winter-spring 2002 botanical garden university of california berkeley newsletter

Volume 27, Number 1& 2 Published by the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL GARDEN at Berkeley Winter/Spring 2002

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The improvement that is most obvious to visitors is theArid House, the first automatically climate-controlledglasshouse in the Garden. The house stands tall and elegant,inviting visitors seeking warmth and shelter from the winterrains, and providing exciting new views of our spectacularcollection of cacti, succulents, and caudiciform plants. Welook forward to developing new interpretive materials for thiscollection. In addition, the southern exterior wall of the AridHouse once again sports a beautiful display of xerophytic

The Garden in 2002 presents a peaceful but hopeful con-trast to its own past year’s cacophany of construction.

Gone for the moment are the ringing of wreckers, the ham-mering of carpenters, and the whining of saws. In their placeare numerous visible and some less-obvious improvements; somany that it is difficult to describe them all.

Capital ProjectsUtility upgrades, which rent the Garden with trenches last

year, left in their wake few visible traces but greatly improvedfunctionality. For the first time in Garden history, there istelephone and data service to both the Conference Centerand the corporate yard.

2001 ANNUAL REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES

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LEFT: Clinton Regas, a UC Berkeley horticulture student, helps withthe big move of plants into the new Arid House. RIGHT: UC BerkeleyPublic Information Representative Bob Sanders is shown around thenewly opened laboratory in the Plant Conservation Research Center by the Director, Ellen Simms.Ph

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ferns, those intriguing, almost paradoxical denizens of dryhabitats.

The new restrooms behind the Arid House opened thiswinter, providing the first such public facilities at the Gardenentrance.

The new spring flowering habitat display of bulbs andsucculents of the South African Karroo was funded by donorRobert Ferber. This Southern Africa Area renovation projectincluded placement of massive boulders by master rockworker Philip Johnson and a collecting trip to South Africaby area horticulturist Lawrence Lee.

The Plant Conservation Research Center (PCRC), a $2.2 million state-funded project, had its grand opening in February. This facility exemplifies the Garden’s strong new commitment to on-site plant research, and features aconference room, research offices, and a modern molecularlaboratory.

ResearchYou will see in this review that the Garden has made majorstrides in research over the past three years. Further, theimportance of the Garden collection to science has grown as

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The Garden will not be simply resting on its laurels. Amajor focus of new projects will be Garden Collections and Research.

■ With Cal’s Capital Projects group we are currently design-ing the Jane Gray Research Greenhouse. This project, fund-ed by $2.1 million in state and private funds, will add over3600 square feet of urgently needed research greenhousespace to the Garden.

■ The irrigation system is the Garden’s thin wet lifeline.Were it to fail, some areas of the Garden would be lost in amatter of weeks. Even the mediterranean climate sections ofthe Garden depend on occasional irrigation during periodsof drought. Fortunately, the campus has allocated $400,000in deferred maintenance funds for Phase I replacement ofour aging irrigation system.

■ Additional state monies are committed to renovating aportion of the Asian section that slid into Strawberry Creek

during the last El Nino. The renovation is designed to staveoff future slides.

■ The Garden’s last comprehensive Master Plan was com-pleted in 1982, with several smaller planning efforts in theintervening years. The many changes in the Garden, its mis-sion, and its role in the university make creating a new MasterPlan crucially important for guiding the Garden’s future activ-ities, especially capital projects and program development.

■ It is particularly important that we improve the Gardenentrance. Of course, a more aesthetically pleasing entrancewill not directly improve the academic or scholarly perfor-mance of the Garden. However, visitors entering the Garden should encounter an entrance that bespeaks theGarden’s international prestige among botanical scholars andengenders the respect that our collection deserves. Whilethis project has been discussed for many years, the currentstrong management team, supported by improved coordina-tion with campus will ensure that this important projectreaches completion.

THE FUTURE

Edward Luby, Administrative Coordinator of the BerkeleyNatural History Museums group, reads one of the poster displaysreporting research done by graduate students at the PlantConservation Research Center.

