Natural History Wanderings

The 2013-2014 Wayne Roderick lectures take place at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden (near the Brazil Building) on Wildcat Canyon Road between Anza View Rd. and South Park Dr. (South Park Drive is closed Nov. through Mar.) In Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, CA. They take place on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM and are free to the public

[Notice: Seating is limited. To be sure of a seat, come very early—-the garden opens at 8:30 am—-and save a chair.]

2013

Nov. 30 Botanizing Jepson’s backyard—the Solano County flora project – Heath Bartosh
Dec. 7 A Summer saunter about the Kaweah Peaks Ridge—Images from an alluring and remote
region of the southern Sierra Nevada – Michael Uhler
Dec. 14 Floristic Surprises from Mt. Eddy, Cave Junction and NE Oregon – Dick O’Donnell
Dec. 21 At the edge of the arctic—botanizing near Hudson Bay; and a botanical glimpse of North
Carolina – Ted Kipping

2014

Jan. 4 Forgotten landscapes of the Bay Area – Laura Cunningham
Jan. 11 Tesla and Black Diamond Mines: Botany, geology, and history – Steve Edwards
Jan. 18 Natural history of the Ozarks – Ron Felzer
Jan. 25 Passes of the Central Sierra: Sonora, Ebbetts, Carson, and Luther – Steve Edwards
Feb. 1 Springtime in the Smokies: Trilliums, violets, bloodroots and more – Bob Case
Feb. 8 La Sierra de San Francisco: Visiting deep canyons with ancient rock murals and exploring
lofty “sky islands” of Baja California Sur – Michael Uhler
Feb. 15 Arctostaphylos:  A photographic tour of California’s manzanitas in the wild – Jeff Bisbee
Feb. 22 The Sky Islands of Northeast Oregon – Dick O’Donnell

To contact the garden:
phone: (510)544-3169 then press “0”
E-mail address: bgarden@ebparks.org
http://www.ebparks.org/parks/vc/botanic_garden
http://www.nativeplants.org