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Past
Program
FEBRUARY
24,2009
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The Garden
Club of Los Altos was pleased to present |
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William
MCNamara |
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Director of Quarryhill Botanical Garden, Glen
Ellen |
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"The
Edge of the World Revisited" |
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Entrance to Quarryhill |
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By the end of
this century, botanists estimate we will have lost 40% of plant
species to extinction. That's why there are Modern Day Plant
Hunters, like William McNamara who trek to the wilds of Asia
rescuing these plants for propagation preservation. |
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Dr. McNamara grew
up in Palo Alto, and got hooked on horticulture while working
at a nursery as a teenager. |
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He will tell us
about this fascinating work, which he does in co-operation with
Royal Botanical Garden in Edinburgh (our 2008
September speaker Robert Unwin is one of his fellow explorers),
and several other Botanical gardens throughout the world. |
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Quarryhill has
one of the largest colections of scientifically documented wild
source temperate Asian plants in North America. The Garden has
participated in annual plant collecting expeditions to China,
Japan, Nepal, India, Taiwan & Cambodia to collect seeds and
herbarium specimens. |
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Bill welcomes
us to come & visit the garden anytime! |
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For more information
on Quarryhill just
follow this link |
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A cool retreat |
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Overview of Quarryhill |
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