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molecular techniques in plant evolution and other fieldsrequire fresh plant material from a wide variety of plant taxa.With 2,738 genera represented in our collection, the Gardencollections are used by plant biologists from around theworld, making it one of the most important sources for thistype of material. The work of students, postdoctoral studentsand visiting scholars at the new Plant Conservation ResearchCenter is detailed in the Research section of this review.

The research, staff, and capital improvements at theGarden signal its stronger relationship with campus, one thatis better supported and coordinated in a mutually beneficialway. The Garden benefits from access to previously unavail-able resources and the campus benefits from increased stu-dent and faculty use of this world-renowned garden.

Another aspect of the Garden’s stronger relationship withcampus is more active affiliation with museum-related cam-pus units. I am excited by the institutional growth of theBerkeley Natural History Museums (BNHM) and thefounding of the California Biodiversity Center (CBC), anewly funded organized research unit. The Garden is animportant player in each of these units.

The BNHM is a consortium of six institutions on theUC Berkeley campus (UC Botanical Garden, Phoebe HearstMuseum of Anthropology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,Museum of Paleontology, University and Jepson Herbaria,and Essig Museum of Entomology) dedicated to researchingand conserving the earth’s biodiversity. These museumstogether encompass some of the world’s most valuable natur-al history and anthroplogy collections. Their unique synthe-sis of research, teaching, outreach and collections allows in-depth insights into the history and evolution of life.

The Garden is also an active participant in the CaliforniaBiodiversity Center. I am currently acting director of thisORU, which provides new synergism between museum-based research on phylogenetics and historical biogeographyand field station-based research on species interactions andecosystem processes. Both lines of research are crucial tounderstanding and predicting how organisms will respond torapidly changing California environments. The Garden hasan important role in this new unit because we facilitate bothmuseum-based and field-based modes of inquiry.

—Ellen Simms

The Second Annual UCBG Garden Party, 2001, was held on a glorious day in June. Over 300 partygoers sampled delicious wine and foodfrom our generous supporters, such as vintner Peter Franus (right), enjoying jazz performed by the Young Musicians’ Program and reveling inthe Garden at the peak of the early summer flowering. The new Arid House opening ceremony was held in conjunction with the GardenParty. The UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Beth Burnside (left), officiated—she took great delight in wielding an appropriatelyhuge pair of garden shears to cut the ribbon! Many, many thanks to all of those who volunteered, donated, and enjoyed the Garden Party—and raising over $11,000 toward Garden operations in the process.

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SUDDEN OAK DEATH

What is Sudden Oak Death?

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is causedby a pathogen that can infect andrapidly kill a number of species ofnative and non-native trees andshrubs. Afflicted oaks are girdled asinfected tissue dies, and the trees dierapidly, sometimes within a fewweeks. Other host species experiencedamage to leaves or young shoots;some plants may die while othersappear to live with the infection.

The pathogen is a previouslyunknown species of Phytophthora,named Phytophthora ramorum. It is atype of water mold (Oomycete) relat-ed to the pathogen that caused theIrish potato famine.

How does SOD spread?

Although it is not currently knownhow P. ramorum spreads from infect-ed to healthy hosts, relatedPhytophthora species are spread bywater, soil, and infected plant materi-al. During wet weather, infectedhosts such as California bay andmadrone produce spores that can besplashed around by raindrops andspread by surface and ground water.There is also some evidence thatSOD may be spread through the air.Perhaps the most important mode ofspread—particularly long distance—is through transport of infectedplants and plant parts.

Where is SOD in the Gardenand how did it get here?

Here in the Garden SOD was initial-ly discovered in California bay treesin undeveloped parts of ourCalifornia Area. Subsequently it hasbeen found in several other hostspecies. We are not sure how the dis-ease arrived at the Garden, but westrongly suspect it is present through-out the area and in East Bay in gener-al. Currently most of the testing inBerkeley and Oakland has been con-fined to campus lands; further testingis needed to reveal the full extent ofinfection in our area.

What does it mean that theUCBG is “quarantined”?

