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October Speaker: New Tools to Save Vanishing Plants - Innovative Conservation Strategies for Cacti

This is an overview of the recent news that the cactus family is the fifth most endangered plant or animal family on the planet and some...

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News from the Safari Park Gardens

An update regarding upcoming activities and future plans for the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Old World Garden (OWG) was presented recently...

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September Plant of the Month: Astrophytums - Stars among the cacti

I was at first enamored by the geometric sculptural shapes that this genus displays. From the smallest golf ball sized Astrophytum...

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September Speaker: Aloes of Uganda - The makings of a field-guide and the story behind naming a ne

Thomas has spent more than 20 years in sustainable agriculture, livelihoods, community development and humanitarian response work....

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August Speaker: Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Part 2: San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas and Southern Nue

Brian Kemble has returned again and again to Mexico to investigate its amazingly rich flora of succulent plants. This program covers 3...

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August Plant of the Month: Caudiciforms

A caudiciform is a plant with a swollen, water-storing stem or root/stem combina-tion called a caudex. A caudex is a type of thickened...

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August Pre-Meeting Workshop: How to Make a Hanging Pot out of Any Pot

There’s lots of reasons to use a hanging pot. Many of us have most of our shelves full. One does not quit buying plants simply because...

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