Winter/Spring 2014 - UC Botanical Garden

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UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA
BOTANICAL
GARDEN
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 38 Numbers 1 & 2 | Published by the UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL GARDEN at BERKELEY | Winter/ Spring 2014
The New World Desert Collection
The hot south-facing exposure and rocky hardscape of the New World Desert provide a dramatic experience in the Garden.
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areas receiving less than 254 mm
(10 in) of rainfall each year. Given
that the Garden typically receives
over 500 mm (20 in), this collection
is a horticultural challenge. The
Garden’s heavy clay soil has been
greatly amended with expanded
shale to improve drainage and
reduce the incidence of diseases and
pests, especially nematodes. Recent
efforts to improve plant health with
the application of compost tea and
organic top dressing has shown
good results, with renewed vigor
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stablished early on in the Garden’s history in Strawberry
Canyon, the New World Desert (NWD) is an iconic
display of arid land plants from North and South America.
It really started to take shape in the 1930s with the addition
of plants collected during the Garden’s expeditions to the Andes.
These expeditions focused on Peru and Chile, with forays into
Bolivia. Botanical and personal highlights of these expeditions
are documented in Garden Director T. Harper Goodspeed’s book,
Plant Hunters of the Andes, published in 1961.
The most recent desert expedition was to Baja California
in 1986, led by then curator Dr. James Affolter and included
Horticulturists Kurt Zadnik and Roger Raiche and current
volunteer Fred Dortort. Most of the plants collected in 1986
are in the Arid House, with a few exceptions in the Baja Beds
(171A, 171B). Perhaps the showiest of these is Baja fairy duster
(Calliandra californica)—it is planted on the bed margin near the
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Argentine saguaro (Echinopsis terscheckiiȌƪ.
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NWD
The crowded columnar stems of Echinopsis lamprochlora (New World Desert) and Euphorbia caerulescens (Southern African Collection) are examples of convergent
evolution of form. Photos by Janet Williams
The current low rainfall year provides a strong incentive
for choosing drought-tolerant plants for our gardens, and has
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on how to choose these kinds of plants for your home garden and
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in this issue of the newsletter. Many of the drought-tolerant native
Argentine saguaro (Echinopsis terscheckiiȌƪǡ
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plants of the American desert southwest and northern Mexico
can’t tolerate our environmental conditions, and must be grown
in doors. The South American desert species, by comparison,
perform much better in our local conditions, and hence are more
prominent in the outdoor collection.
The New World Desert displays 348 taxa (337 species)
in 485 accessions. The largest species representation is in the
cactus genus Echinopsis with 43 taxa in 123 accessions, in the
genus Agave with 36 taxa in 85 accessions and in the cactus genus
Opuntia with 17 taxa in 28 accessions. Approximately 45% of
the current accessions are from the 1930s – 1960s, mostly from
Garden expeditions to South America. The high survivorship of
these older accessions demonstrate the Garden’s suitability for
growing these plants outdoors in Berkeley. Severe freezes in 1972
and 1991 were weathered relatively well by this collection. Even
so, some of these accessions are also housed in greenhouses for
more controlled care. The Arid House is conveniently adjacent to
the New World Desert, where visitors can observe specimens that
need warmer and drier conditions than can be found out of doors.
While the cacti visually dominate this collection, there
is diversity in other plant groups too. Over 30 kinds of terrestrial
bromeliads, especially Puya, Deuterocohnia, and Hechtia, are
found throughout the collection. Relatives of Agave on display
include Beaucarnea, Dasylirion, Furcraea, Manfreda, Nolina and
Yucca. These, along with dry-growing ferns, are planted with the
cacti to show how desert plant communities can be complex and
not just assemblages of cacti.
In relation to the other Garden collections, the New
World Desert has a high proportion of rare species--56 species
in 75 accessions. Succulents, especially cacti, have become rare
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over-collecting or poaching. The Garden has received many cacti
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at the border. As a Plant Rescue Center for the US Fish & Wildlife
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NWD (ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚĨƌŽŵƉĂŐĞϮ)
The placement of the New World Desert
on a south-facing slope provides the best growing
conditions for these warmth-seeking plants. The
Southern African Collection, above the road, also
requires these conditions, and is logically placed
in juxtaposition to show the concept of convergent
evolution (put simply, this is a description of
how unrelated plants evolve similar structures
in adapting to similar but geographically distant
environmental conditions). Our docents regularly
point out the similarity of the columnar cacti of
the New World Desert to the columnar Euphorbia
specimens from southern Africa.