Currently state and federal regula-tions make it illegal to move plantsand plant parts of host species fromAlameda County, one of ten quaran-tined counties in the state. Becausewe do not know the range of infectedplants here at the Garden the deci-sion was made to temporarily sus-pend sale of plants so as not to inad-vertently spread the disease. In thefuture we hope to be able to sell non-

host plants on our sales deck andthrough our plant sales. We stillbring plants into the Garden for ourcollection, and the Garden is open tothe public and available toresearchers.

What can I do to reduce thespread of SOD?Whether here in the BotanicalGarden or while hiking in areas ofmajor SOD infection, such as inparts of Marin and Santa CruzCounties, taking some basic precau-tions can reduce the spread of thisdisease. Avoid muddy areas, respectarea closures, and stay on paved pathsand roads when the ground is wet.Do not collect wood, plant parts, orsoil from affected areas.

Can SOD be eradicated fromthe Garden, or from the statein general?

Eradication of this pathogen is bio-logically and physically impossible.There are at present no large-scalemethods available to save wildlandplants. However, Cal researchers andothers are experimenting with treat-ment efforts aimed at controlling andperhaps even eliminating the organ-ism from individual infected plants.

Where can I get more information about SOD?

www.suddenoakdeath.orgwww.cnr.berkeley.edu/sod

— Chris Carmichael


EDUCATION

San Francisco, College ofAlameda, College of Marin,College of San Mateo,College of the Sequoias,College of Writing, ContraCosta College, CSUHayward, Diablo ValleyCollege, Laney College,Merritt College, MillsCollege, Rudolf SteinerCollege, SF State Univ.,St. Mary’s College, andVista College. Examplesof these courses are gen-eral biology, botany, hor-ticulture, photography,native plants, medicinal

plants, tree taxono-my, ecology, andenvironmentalmicrobiology.

Plant materialsare provided tomany college-levelcourses. Plant col-lectors employed byIntegrative Biologyand Plant &

Microbial Biology collect thousands of plant samples fromthe Garden for laboratory courses, including: Bio 1A, Bio1B, Plant & Microbial Biology 110, IB 15, IB 107, IB 181.Garden staff provided class materials for Anthropology (Prof.Hastorf ), Primitive Angiosperms (UC Davis, Prof. Doyle),and for other local colleges (especially Merritt College andDiablo Valley College).

The discovery of the Sudden Oak Death pathogenthroughout the UC Berkeley campus had a significantimpact on the distribution of class materials. Non-host mate-rials going off-campus were put through a 10% bleach dipand we required the recipients to destroy the samplesthrough heat treatment when classroom use was finished. Wedid not distribute host species from the Garden.

—Holly Forbes and Chris Carmichael

The Garden continues toserve as an important

teaching resource for theBerkeley campus and manycolleges and universities inthe region. Numerous UCand other classes visit as partof scheduled instruction,and the Garden also providesliving plant material forclassroom use. The Gardensupports the education mis-sion of the University, in part,by waiving admission fees forindividuals from institutionswishing to use the collectionsas part of their curriculum. Inacknowledging the Garden fol-lowing a plant taxonomy classvisit, Prof. Robert Patterson ofSan Francisco State Universitystated: “I take my class to theGarden each spring, and it isalways a high point of thecourse…My only regret is that wecannot make more visits over thesemester. Please count us as strongsupporters of the garden as a premier educational resource inthe Bay Area.”

25 UC Berkeley courses (1,621 students) made 38 visitsto the Garden, including courses from the Departments ofIntegrative Biology, Environmental Science, Policy, andManagement, Plant & Microbial Biology, Art, UC Extension,the Graduate School of Journalism, and the JepsonHerbarium. Course topics this year included general biology,medicinal plants, tree taxonomy, physiological plant ecology,garden design, writing, and English as a Second Language.

45 non-UCB college-level courses (764 students) from19 institutions visited the Garden, including: the AmericanCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine (San Francisco),Brigham Young University, Chabot College, City College of

Seventy college-level courses made 83 class visits—a total of 2,385 students—to the Garden during 2001 as part of their class work.

