The popular Wayne Roderick Lecture series of free public lectures, on a broad array of topics related to plants and natural history, has returned. The series takes place on Saturday mornings starting at 10:30 AM and begin at the Garden’s Visitor Center auditorium. The schedule for 2023-4 is:
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- November 4: Bart O’Brien – The Botanic Garden’s Manzanita Collection part 1: East of Wildcat Creek. This will be a walking tour in the Garden.
- November 11: Bart O’Brien – The Botanic Garden’s Manzanita Collection part 2: West of Wildcat Creek. This will be a walking tour in the Garden.
- November 18: Bob Case – In person lecture: The Plants of the Lewis and Clark “Voyage of Discovery.”
- November 25: Thanksgiving weekend break
- December 2: Glenn Keator – In person lecture: Flora of Mt. Diablo
- December 9: Troy Stephens – In person lecture: A Tour of Northern Oaxaca
- December 16: Walker Young – In person lecture: An Excursion to the Eastern Mojave
- December 23: Kiamara Ludwig – In person lecture: Patagonia!
- December 30: Holiday break
- January 6: Kaleb Goff – Online (YouTube recording): Sierra Nevada and Great Basin Alpine Plant Communities in a Changing Climate.
- January 13: Michael Uhler – In person lecture: A Botanical Ascent of Tower Peak; Beauty and Solitude Along the Way to the Northern Terminus of the High Sierra.
- January 20: Dr David Nelson – In person lecture: The Rare Flora of San Bruno Mountain.
- January 27: Nina House – In person lecture: Flora of Manter and Salmon Creek watersheds in Tulare County in the Southern Sierra Nevada.
- February 3: Ben Anderson – In person lecture: Fungi of the East Bay’s Oak Woodlands.
- February 10: POSTPONED
- February 17: Marcus Tamura – In person lecture: A Calochortus Crusade: Varied Habitats and Plant Communities.
- February 24: Dee Himes – In person lecture: Flora of the Western Himalaya.
- March 2: Celia Ronis – In person lecture: Flora of Crete.
Bart O’Brien’s talk on highlights of the Patagonian flora will be given in the next season of Wayne Roderick lectures (November 2024 through February 2025).
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