Late spring and early summer are the
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The tallest columnar cacti usually have white
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many in succession. The color range for the cactus
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red. The agaves bloom most typically in summer
over a long period of weeks to months, depending
on the weather. We hope you will come often to
see the changes throughout the Garden.
— Holly Forbes
Echinopsis hertrichiana is an endangered species restricted to two populations in Peru.
Photo by James Gaither
Some of these rare species include iconic specimens,
such as the giant cactus Echinopsis terscheckii in Bed 156. The
common name is Argentine saguaro or cardón, because of its close
resemblance to the giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) of the
American southwest. The giant saguaro doesn’t succeed outdoors
in Berkeley, requiring much hotter and drier conditions than the
Argentine saguaro. Both species are bat pollinated. The Argentine
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fruit in the Garden because we don’t have the type of bat that would
pollinate it. It is native to northwest Argentina and was planted in
1956 by staff member Myron Kimnach. Mr. Kimnach went on to
become the director of the Huntington Botanical Gardens near
Pasadena and periodically returned to visit the Garden. He always
remarked on the height of this specimen, likely taller than any in
habitat due to our more benign conditions.
The International Union for the Conservation of
Nature Red List includes the cactus Echinopsis hertrichiana
as endangered. Only two populations occur its natural range of
20 square kilometers in Peru. One of these populations is in an
Inca ruins heavily visited by tourists, who disturb the habitat and
collect this species as an ornamental. There are 21 synonyms for
this species, just one example of how frequent name changes can
be in the cactus family.
Cactus Naming
We are using The Cactus
Family by Ted Anderson,
Timber Press, 2001, for our
cactus names. There are a
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about what is related to
what in the cactus family
and what they should be
called. By using a single
reference we are able to
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DIRECTOR’S COLUMN
While the drought concerns us, it has not
prevented us from continuing to care for
our precious wards: the plants from around
the world.
We are doing our best to
preserve water in this time of drought. In
fact, I’m excited to announce that the long
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awaited, and desperately needed, upgrade
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phase of the project which was focused on the upper slopes of the
Center’s Ornduff Room. The deplorable condition of the roof has
long prevented us from fully utilizing the facility. I recall some
both desperate and embarrassing moments when attendees at key
programs had to continually move to avoid the drips and we often
suffered damage to our winter exhibits like Fiber & Dye. A rush
was put on replacing the roof, which ironically was not tested
for months because of the lack of rain this winter; fortunately, it
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One of the most visible ongoing projects, which started
in December, involved the acquisition of a spectacular Julia
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From left: Damaged irrigation pipe; new irrigation pipe installation.
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Asian Collection (above the main road) have now been completed
and are in use. This project was certainly not without some
inconvenience to both our operation and visitors, especially when
the main road was torn up to install new main lines, but it was
well worth the it. Funds for the second phase of the work, which
will extend further into the water-dependent Asian Collection, is
currently in the bidding phase and will hopefully start this summer.
Another project related to the expected rainy seasons was
the replacement of the continually leaking roof of the Conference
Photo by Paul Licht
Morgan building from campus. The translocation of the building,
about the size of our Conference Center, which was cut into four
large sections for the trip up Centennial Drive, was an adventure
in itself. The subsequent ongoing work to put it back together has
been fascinating and distracting as well as also rather disruptive to
activities in the front of the Garden. The work site has been closed,
causing detours into the California Area and to the Conference
Center. You will be able to enjoy this new adventure if you come
for the Spring Plant Sale
in April; the building
site will be readied for
this event. Please note
that the traditional times
of the last Friday night
(member preview and
reception) and Saturday
of April has been moved
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Sunday
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February was once again a great
success. This show has obviously
been gaining momentum, and next
year promises to be even more
spectacular. The ‘local’ exhibition will be combined with a unique
exhibit from the National Botanical Illustrator’s Society entitled
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps. Both exhibits planned for
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We are now part of the national museum consortiums (NARM &
ROAM), and a Family Plus membership will entitle you to free
reciprocal admission to most of the major botanical gardens in the
country as well as over 700 museums.
Plants Illustrated exhibition.
Photo by Paul Licht
the new Julia Morgan facility. The
availability of this the historical Julia
Morgan building, combined with
our eastern Eastern North American
Collection (which is unique on the
West Coast), were important in the
decision to make this the Garden
the only West Coast showing
of Following in the Bartrams’
Footsteps.
