Botanical Encounters

NEXT MEETING: Horticulture Of The Aztecs - Then And Now, With Julio Estrada, April 19, 2025, 1:30p, In-person At Oasis Rancho Bernardo

Julio Estrada and friend. Horticulture of the Aztecs - Then and Now, With Julio Estrada, April 19, 2025, 1:30p, In-person At Oasis Rancho...

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Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Savanna The next few columns...

10 hours ago

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Shepherd's Trees Our last view of Mashatu in our December 2024...

Feb 1

Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Mashatu (Nyala) Tree Let’s set the scene for the Mashatu...

Dec 1, 2024

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2024. Kalahari Desert Shrubs So far, most of our botanical encounters...

Oct 1, 2024

Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. The Okavango Delta - Drought, Wildfire and Climate Change...

Aug 1, 2024

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Fever Tree Featuring the fever tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, takes...

Jun 1, 2024

Photos and text by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Atlas Cedar The Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, forests of Morocco are...

Apr 1, 2024