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OUTREACH

During the past year the Outreach Program maintainedtwo major thrusts. The first featured the Garden’s

outstanding living collection in tours, classes and workshopsin the Garden by K-12 students and their teachers and bythe general public. The second major thrust continued support for school reform efforts and preparation of pre-college students to succeed at the University of Californiathrough activities that take Garden staff out to schools andcommunity sites.

Exhibitions introduced students and the general public tothe diversity of our scientific collection. Additionally we pro-duced effective curriculum materials that significantlyimpacted the basic education of students who participated.K-12 students received pre- and post-visit activities as well asan intensive tour of the Foods of the America exhibition.Over 900 people participated in 35 diverse scientific andhorticultural classes and instructional events on topics rang-ing from plant biodiversity, pollinators in the garden, rosepruning, ethnobotany and California redwoods.

With the assistance of volunteers, the Garden producedself-guided tours on the following topics — the four seasons,the serpentine plants collection, Chinese Medicinal HerbGarden, fiber and dye plants, and edible plants of theMexico/ Central American and South American areas.Additionally, we produced a preview edition of a “Water-Wise Gardening Tour” of the Garden’s collection, which wassupported by the East Bay Municipal Utility District.

Garden Outreach Programs that support K-12 school reform

Two major grants fund the Garden’s outreach activities insupport of school-wide reform through instructional curricu-

Type of ActivityNo. of General

Public No. of Teachers

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Docent -led tours 7,000 500 7,000

Self-guided brochures production/use 10,500

Green Stuff Summer Camp 150

Exhibit Programs 1,200 61 3,250

Classes/workshops for the public 910

Outreach Use of Garden’s Scientific Collection

Samantha Garcia, UCBG Camp Green Stuff counselor, givingcampers’ newly planted seeds some water.

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Willard and Martin Luther King Jr. middle schools inBerkeley. Results from two recent Masters theses, which eval-uated the effectiveness of the teaching material, were present-ed at professional meetings during this reporting period.

Exciting Teacher Training During this last year, extensive efforts were made to dis-

seminate the two classroom units into diverse garden pro-grams and into communi-ty garden programs,including after-schooldaycare, school clubs,community summercamps, Girl Scout troopsand latchkey programs.Over 500 teachers regu-larly teach each unit totheir classes in California.These teaching units con-tinue to prove flexible fordifferent modes of incor-poration in differentschools. At one schoolone teacher taught theBotany On Your Plate unitto all second grade stu-dents. At another school,each second grade teacherelected to teach the same

unit to his or her ownstudents. Feedbackshows that bothapproaches are success-ful in teaching contentand thinking skills to

lum packages. These curricula integrate science and matheducational goals into school garden settings as well as teachscientific content and promote analytical skills. A $275,000grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)was augmented with a $500,000 renewal grant. The newHHMI grant will support electronic dissemination of gar-den-related curricula, teacher training, and training for par-ents to help them become more effective volunteers in theirchildren’s schools. Twoteaching units, Botany onYour Plate and CaliforniaHabitats Alive!, tie a varietyof educational goals intodiverse school garden pro-grams. Development ofthe units involved teach-ers, parents and communi-ty members in gardenactivities. Through modelteaching to faculty in ourfive partnership schools,the project has successfullydemonstrated that itsapproach to model teach-ing for in-service teachersleads to faculty buy-in andincorporation of the teach-ing units into classroomcurricula beyond thosedirectly reached by projectstaff. These partnershipschools are Oxford andMalcolm X elementaryschools in Berkeley, Lazearand Burbank elementaryschools in Oakland, and

No.of Parents/Other Adults

No. of Teachers No. of K-12 Students

Garden Outreach Programs that support K-12 school reform

Curriculum development at schools, 14,090 672 1,537community groups, and national sites

Teacher Training—In-service and Pre-service 769 35

Presentations at professional meetings 1,043 575

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seedlings from Kassenhoff Nursery were distributed to 21summer-school garden programs and community summercamps held at gardens.

During the past year, project staff participated in theplanning and construction of new community gardens atLazear and Burbank elementary schools. Additionally, project staff supervised weekend workdays during which stu-dents, parents, and community members amending the soil

and planted thetrees, shrubs, andperennials.