One of the 44 artworks featured in
the Following in the Bartrams’
Footsteps exhibition - Franklinia
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Finally, I want to call your
attention to our newest membership
category, Family Plus, which has
proven to be the fastest growing
segment of our membership program.
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Fig (Ficus carica)ǮǯǤ Illustration by Barbara Ward
I hope to see you all at the upcoming Spring Plant Sale at
the end of April.
— Paul Licht
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EDUCATION
Green Stuff Summer
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year olds, and one week for eight to eleven year olds. With its
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and thus began a Garden tradition with now almost 100 children
participating each summer. In fact, we now have 2nd generation
campers!
Of course some activities have changed over the
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song repertoire, but there are Banana Slug String Band songs;
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of the summer program has remained the same – guiding children
to discover the wonder and importance of plants through garden
explorations and careful observations – all the while having
outdoor fun amidst the beauty of the Botanical Garden.
return to their parents with a new area of the Garden discovered,
a new concept learned, and something they have made to take
home each day. By the end of the week, Green Stuff campers have
developed an understanding of the importance of plants in the
world and in their own lives.
What Parents and Campers Say
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providing their children with a beautiful and caring environment,
but more than that, they are amazed by how much their children
learn in one short week - and want to share. Campers become
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family members all they know about plants in the Garden. Through
their discoveries, children create a strong personal connection to
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A Day at Green Stuff Camp
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A fun activity in the Entrance Plaza greets the campers as
they arrive in the morning, and then all proceed to the Conference
Center (camp home-base) for an introduction to the day’s theme.
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adventure of the day, sometimes led by Garden docents. A Ponds
& Creeks tour has children dipping for water creatures on Animal
Day, and a tour of the plants in the three glasshouse collections
reveals amazing diversity on Plant Adaptation day. After the
walk, campers return to the Conference Center to capture what
they learned in their journals before lunch, which is enjoyed in a
different location each day.
The Redwood Grove is a perfect cool spot for lunch on a
hot day, and the Oak Knoll provides bird watching opportunities.
Ecology games or story time can be a part of the afternoon break.
Then it’s time for some hands-on science, special hunts, arts and
crafts, or gardening in the Crops of the World Garden. Flowers
are looked at under microscopes; plants are used to make natural
dyes; and campers try to tell the difference between apple mint
and chocolate mint in a blind-folded test. The day ends with group
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Saturday, May 17 | 10 am – 12 pm
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Join our resident Plant Pathologist of the Garden’s Sick Plant
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8
PROGRAMS & EVENTS &ŽƌŵŽƌĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂŶĚƚŽƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌƉůĞĂƐĞǀŝƐŝƚǁǁǁ͘ďŽƚĂŶŝĐĂůŐĂƌĚĞŶ͘ďĞƌŬĞůĞǇ͘ĞĚƵŽƌĐĂůůϱϭϬͲϲϰϯͲϮϳϱϱ
tĂůŬdŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞ'ĂƌĚĞŶŽĨKůĚZŽƐĞƐ
Saturday, May 17 | 1 pm – 3 pm
ΨϮϬͬΨϭϱŵĞŵďĞƌƐ
Family Programs
Green
Stuff
Camp
May
June
Herb Crafts
Saturday, May 10
10 am – 11:30 am
$25/$20 members;
$10 adult chaperones
Bug Day
Sunday, June 15
10 am – 4 pm
Free w/ Garden Admission
Camp
Green Stuff
Green
Stuff
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ŶũŽǇĂƵŶŝƋƵĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇƚŽƚŽƵƌŝƚǁŝƚŚ'ĂƌĚĞŶ,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚ
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Tuesday, June 10 | 1 pm – 2:30 pm
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and fun tour of the
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Camp
July
August
Walk-Up Activities
Thursday, July 3
11 am – 3 pm
Free
Gardening 101 for
Little Green Thumbs
Saturday, August 9
10 am – 11:30 am
$15/$10 members
September
Botany On Your Plate
Saturday, September 13
10 am – 12 pm
$20/$15 members
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Thursday, August 21 | 10 am – 4 pm
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this course.
October
Foods of the Americas
Family Day
Sunday, October 5
10 am – 3 pm
Free w/ Garden
Admission
November
Animals of the
Garden
Saturday, November 8
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ǀĞƌǇThursday, June - August | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘
10 am – 11:30 am
$15/$12 members
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December
Handmade
for the Holidays
Saturday, December 13
10 am – 2 pm
$20/$18 members
ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďŽƚĂŶŝĐĂůŐĂƌĚĞŶ͘ďĞƌŬĞůĞǇ͘ĞĚƵ
9
VOLUNTEER
Docent Training
2013- 2014
Drop-in
Discovery Days!
