Date Title Author Topic 2010 Mar The Lily Anonymous Taxonomy Apr Its Time to add Sparkle to Your Garden Ron Clendenen Spring sale plant descripons and horculture May Winged Visitors in Your Garden Sanctuary Anonymous Buerfly 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 Florisc Provence Glenn Keator Botany of California The Garden Layout Joe Dahl Descripon Regional Parks Botanic Garden Reliable Fall Color in the Botanic Garden Sue Rosenthal Plants at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Oct California State Rock: Serpenne M.C. Erskine Geology Soil that Rocks Cat Daffer Horculture 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 Nave Ferns in the Garden Glenn Keator Fern horculture Feb Oblong Spurge: A Hazard that Must be Contained Bob Case Noxious weed alert Seventh Annual Bringing Back the Naves Garden Tour Anonymous Visit nave 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 Descripon of Wildcat Creek Apr A Nave Garden Anonymous Katherine Greenberg's nave 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 Recreaon Area, Port Costa The Zayante Sandhills of Santa Cruz Cat Daffer Exploring Zayante Sandhills Jul Invitaon 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 Culvar Introducon Steve Edwards Nave culvars in horculture Sep Goldenrods Jake Sigg Solidago Fall Propagaon of California Nave Plants Susan Ashley Horculture propagaon Oct The Pipevine Connecon Bert Johnson Aristolochia californica, Pipevine Swallowtail Nov The End of an Era Joe Dahl Bert Johnson rerement 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 Constanno Ramble in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

2012 Jan Edible Nave Plants: Their Unrealized Potenal Glenn Keator Potenal of edible nave 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 Descripon 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 Edion Glenn Keator Taxonomy Before Linnaeus Anonymous Taxonomy Sep California's Aquac Flora Part 1 Donald Les Botany aquac plants Oct California's Aquac Flora Part 2 Donald Les Botany aquac plants Nov Two Buerflies Bert Johnson Plant partnerships of Pipevine Swallowtail and Monarch Buerflies Dec Flight of the Pipevine Swallowtails Bert Johnson Pipevine Swallowtail biology Juncus Patens What a Rush! Ellen Uhler Botany and horculture

2013 Jan Amigos del Invierno (Winter Friends) Heath Bartosh Manzanitas Feb Plant Communies of the San Mateo Coast Glenn Keator Exploring the San Mateo Coast Mar Plant Communies of the San Mateo Coast, Part II Glenn Keator Exploring the San Mateo Coast Apr The first years in my nave plant garden Alya Davidman Thoughts on a nave plant garden May Sweet Smells of Spring Gre Séquin Chemistry of Plant Fragrances Rosaceae for the Garden Glenn Keator Naves from the Rose Family Regional Parks Botanic Garden Nave Plant Sale Ron Clendenen Offerings from 2013 Jun Tribute to Steve Edwards Staff Steve Edwards' rerement 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 Respecng 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 Beauful Bulbs for the Garden Glenn Keator Horculture 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 installaon Apr All the Garden’s a Stage:Creang Drama in Your California Nave Plant Debbie Ballenne 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 Horculture Benefits of Fall Planng 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 Biner, Cat Daffer, Joe Dahl, Don Fuller, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Ashika Narayan, Michael Uhler

2015 Jan Mastery of Taxonomy Glenn Keator Taxonomy Feb Plant-Insect Interacons—and Some Fascinang Chemistry Gre Séquin Aphids (Aphis nerii), pipevine swallowtail buerfly (Baus philenor), charcoal beetles (Melanophila consputa) Mar What is cizen science? Ken-ichi Ueda iNaturalist Apr Regional Parks Botanic Garden Spring Sale of California Nave Plants Date Title Author Topic Bringing Back the Naves 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 descripons and horculture 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, docenng

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 Nave Plants Bart O'Brien Plant descripons and horculture Wolf's Nolina Blooms for the First Time in 30 Years Joe Dahl Nolina parryi May Moths and Buerflies in the Botanic Garden Donald Miller Moth and buerfly ecology Jun Spring Photos from the Garden Anonymous Plant portraits Jul Life in a Garden of Salvias John Whilesey Salvia horculture Aug Sep Taxonomy: Seeking Clarity, Finding Complexity Glenn Keator Taxonomy Oct Taxonomy Part 2: The Cladiscs Revoluon Glenn Keator Taxonomy Nov Fern Season Pete Veilleux Fern horculture Dec Seed Dormancy in Nave Plants Susan Ashley Plant propagaon

2017 Jan A Watershed Approach to California Landscapes Maureen Decombe Watershed approach to Horculture Feb Sharing the Buzz Alicia Springer Educaon insect botany for kids Mar Coyote Mints Earl Nickel Monardellas Apr Spring Plant Sale Notes Bart O'Brien Plant descripons and horculture A "farewell Leer" from Teresa LeYung-Ryan Teresa LeYung-Ryan Teresa LeYung-Ryan rerement May It's Walnut Creek but no Shopping Here David Ogden Exploring Walnut Creek Rare Nave 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 Horculture Artemisia and Baccharis Aug The New Serpenne Bog Bed at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Joe Dahl Regional Parks Botanic Garden serpenne bog installaon Sep California Nave Plants for the Low-Elevaon Rock Garden Ted Kipping Garden design Oct Time for the Fall Plant Sale! Bart O'Brien Plant descripons and horculture Nov Grant from The Barrios Trust Funds School Outreach Program Alicia Springer Educaon Dec Amanita phalloides, an Unfortunate California Transplant Debbie Viess Mycology