A $927,000grant from theNational ScienceFoundation contin-ues to support thedevelopment ofmath activities thatcan be taught ingardens. Duringthis past year, the

project teamworking onMath in theGarden devel-oped morethan 30 indi-vidual mathactivities that

have proven to be appropriate for use in community centergarden programs, in school gardens, and with diverse com-munity groups working with youth. Activities were exten-sively tested by staff at 8 partner organizations across thecountry in their various programs for youth including theBrooklyn Botanic Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden,Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Morris Arboretum, UC DavisArboretum, California 4-H summer programs, UC BotanicalGarden, and Girl Scouts. More than 1,500 youngsters fromthe ages of 5 through 13 years old were involved in develop-ing and testing these activities. Evaluations received fromthese test sites are being used to revise the activities for additional trials.

—Jennifer White

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students, but it is more fun and enriching for teachers if theyteach the unit to their own students. Based on feedback frominterviews with more than 40 elementary teachers, duringthis past year we restructured each lesson in Botany On YourPlate to be more focused on student-based inquiry, develop-ing analytical skills and teaching scientific inquiry.

Professional training in the use of program materialsoccurred in sessions at school sites, at various venues includ-ing the annualSchool GardenConference:“Sharing Successesand BestPractices,” inworkshops at various profession-al meetings acrossthe country, and in various work-shops at meetingsand events held by: California 4-H Program, UC CooperativeExtension, Bay AreaEnvironmentalEducation Resource(BAEER) Fair 2001,American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta(AABGA), Ag in the Classroom, Annual Meeting ofCalifornia School Board Members School Garden BestPractices, Teacher Workshop for Alameda County, HowardHughes Medical Institute, SF Bay Area Girl Scouts CouncilDiscoveree, Bay Area Math Project summer institute, BayArea Science Project Summer institute for teachers, 4-Hleaders workshops, California Science Teachers Associationconference, California Kindergarten Association Conference,Girls in Math and Science Conference, AAAS After SchoolConference, PINET, Orinda Union School District TeacherTraining Workshops, and the Earth Day Celebration at theWest Contra Costa County Recycling Center.

The Garden continued to develop partnerships with localnurseries to donate seedlings and seeds to be used in theGarden’s programs at local school gardens. More than 1500

UC Berkeley undergraduate Paige Williams teaches Botany on Your Plate in a localclassroom.

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MEMBERSHIP

During 2001 we reworked ourmembership structure in order to

better serve our current members andattract new ones too! The new mem-bership structure emphasizes our tiesto the university and our local com-munity—many of whom are alums—by offering a new University ofCalifornia Berkeley Affiliates mem-bership level at a discounted price.Several other university units alsooffer an affiliated membership levelof this nature.

Your membership helps us maintain theGarden’s magnificent collection and keep it open for publicenjoyment. We hope that members will seek to support theGarden to the fullest!

If you have any questions please feel free to call our mem-bership administrator, Afrooz Navid on (510) 642–3690.

On Members’ Day, October 2001, Garden members took part in tours. The tour of the new Plant Conservation Research Center was led by

the Director, Dr. Ellen Simms. Kate Beckman (right photo above) enjoyed the orchids during a tour of the epiphyte collection. Stan Osofsky, a

long standing Garden member, was the winner of the teak bench raffle. This bench was donated to the Garden Party by Mike Robertory at

West Teak of Alameda. The raffle commenced at the Garden Party and was drawn on Members’ Day. The bench looked so “just right” sitting

outside our Garden Shop where it had been all summer, that Stan (pictured above left with volunteer Helene Conant) decided to donate the

bench back to the Garden—we thank both Mike and Stan for their generosity!