Congratulations to the 2014 docent training class graduates! This
enthusiastic group impressed all staff members and presenters
that came across them with their dedication, growing knowledge
of the Garden, and quick thinking. The UC Botanical Garden’s
newest docents have diverse backgrounds in science, teaching,
and communications and all bring impressive skills to the table.
Save the Date for the UC Botanical Garden’s Upcoming Drop-in
Discovery Days! Learn from Garden docents and expert guests
from the local science community.
This docent training class ran from August 26 to March 31 and
met once a week. Trainees received instruction from the Garden’s
accomplished education, curatorial, and horticulture staff,
experienced Garden docents, and experts from UC Berkeley and
the East Bay Regional Parks. Veteran docents served as mentors
to guide trainees throughout the process, gave valuable feedback
during practice presentations, and helped these new docents
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volunteer community. We look forward to working with our new
docents to further the Garden’s educational mission!
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Sunday, July 27
Docents exploring the New World Desert during a docent training session.
Photo by Grace Pegan Weltner
10
DRY GARDENING & IRRIGATION
New Era DroughtAdapted Gardening
With concern swirling over the current California drought, we
thought it a good time for a refresher on key techniques for the
thoughtful water-wise gardener. What follows is a brief description
of experience and observations in the Garden and beyond.
When starting to plan for a new garden, or for ongoing
work in an existing garden, I think of a few critical issues that
are worth consideration. These would fall into about four top-tier
categories:
those new plants in the ground. Take advantage of rain to get your
plants well-rooted and better able to take on the upcoming dry
season. There are some plants that if put out at the right time can
survive here on climatic rainfall. The exception to this rule are
plants that are frost tender – these are better off planted after frost
in the spring.
Plant Selection
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in which you are gardening and the region from which your
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succulents now available in staggering abundance – great choice!
One might also have the thought of using our own California
natives, keeping in mind that even here provenance is an important
consideration. The broadest pallet of regionally appropriate plants
come from the Mediterranean climates around the world, including
of course California, and many choices from other arid and semiarid regions around the world, especially Mexico. Some of the
growers that provide plants for local nurseries have excellent web
pages for reference. Exercise restraint, there is SO much out there,
and it is very easy to have an overly busy, maintenance-heavy
garden.
Soil Preparation
Often in residential settings we are starting out with suboptimal
soils. Keeping this rather simple, I feel the general idea is to get
that soil ÀRFFXODWHG! This means improving the tilth/structure and
the organic matter content. Additions of commercial or homemade
compost make a good start, keeping in mind that in clay soils the
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many plants that prefer decent drainage. Adding to existing soil is
more realistic than wholesale replacement, and in most cases, even
the most dreadful clay can be rehabilitated over time. A healthy
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to hold more water and nutrients, and support healthier, more
adaptable (read drought stressed) plant growth in general. Keeping
some kind of mulch on the soil is also a good idea.
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rainy season. Provide supplemental irrigation to still-establishing
plants as spring warms into summer, keeping an eye to getting
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water regimen will physiologically predispose them to be more
Seasonal Timing
Here I refer to planting schedule, the rainy season being optimal.
Late fall is often the wisest time to plant, but given the variability
of our dry season, use your best judgment about when to put all
Smart controllers have weather condition sensors to automatically adjust how
much water is delivered to your plantings. Photo by Anthony Garza
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and no surface runoff. Applications would include areas with little
or infrequent cultivating, digging, or plant rotations. The exception
to this rule would be in sites where you might leave the tubing
visible on the surface and be able to work around it or pull it out of
the way while doing your work.
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adaptable to environmental stresses. Another key strategy to
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distillation means planting in concentric rings of incrementally
reduced water as one moves out away from the house. Automated
irrigation systems can be used wisely, but often are not. If your
system is not set-up to account for variations in climatic rainfall
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on adjustments to prevent overwatering – there is no substitute for
regular observation.
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home garden. There have been some fairly recent improvements
in certain types of irrigation, some of them now in current use at
the Garden.
Below-ground irrigation:
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includes various sizes of drip tubing with laser-cut perforations
set directly into the tube, at various intervals delivering varying
amounts of water. Newer still is an upgraded product called
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new turf. All of these would fall into a category I would call uber-
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adjustable at the head. This type of irrigation is often preferred over
drip primarily because the performance can be readily observed.