2018 Jan Meet Our Interpreve Student Aids Alicia Springer Ashika Narayan, Kiamara Ludwig, Chris McCarron Feb Planng a Nave California Garden to Aract Birds Earl Nickel Bird horculture Mar California Newts: Life at the Urban-Wildland Interface Ian Wang Newts in the East Bay Regional Parks Apr Regional Parks Botanic Garden Spring Sale of California Nave Plants Bart O'Brien Plant descripons and horculture May Spring Plant Sale: Results are In! Bart O'Brien Plant sale results RPBG Loves Volunteers Alicia Springer Volunteer acvies Jun The Alameda Whipsnake: An Elusive California Serpent Mandy Murphy Whipsnake ecology Welcome Liz Biner Anonymous Liz Biner new Park Supervisor/ Horculture Specialist Date Title Author Topic Jul Trees and Polluon: Choosing a Tree to Combat CO2 and Parculates Susan Carter Environmental design New Home at RPBG for Dudleya Confiscated from Poachers Anonymous Dudleya farinosa Aug Wild Delights: Cooking with Elderberries Anni Winnings Eang Elderberries with recipes Anoch Dunes Docent Enrichment Acvity Joan Marn Descripon of a visit Notes and News from the Garden Staff Alicia Springer Update on the Garden this August Sep A Botanical Treasure near Home Glenn Keator Exploring Marin Headlands Oct Fall 2018 Plant Sale Highlights Bart O'Brien Plant descripons and horculture Garden Notes Anonymous Update on the Garden this October Nov Rains Gardens in the Suburbs Kat Weiss Designing Rain Gardens Streetscape Gardens to Visit in Berkeley Alicia Springer Two municipal rain gardens Dec Phytophthora and Phytosanitaon Diana Benner Best pracces to minimize spread of sudden oak death Plant Disease Diagnosis Workshop at Botanic Garden Don Fuller Report of a workshop Garden Notes Anonymous Garden happenings

2019 Jan Roadside Weeds and Their Flower Visitors John Whilesey A closeup of life on roadside plants Feb Botanic Garden Bird Survey Team Wen Hsu Birds and plants in the Garden Budding Birders Judy Keene Idenfying birds in the Garden Garden Notes Anonymous Garden happenings Mar The Subalpine Marshmarigolds of California Keir Wefferling Some Caltha of California Spring in the Mojave Desert Glen Keator Wanderings in the Mojave desert Garden Notes Theo Fitanides New Dudleyas in the Garden Apr Regional Parks Botanic Garden Spring Sale of California Nave Plants Bart O’Brien Plant descripons and horculture Celia Zavatsky In Memoriam Mike Uhler The passing of a Garden friend Gardener Profile: Mike Uhler Alicia Springer Profile of an RPBG gardener May Reproducve Biology, Evoluonary Ecology, and Diversificaon of Bruce G. Baldwin California Collinsias Collinsia Gardener Profile: Theo Fitanides Alicia Springer Profile of an RPBG gardener Garden Notes: Iris longipetala Anonymous Garden sighng Jun Lichens: Medicines, Perfumes, Dyes, and Bioindicators Irene Winston Uses of Lichens with Photographs Gardener Profile: Don Fuller Alicia Springer Profile of an RPBG gardener Garden Notes: Pasteurized Soil & More Liz Biner Spring Happenings around the RPBG Jul What is Biodiversity Brent D. Mishler An evoluonary approach to biodiversity Gardener Profile: Supervisor Liz Biner Alicia Springer Profile of the RPBG Supervisor Anica Falcone-Juengart, Student Laborer Alicia Springer Profile of summer student laborer Aug Observaons on Larkspurs Jason A. Koontz About larkspurs - nave and not Gardener Profile: Ben Anderson Alicia Springer Profile of an RPBG gardener Glen Keator Turns 80! Joan Marn Honoring Glenn Keator An Ode to Glenn Keator on the Occasion of this 80th John Helms A poec tribute Sep Preserving the Lile-Known Flora of Baja California and Conserving Sula Vanderplank, Jon Conserving rare plants in the Baja Our Rarest Binaonal Plants Rebman, and Joyce California - California borderlands Maschinski Garden News: Humboldt County Fieldwork Ben Anderson Collecng and botanizing near Humboldt Garden News: Southern California/Desert Secon Theo Fitanides New addions to the SC/Desert Secon Oct 2019 Fall Plant Sale - and Beyond Bart O’Brien Plant descripons and horculture Nov Late Color in the Nave Garden Glen Keator Garden color in fall and early winter Garden News Theo Fitanides Fremont Coonwood RIP Dec A Desert Collecng Trip to Cupcake Mountain Joe Dahl The desert of Eastern Southern California A Year in the Garden Rosie Andrews Acvies in the Garden Garden News Liz Biner Convergent lady beetles in the Garden Date Title Author Topic 2020 Jan Blue Naves Earl Nickel Naves with blue flowers In Memorium Anonymous Passing of Ted Kipping and John Rusk Feb Rainbow Trout in Wildcat Creek James W. Wilson The history of trout in Wildcat Creek Ted Kipping 1945-2019 Bart O’Brien In memorium John D. Rusk 1937-2019 Bart O’Brien In memorium Garden News Ben Anderson Research on stomata in manzanitas