2001 MEMBERS DAY

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MEMBERSHIP LEVELS

Individual $35–$99Student $15Family $50–$99Supporting $100–$249Sponsor $250–$499Patron $500–$999Benefactor $1,000+Current Cal Student $10UCB Affiliate Individual $30–$99UCB Affiliate Family $45–$99

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COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH

CurationThe Garden’s collections are world wide in scope, with an

emphasis on plants from Mediterranean climates. These col-lections are arranged primarily by region of geographic origin:Asia, Australasia, California, Eastern North America,Mediterranean, Mexico/Central America, New WorldDesert, Southern Africa, and South America. Special collec-tions of succulents, epiphytes, ferns, carnivorous, and tropi-cal plants are housed in greenhouses. Ethnobotanically-focused collections, such as the Crops of the World Gardenand the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden are locatedthroughout the Garden. The extraordinary plant diversity rep-resented in the Garden is reflected in our collection statistics:

309 plant families2,738 genera9,855 species13,238 taxa20,231 living accessions Over 800 new accessions were added to the Garden in

2001. Of these, 130 are taxa new to the Garden.Noteworthy additions include 86 seed collections made byLawrence Lee during a trip to the Drakensberg Mountains ofSouth Africa; 30 seed collections of California natives madeby Roger Raiche, Holly Forbes and Nathan Smith in partialsupport of the Garden’s Seed Exchange Program; 28 collec-tions made by Nathan Smith on San Nicolas Island,California; 25 seed collections received from Quarryhill

Botanical Garden’s expedition to Sichuan Province, China infall 2000; and 32 accessions of Guatemalan plants receivedfrom Strybing Arboretum. Significant collections of epiphyticcacti were distributed from the Garden to HuntingtonBotanical Gardens and to Ganna Walska Lotusland.

Each plant or small group of plants is labeled in theGarden. Toward this end, we made 2,326 labels for Gardenaccessions in 2001. These are most evident in the California,Asia, and Mexico/Central America Areas.

International Seed Exchange ProgramHolly Forbes, Roger Raiche & Nathan Smith spent a week

in Siskiyou and Shasta Counties, California, in September2001, collecting seeds for the Garden’s biennial seed exchangelist. This list is sent to over 600 research institutions andbotanical gardens all over the world. This exchange is also thesource of much of the Garden’s new acquisitions.

ResearchThe Garden received 55 research requests. Of these we

were able to provide plant material or other resources for 41of them. These requests came from UC Berkeley (18), UCDavis (7), UCLA (1), other institutions in the U.S. (21) andforeign countries (8). All but 18 of these were to be used forsome version of DNA analysis, usually for molecular phylo-genetic (evolutionary) studies. UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students from Integrative Biology, Environmental

LEFT: Dr. Susana Magallón from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México frequently uses Garden collections for her research. ABOVE RIGHT: PCRC graduate student Richard Shefferson conducts research associated with the conservation ofendangered orchids.

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Science, Policy, and Management, Plant and MicrobialBiology, and Anthropology are included in these figures. UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate Caroline Stromberg is studyingthe spread of grasslands in North America during the Eoceneto Miocene using phytoliths, which are opal bodies precipi-tated in plant epidermal cells, especially in grasses. Strombergis building a reference collection of phytoliths from dozens ofplants growing in the Garden to aid her identification of fos-sil phytoliths.

Scientific studies at the Garden’s new PlantConservation Research CenterSand Dune Ecology and Conservation

• Graduate student Jessica Riquetti studies causes of nat-ural die-off in the invasive weed Ammophila arenaria(European beach grass). Her efforts may lead to biologicalmethods to control this plant, which reduces biotic diversityin northern and central California coastal dunes. Jessica’swork is supported by the National Science Foundation(NSF) and the UC Marine Research Center.

• Miller Postdoctoral Fellow Thomas Juenger studieshow environmental factors determine patterns of lupine dis-tribution and growth in the sand dunes at Bodega MarineReserve. Along with the project described below, thisresearch will assist planners of ecological restoration projects.

Plant – Microbe MutualismsMost plants depend on mutualists to acquire nutrients or

move pollen and seed, and plant conservation efforts mayfail if these dependencies are not considered.

• Further, because mutualists can cheat on one another,the persistence of mutualisms is an important evolutionarypuzzle. Undergraduate students Lara Cushing and IanHerriott and technician Joshua Povich work with postdoctor-al researcher D. Lee Taylor and Director Ellen Simms todetermine whether lupines can detect and punish cheating bythe nitrogen-fixing bacteria that inhabit their roots. Thiswork is supported by NSF, Sigma Xi, and the UCUndergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP). Larawas recently awarded a Biology Fellows Program summerstipend and a URAP summer stipend.