Because the lines are laid in shallow trenches or just under mulch,
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add, subtract or make changes to the garden. We use this type of
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New-gen spray heads:
Here at the Garden we do use some larger spray heads to throw
water long distances and penetrate dense vegetation in certain
collections. We are in the process of converting from impact type
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of spray heads made by Hunter; MP Rotators (multi-stream), PGP,
and PGJ heads (single stream). See pictures. MP Rotators have
become very popular as a one-to-one replacement for typical turf
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are more adjustable than older style spray heads. They are more
expensive, but savings should be realized in water savings over
time. MPR’s come in sizes that can throw approximately 10, 20,
and 30 ft. so they can be used to irrigate a typical home garden,
even ones of larger proportion. PGP and PGJ are rotation, single
stream heads and are best suited to large-scale landscapes and turf.
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Establishment water:
In situations where no irrigation water is available, the best option
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a product called DriWater. These are commonly used on sites
where remote revegetation work is being done, but homeowners
can easily take advantage of the technology. Most types consist of
a gel-like material packaged in a casing, reminiscent of culinary
sausage. Formulations of the gel vary, but offer a small amount of
slowly released water for up to 3 months. If plants are put in the
ground during the fall or winter, the time-release can be added in
the spring to provide supplemental water in order to better establish
the plant for the coming dry season. We have also utilized the gel
tubes (available in hard tube casing with a cap) to water large
potted plants.
DriWater “timed-release” water packs.
Photo courtesy of DriWater
— Anthony Garza

13
RESEARCH & CONSERVATION
The Garden’s research mission is borne out in part by
providing plant materials for research projects.
hŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ^ŚŝͲ>ŝ,ƐŝƵŶŐ, of ƌ͘ŝŶĚǇ>ŽŽǇ’s
lab (Department of Integrative Biology), continues to collect
pollen to create a pollen reference collection of woody California
ȋȌǯȋDelphinium bakeriȌǡ
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Aextoxicum were collected in a natural area in the city of
Valdivia and sent to the Garden in 1973 by staff of the
Universidad Austral de Chile.
Many of our conservation species are included in
the national collection of the Center for Plant Conservation
and require a very long-term commitment. Baker’s larkspur
(Delphinium bakeri) has been actively worked on since 2000,
though our late director ƌ͘ ZŽďĞƌƚ KƌŶĚƵī was monitoring
the lone wild population long before then. This year we are
monitoring the results of a direct seeding of the lone wild site
done in January 2014. There are currently only four plants of
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that number in the near future.
The drought re-directed efforts of the Garden and our
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stored for use this fall and in the future for direct sowing in the
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populations. There is currently only one population in the wild.
ƵƌĂƚŽƌ ,ŽůůǇ &ŽƌďĞƐ was recently asked to serve on the US
Fish & Wildlife Service’s Recovery Implementation Team for
this species.
native plants. She is also making a herbarium voucher sheet of
each sampled plant. She has made 67 collections to date and her
project will continue through 2014.
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'ĂŝŶĞƐǀŝůůĞ requested and received
cuttings of several species in the laurel
family (Lauraceae). They are studying
resistance to the devastating non-native
laurel wilt disease that is currently found
in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
and Louisiana. Laurel wilt is a deadly
disease of redbay (Persea borbonia)
and other tree species in the laurel
family (which includes avocado). The
disease is caused by a fungus (Raffaelea
lauricola) that is introduced into host
trees by a non-native insect, the redbay
ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus).
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ǦƪƤȋƪ) is taking up much of the Garden nursery space. The two-gallon cans
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Chilean shrub, Aextoxicum punctatum.
He is studying evolutionary relationships in the small plant
We are growing on plants of Tiburon paintbrush
group Berberidopsidales (the monotypic Aextoxicaceae
(&DVWLOOHMD DI¿QLV ssp. neglecta) for many more months than
family of Chile, and the Berberidopsidaceae family with
planned. The Tiburon paintbrush will be out-planted southeast
two genera, one each in Chile and in Australia). Seeds of the
of San Jose this fall in an attempt to increase its numbers in
the wild.
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Katherine Greenberg is a garden designer and author with
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generation Californian, Katherine was born in Monterey County
and currently lives in Lafayette.
