Posted by: Sandy Steinman | December 3, 2025

Wayne Roderick Lectures

from the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Join us for our popular Wayne Roderick Lecture series on a broad array of topics related to plants and natural history. The talks take place on Saturday mornings starting at 10:30 a.m. in the Botanic Garden Visitor Center auditorium. These presentations are enjoyable for beginners and professionals alike. All lectures are free and open to the public.

  • December 6: Glenn Keator, PhD: “Flora of Western Australia.” Dr. Keator has taught at Merritt College, SF Botanical Garden, College of Marin, and California Academy of Sciences, among others. His primary focus is on California native plants; he initiated the docent training program at the East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden, and has been the principal teacher for all the docent training classes.

  • December 13: TBA

  • December 20: Bob Case: Alpines of Berthoud Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park, plus some further north alpines of the Rocky Mountains in Montana and Canada.” Bay Area native Bob Case taught biology in the Peralta Community College District for 25 years, and is a retired Deputy Agricultural Commissioner for Contra Costa County. He has traveled most of the Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery Trail and is a member of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

  • December 27: no lecture.

— Read on nativeplants.org/events-and-classes/wayne-roderick-lectures/


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