• Graduate student Richard Shefferson studies howCypripedium orchids benefit from their fungal associates,which will inform efforts to conserve these beautiful and rareorchids. Rich’s research is supported by the FurnissFoundation and the American Orchid Society, an AnheuserBusch Conservation Fellowship, the US Forest Service, andthe National Institutes of Health.

Ecological Genetics • Even the Garden’s weeds are being put to work!

Graduate student Neil Hausmann studies weedy populationsof Arabidopsis thaliana in the Garden to learn how plants

evolve drought tolerance in response to natural selection. A. thaliana has a short life span and small genome, whichmake it a popular research subject.

• Thomas Juenger uses statistical techniques withArabidopsis thaliana to determine how many genes controlecologically important plant traits such as flowering time andtolerance to stresses such as drought and insect damage.Undergraduate student Dawn Zhao is supported by a NSFResearch Experience for Undergraduates supplement to assistwith this work, which is funded by the Miller Institute forBasic Research in Science and the NSF.

Plant ConservationThe Garden is a participating institution in the national

Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), the only organizationdedicated solely to the preservation of plants in the U.S. TheGarden currently has twelve species in the CPC nationalcollection. Curator Holly Forbes and Curatorial AssistantBarbara Keller began work on a project monitoring Baker’slarkspur (Delphinium bakeri). They are collaborating withDr. Jason Koontz with grant assistance from the GeneticsResources Conservation Program at UC Davis. Dr. Koontzwill be analyzing leaf tissue in 2002 to determine the geneticvariability within this last remaining population. TheGarden was awarded two $15,000 contracts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2001 to collect seeds oftwelve federally listed plant species that occur in northernCalifornia. These seeds will be stored at the National SeedStorage Laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado and at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden’s long-term seed storagefacility. The seeds will be available for future restorationefforts as needed.

LibraryAmong many book contributions, the Garden received

two substantial donations in 2001. Many horticultural refer-ences and floristic or taxonomic treatments from the estate offormer Garden director Dr. Robert Ornduff were donated byMrs. Phyllis Faber, Dr. Douglas Stone, Dr. Peter Raven, andDr. William Culberson. An extensive collection of horticul-tural references and landscape design books were donated byMrs. Mary Lyn Cox from her personal library.

OutreachThe Garden is a joint sponsor of the annual Wildflower

Show held in the Oakland Museum. Holly Forbes, BarbaraKeller, and Nathan Smith spent three days in May 2001 col-lecting wildflowers for this show. Roger Raiche and JerryParsons, provided plant identifications and floral arrange-ments, respectively.

—Holly Forbes, Chris Carmichael and Ellen Simms


HORTICULTURE

Garden horticulturists have continued their fine work ofmaintaining, upgrading, and developing the Garden

and its collections. Manager of Collections and HorticultureChris Carmichael has been working with individual horticul-turists on plans for their sections, incorporating conceptsfrom the Academic Reviews of the Garden’s collections con-ducted several years ago and defining new areas for growthand development.

Highlights of Horticultural ActivityIn the California Area Horticulturists Nathan Smith and

Roger Raiche have turned a long-fallow bed with a majorweed problem into a new showcase of Channel Island flora.The Garden already had a good collection of this flora, andit has been supplemented by Nathan’s collecting trip to SanNicolas Island.

The first phase of renovation of the Southern Africa Areahas been completed with the opening of the Karoo section.Funded by a donation from Robert Ferber and built by mas-ter rock-worker Philip Johnson, this area is rich in bulbs and

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succulents. It displays specimens from our existing collec-tion, as well as new and exciting material collected byHorticulturist Lawrence Lee in South Africa.

Removal of diseased oaks (just plain old Armillaria, oroak-root fungus) in Asia on “China Hill” has made way fornew plantings of Rhododendron, Sorbus, and Acer. In the nearfuture this site will see a striking fall color display during leafchange. Horticulturist Elaine Sedlack has also developedthree sites that house beautiful redwood benches along thecreek under the dawn redwoods.