Katherine has designed a number of gardens in the Bay
Area and a private garden in Jerusalem. Her Lafayette garden has
been featured in a number of publications, and it was selected
for a Garden Design Green Award in 2010. She has also taught
classes at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, the UC Botanical
Garden, and Merritt College, and her articles have appeared in
3DFL¿F +RUWLFXOWXUH and The Mediterranean Garden journal.
Her book, Growing California Native Plants, 2nd edition, was
published by the University of California Press in 2012 and can
be purchased in the Garden Shop.
The founding president of the Friends of the Regional
Parks Botanic Garden (1996-2000), Katherine is also past
president of the Mediterranean Garden Society (2000-2004) and
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The improved Family Plus level is a great way to leverage your
membership dollar! As always, members at this level receive
unlimited Garden admission for up to four adults and four
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offering FREE admission for two adults to over 1,000 museums
and gardens nationwide! Local offerings include such prestigious
museums as San Francisco’s de Young and the Oakland Art
Museum.
Celebrate, honor and remember with an inscribed brick in the
Garden’s Tribute Plaza. To give you an idea of the diversity of
design options, below are the Garden’s most recent additions to
the Tribute Plaza. Bricks of varying sizes can be purchased for
$500 or $1000.
One Family Plus member commented that her membership
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to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Another Family Plus
member visited the Oakland Art Museum for free and even had
her parking validated, saving a total of $35 in just one visit. For
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earn your money back - and then some! At an annual rate of just
$125, Family Plus offers a fantastic value, allowing members to
support the Garden while making every dollar count.
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,ŽŶŽƌ Ă ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŵŽƌĂƚĞ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ
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Tribute gifts are a special way to honor cherished friends and
families and to commemorate those special occasions that
represent important milestones throughout our lives. The Garden
has many unique and meaningful ways to mark the important
moments in our lives and support the Garden with a fully taxdeductible gift.
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collections, the Garden serves as an oasis of peace and serenity.
It is an opportunity for visitors to escape the frantic pace of
contemporary life and seek the serenity only a setting like the UC
Botanical Garden affords. Tribute benches placed throughout the
Garden’s 34 acres provide a confortable spot upon which visitors
can rest, relax and rejuvenate both body and soul. The placement
of the bench determines the investment cost of $15,000 to
$20,000.
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Help preserve and maintain the Garden’s priceless collection by
adopting a tree. Your adoption will fund an interpretive panel for
your tree, enabling the Garden to share its history of conservation
with thousands of Garden visitors each year. You will receive a
personal dedication on the panel and the satisfaction of making
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and conservation. Tree adoptions start at $7500, are fully tax
deductible and may be applied towards University class gifts and
giving societies.
BOTANICAL
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Magnolia sharpii
BOTANICAL
GARDEN
at BERKELEY
Glyptostrobus
pensilis
Chinese Swamp Cypress
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Collected by Dr. Bruce Bartholomew,
Garden Curator, and Dr. Dennis
Breedlove of the California Academy
of Sciences, in 1981, Magnolia sharpii
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valley of Chiapas, Mexico.
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understory trees such as M. sharpii.
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appear in May. The glossy green
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of the southern magnolia (M.
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to bald cypress (Taxodium),
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pear-shaped, long-stalked
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family and friends.
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Project cost: $3000. Please contact the Garden’s Director of
Development at [email protected] or call 510-643-2937.
We are pleased to offer all
current UC Botanical Garden
Members and Cal Affiliates a
10% discount on purchases
at The Urban Farmer Store,
the helpful source for all your
landscape lighting, water
feature, and irrigation needs.
Simply show your membership card at the time of purchase.
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SAN FRANCISCO
2833 Vicente St.
94116
(415) 661-2204
MILL VALLEY
653 East Blithedale
94941
(415) 380-3840
Corner 40th Ave in the Sunset
Next door to Sloat Garden Center
RICHMOND ANNEX
2121 San Joaquin St.
94804
(510) 524-1604
Exit Central Ave oﬀ I-80 & I-580
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The Garden is searching for a donor(s) willing to underwrite
the purchase of two concrete planters to house these wonderful
Dypsis ambositrae palms. Not only will the new planters provide
a more hospitable environment in which these lovely specimens
can grow and thrive, they will provide a more pleasing aesthetic
to the conference center patio effectively extending useful terrace
space. This would be a wonderful way to memorialize someone
special in your life.
