Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m. WILD FOOD WALKABOUT In this class, we’ll walk about the watershed area in search of the seasonal plants. After our rains, we'll see lots of the greens that develop in winter and spring in California. Who knows? We might even see mushrooms,...
LUNCHTIME PLANT WALK IN THE ARROYO
LUNCHTIME BOTANICAL WALK Thursday, October 26, Noon Starting from the Casting ponds / Archery range, we’ll walk in a section of the Arroyo Seco and see lots of Native California Plants. You'll learn about their history and unique traditional uses from the Old Days. We’ll be near the original Busch...
FORAGING FOR GINKGO (Ginkgo biloba)
Botanists believed that the Ginkgo biloba tree was extinct, but then it was found in a Chinese Buddhist monastery in the 1700s, where specimens were being cultivated. Once it was rediscovered, ginkgo has been cultivated and spread all over the world as an ornamental and street tree. It is popular...