mar What is ci>zen science? Ken-ichi Ueda iNaturalist Apr Regional Parks Botanic Garden Spring Sale of California Na>ve Plants Date Title Author Topic Bringing Back the Na>ves Garden Tour May New Rock Garden Projects in the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Don Fuller Rock Garden, Regional Parks Botanic Garden Jun The White Mountains and the Kings of Age: Bristlecone Pines Glenn Keator White Mountains, Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) Jul Happy 75th Birthday, Regional Parks Botanic Garden! Sue Rosenthal History, Regional Parks Botanic Garden Aug Huckleberries at Huckleberry Preserve Bert Johnson Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) Sep 2015 Fall Plant Sale Bart O'Brien Plant descrip>ons and hor>culture A Well-Kept Secret: Fall in the Klamath Mountains of Northwestern Glenn Keator Exploring the Klamath Mountains California Oct The Significance of Lichen Compounds Irene Winston Lichens, lichen chemistry Nov Rare Plants and Dying Glaciers in the High Sierra Michael Uhler Sierra Nevada Dec Why We Volunteer John Rusk Regional Parks Botanic Garden, volunteering, docen>ng 2016 Jan Conifers; Predecessors of Flowering Plants Glenn Keator Botany of conifers Feb Sex and the Single Moss Brent Mishler Botany of mosses Mar Winnemucca Lake, the Wildflower Paradise of the Central Sierras Glenn Keator Exploring Winnemucca Lake Apr Regional Parks Botanic Garden Spring Sale of California Na>ve Plants Bart O'Brien Plant descrip>ons and hor>culture Wolf's Nolina Blooms for the First Time in 30 Years Joe Dahl Nolina parryi May Moths and BuBerflies in the Botanic Garden Donald Miller Moth and buBerfly ecology Jun Spring Photos from the Garden Anonymous Plant portraits Jul Life in a Garden of Salvias John WhiBlesey Salvia hor>culture Aug Sep Taxonomy: Seeking Clarity, Finding Complexity Glenn Keator Taxonomy Oct Taxonomy Part 2: The Cladis>cs Revolu>on Glenn Keator Taxonomy Nov Fern Season Pete Veilleux Fern hor>culture Dec Seed Dormancy in Na>ve Plants Susan Ashley Plant propaga>on 2017 Jan A Watershed Approach to California Landscapes Maureen Decombe Watershed approach to Hor>culture Feb Sharing the Buzz Alicia Springer Educa>on insect botany for kids Mar Coyote Mints Earl Nickel Monardellas Apr Spring Plant Sale Notes Bart O'Brien Plant descrip>ons and hor>culture A "farewell LeBer" from Teresa LeYung-Ryan Teresa LeYung-Ryan Teresa LeYung-Ryan re>rement May It's Walnut Creek but no Shopping Here David Ogden Exploring Walnut Creek Rare Na>ve Wildflower Discovered in Shell Ridge Phil Johnson Gilia tricolor Jun Five Design Ideas for a Do-It-Yourself Front Garden Kat Weiss Garden design Jul Sagebrush and Coyote Brush Earl Nickel Hor>culture Artemisia and Baccharis Aug The New Serpen>ne Bog Bed at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Joe Dahl Regional Parks Botanic Garden serpen>ne bog installa>on Sep California Na>ve Plants for the Low-Eleva>on Rock Garden Ted Kipping Garden design Oct Time for the Fall Plant Sale! Bart O'Brien Plant descrip>ons and hor>culture Nov Grant from The Barrios Trust Funds School Outreach Program Alicia Springer Educa>on Dec Amanita phalloides, an Unfortunate California Transplant Debbie Viess Mycology 2018 Jan Meet Our Interpre>ve
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