Summer / Fall 2013
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GARDEN NOTES
,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚ ŽƌŝŶĂ ZŝĞĚĞƌ
joined the Garden staff in the
Spring of 2013 and maintains
the Tropical House and Orchid
Fern & Carnivorous Plant House
Collections. She has a Nursery
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Merritt College, a Bachelor of Arts
in German Language & Literature
from San Francisco State University
and attended the sculpture program
at the Kunstgewerbeschüle in
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Basel, Switzerland. Some of the
horticultural positions Corina has held include Gardener for the
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S.F. Conservatory of Flowers, Production Assistant at Annie’s
Annuals, and even some years here at the Garden as a Volunteer
Propagator.
,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚ ƌĂŶĚŝ ŝĚĞ joined
the staff in August 2013. After
graduating from The Evergreen
State College with a focus in
chemistry, she worked for 8 years
at the Desert Botanical Garden
in Phoenix, AZ as the propagator,
conservation collections manager
and collections manager of
Agavaceae, Aloaceae and NonCactus Succulents. Prior to that,
she managed a hardware store and
nursery in Washington state. Her
love of plants and the environment has led her down a rewarding
path working at botanical gardens alongside passionate individuals
and has enabled her to teach and share her appreciation of nature
while enjoying the outdoors each day.
Jonathan Goodrich
ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ sŝƐŝƚŽƌ
ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ 'ŽŽĚƌŝĐŚ
joined the staff in September
2013. He was most recently
Associate Head of Education for
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at UCB for 7 years.
There he oversaw the public face
of the museum, which included
the store, tours, docents and
volunteers, social media, as well as
the educational offerings. Prior to
that, he worked as an archaeologist
for ten years specializing in California. He has a master’s degree
in museum studies from John F. Kennedy University, and a BA
in anthropology from UCB. Jonathan enjoys understanding more
about the natural world, working with the public, and invites
suggestions on ways to improve the visitor experience overall at
the Garden.
Copiapoa haseltoniana is one of thousands of accessions
Ǥ
ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƵƌĂƚŽƌ ĂƌďĂƌĂ <ĞůůĞƌ, with assistance from
,ŽƌƟĐƵůƚƵƌŝƐƚƐ ƌǇĂŶ 'ŝŵ and ĂƐŝů DĞĚĞŝƌŽƐ and several
volunteers, completed an inventory of the Arid House collection.
Every pot was reviewed for current taxonomy, resulting in
hundreds of new labels throughout the collection.
The Garden hosted a workshop for the western region of
the ^ĞŶƟŶĞůWůĂŶƚEĞƚǁŽƌŬ (SPN) in February. A joint program
of the American Public Gardens Association and the National
Plant Diagnostic Network of the US Department of Agriculture,
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workshop, representing public gardens from Alaska to southern
California.
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completed. With support from the UCB Capital Renewal
Committee, the irrigation system in a portion of the Asian Area was
replaced, a new main irrigation line running through the Garden
was partially replaced, and an automated irrigation controller was
installed. A multi-year project, the campus has already committed
funds to continue replacing the irrigation system in the rest of the
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our water use, while saving valuable staff time for direct work in
the plant collection.
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THE GARDEN SHOP
The UCBG
Mug Collection
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opportunity to support the Garden – and go home with a
plant, a meaningful gift or memento of the visit – at the
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into the Garden to allow for the continuation of the Garden mission.
And the cycle continues…
Emphasizing products from local vendors, the Shop,
in turn supports the community at large. From the plants that are
propagated on-site to the local honey, teas, jewelry, and other gift
items purchased to sell - where possible, local vendors are the source
for the items featured in the Shop.
The UCBG Garden Mug Collection showcases the
collaboration between local artistic talent and the Garden.
Manufactured in the USA, each mug comes with a special card
insert describing the characteristics of the featured species and its
relationship to the Garden. Using botanical and faunal illustrations
from local artists to adorn this special proprietary collection, the
UCBG Garden Mugs make practical, beautiful gifts and mementoes!
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is a saturated rose red, Lapageria range in color from white, cream, blush
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A year-round Garden resident and breeding bird, the California Quail is most
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ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ ǁŝůĚ ƌŽƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚƌƵď ŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ EŽƌƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ
ŽĐĐƵƌƐĂƚĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶƐƵƉƚŽϭϴϬϬŵ;ϲ͕ϬϬϬŌͿ͘/ƚŐƌŽǁƐƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇŝŶŵŽŝƐƚƐŝƚĞƐ͕
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ŇŽǁĞƌƐďůŽŽŵŝŶŐĨƌŽŵDĂǇƚŽKĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ƌŝůůŝĂŶƚƌĞĚƌŽƐĞŚŝƉƐƌĞŵĂŝŶŽŶƚŚĞ
ƉůĂŶƚĂŌĞƌďůŽŽŵŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĂƐŽƵƌĐĞŽĨĨŽŽĚĨŽƌǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ͘/ůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶďǇ
Maria Cecilia Freeman
Visit The Garden Shop or call 510-642-3812 for more information.
