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Desert Diary – Mae Ferral

Thursday, September 23 – 7 pm
Via Zoom – members will receive an email link

This month’s meeting departs from the world of gardening as long-time SPPC member Mae Ferral shares her experience as a Japanese-American child imprisoned at Topaz Internment Camp in central Utah.  Eight-year old Mae kept an illustrated diary of her experience which is the focus of a recent book, Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire by Michael O. Tunnell.

A Journey Through California’s Biotic Bounty

Thursday – October 28 – 7 pm

Genelle Treaster, owner of All Things Wild, presents an exciting tour through California’s bountiful biotic zones.  Learn why plants occur where they do and how they’ve adapted to diverse conditions.  Walk away enlightened by the big natural picture of our state as well as tangible ways to apply conservation to your own yard and community.

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Spring Snapshots from Member Gardens
Groundcover type yellow rose
Yellow bloom on cactus
Goodbye Love in a Mist - Terri
Geraniaceae geramium - Terri
Hello Nigella pods - Terri
Abutilon-Little-Imp-frames-pelargonium-and-alstromeria - LH
Many old Roses and companion plants including heuchera - AC
White Clematis - JM
Rosa ‘Pink Gruss an Aachen’ - Cheryl
Cupani-Sweet-Peas-and-heritage-rose-Archduke-Charles-framing-statue-Ceres - AC
Azaleas-and-foxgloves -EA
Valley-Oak-crimson-pygmy-barberry-Rosada-coral-bells-Canyon-Snow-pacific-coast-hybrid-iris-and-blue-butterfly-flower-LVK
Patio Pots - B&PK
Garden happiness signage - JM
Ward's Ruby azalea - B&PK
Japanese maples - B&PK
Lady bug on native yarrow flower - LVK
'Siskiyou' wooly sunflower ground cover and native yarrow - LVK
Poppies and woolly thyme - EA
Happy succulents - Day
Tradescatia 'Sweet Kate' and Iris pallida 'Vaiegata' - AC
Front walkway - Day
Echium-Tower-of-Jewels-foreground-Bignoria-capreolata-Tangerine-Beauty-on-fence - Cheryl
Periwinkle clematis - JM
Abutilon-megapotamicum-hoving-above-Melianthus-villous-Honey-Bush - Cheryl
Message from mystery neighbor - Day

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