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PLAN YOUR VISIT TO THE GARDEN
Check for the latest news and events on our web site:
:ŽŝŶĂƚŽƵƌ͗ Free without reservation every Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 pm. Join a docent near The
Garden Shop for an hour or so and learn about special plants.
ƌŝŶŐĂŐƌŽƵƉĨŽƌĂƚŽƵƌ͗ Contact our Tour Coordinator at
510-643-7265 or [email protected] before the 15th of
the month prior to your tour date. Various kinds of tours
are described in our tour brochure and on our web site:
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WĂĐŬĂůƵŶĐŚ͗ Enjoy your lunch on one of the many
Garden benches or tables located throughout the Garden.
Bring a camera or binoculars to see the dozens of
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Take a class or workshop, meet fellow enthusiasts.
Attend the plant sales, everyday and on special occasions,
next up ^ƉƌŝŶŐWůĂŶƚ^ĂůĞ (Note: New times and dates!):
DĞŵďĞƌƐ͛^ĂůĞ | Saturday, April 26 | 4 pm - 7 pm
WƵďůŝĐ^ĂůĞ | Sunday, April 27 | 9 am - 2 pm
If you haven’t already, become a member and enjoy
free admission all year.
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Dr. Paul Licht, Director
ADMINISTRATION
Muinat Kemi Amin, Marketing & Design Manager
Nadean Lindberg, Development Director
Emily Dennis, Visitor Services Coordinator
Jonathan Goodrich, Associate Director, Visitor Experience
Deepa Natarajan, Program Coordinator
Grace Weltner, Volunteer & Tours Coordinator
Margaret Richardson, Rental Coordinator
Nancy Rosenlund, Shop Manager
COLLECTIONS and HORTICULTURE
Dr. Christopher Carmichael,
Associate Director of Collections & Horticulture
Holly Forbes, Curator
Barbara Keller, Assistant Curator
Anthony Garza,
Supervisor of Horticulture & Grounds
Ben Anderson, Horticulturist
Ken Bates, Horticulturist
Colin Baxter, Horticulturist
Brandi Eide, Horticulturist
Bryan Gim,
Horticulturist & Volunteer Propagation Program Coordinator
Peter Klement, Horticulturist
Susan Malisch, Propagator
Basil Medeiros, Horticulturist
Meghan Ray, Horticulturist
Corina Rieder, Horticulturist
Eric Schulz, Horticulturist
Elaine Sedlack, Horticulturist
Rick Boyer, Building & Grounds Maintenance
Thomas Bridgman, Facilities Maintenance
EDUCATION
Christine Manoux, Education Program Manager
FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. David Ackerly, Integrative Biology
Dr. Tom Carlson, Integrative Biology
Dr. Lewis Feldman, Chair, Plant and Microbial Biology
Dr. Bruce Baldwin, Integrative Biology
Dr. Todd Dawson, Integrative Biology
Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant and Microbial Biology
Dr. John Taylor, Plant and Microbial Biology
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Dr. Tim Gregory, Stemcentrics
Dr. Chelsea Specht, Plant & Microbial Biology
UC BOTANICAL GARDEN ADVISORY BOARD
Tim Gregory (Chair)
Dr. Robert Arathoon
James W. Bruner, Jr.
Julia Burke
Dr. Beth Burnside
Ramona Davis
Dr. Lewis J. Feldman
Robert Ferber
Katherine Greenberg
Pamela Grossman
Jon Hartung
Curtis R. Hoffman
Suanne Inman
Daniel W. Johnson
Ken Kuchman
Jim Landau
Warwick May
Judith Moorad
Norman Pease
Cynthia Plambeck
Mary Porter
Ann Reynolds
Pat Rudebusch
John Scharffenberger
Jill Wilson
NEWSLETTER
Holly Forbes, Editor
Muinat Kemi Amin, Graphic Design
Garden contact information is available on our website.
Call 510-643-2755 for more information.
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu
The Newsletter is published by the University of
California Botanical Garden with support from memberships.
©UC Regents 2014. Articles may be reprinted with
credit to the authors and the UC Botanical Garden.
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