Bridget Lamp, Horticulturist for Eastern North Americaand Mediterranean Areas, joined the staff in June. Bridget is

making headway in moving these two sections back intogood condition.

In June we opened our new Arid House. Funded by thecampus Deferred Maintenance Program, this structurereplaced our old Desert and Rainforest House; it houses ourcollection of dry growing plants from around the word. Thestate of the art greenhouse consists of three chambers: one forexhibits and interpretation, a chamber for warm growing suc-culents and cacti and one for cool growing plants, primarilycacti. A viewing aisle runs the length of the greenhouse givingour visitors the ability to see the collection up close.

Following construction of the Arid House, ourXerophytic Fern Display was replanted and upgraded as partof a Horticulture Staff effort led by Anthony Garza.Originally supported by a grant from the CaliforniaHorticultural Society and donations from number of otherGarden supporters, this planting showcases dry growing anddesert ferns primarily from North and South America.

The fine work of our Propagator John Domzalski is seenthroughout the Garden, though few visitors get behind thescenes to see our propagation facility. John has been workingwith fern propagation equipment purchased with a grantfrom the California Horticultural Society. This equipmentallows John to give focused attention to expanding theGarden’s collection of ferns from around the world.

After a long period of relatively little attention the NewWorld Desert has seen focused work conducted by our othernew horticulturist (and Supervisor of Horticulture andGrounds) Anthony Garza.

Under the supervision of Horticulturist Judith Finn andwith volunteer and financial support from Garden volunteerDavid Gray our collection of carnivorous plants has expand-ed this past year. This material is utilized extensively in theteaching programs of both the university and the Garden.

Horticulturist Eric Schulz has recently expanded theMexico/Central American Area. He also will be incorporat-ing a new donation of high-elevation Guatemalan materialgiven to us by Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Garden.

The Garden of Old Roses continues to be a floriferousfocal point of the Garden under Horticulturist Peter Klement’sdirection. Peter updates and modifies this special collection inorder to provide our visitors with a beautiful display of roses,lavenders, and other blossoming annuals and perennials.

—Holly Forbes and Chris Carmichael

FACING PAGE TOP: Horticulturists share their expertise as a regular part

of their duties at UCBG. Here Judith Finn enlightens a group about

the Tropical House.

FACING PAGE MIDDLE: The Arisaema sikokianum (Asia Area, Bed#

239, spring flowering) is just one of the many unusual plants among

the Garden's collection of 20,231 living accessions.

FACING PAGE BOTTOM: Robert Ferber (left) is pictured here at the fall

plant sale checking out the cacti and succulents with Lawrence Lee, the

horticulturist for the new Karoo exhibit in the Southern Africa Area.

Mr Ferber sponsored the renovation of the Karoo habitat. The exhibit

particularly features spring flowering bulbs and succulents and has

many specimens in it which are increasingly endangered.

ABOVE : UCBG horticulturist for the Garden of Old Roses, Peter

Klement, is pictured here in the Garden at the peak of the rose bloom.

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VOLUNTEERS IN THE GARDEN

Our hard-working vol-unteers at the Garden

are among our most valuedand valuable assets, puttingin nearly 29,000 hours every year.

The Garden has over250 volunteers who serve ina myriad of positions.Docents, who first began tolead tours in the Garden in1974, lead more than 20different tours and interactwith more than 10,000 indi-viduals yearly, serve more than250 schools in 58 cities, andgenerate more than $10,000 intour revenue every year. Moreimportantly, they educate over 9,000 students from kinder-garten through college, and serve as spokespersons for theGarden to the many communities of the Bay Area.

The volunteer propagators grow thousands of widelydiverse plants every year which bring in more than $60,000through sales from the plant deck and the three plant sale

events. In the gift shop, 27volunteers meet and greetthe public every day, do all ofthe buying of gifts and booksfor the store inventory, andbring in over $80,000 in salesevery year. Additionally, vol-unteers in the Garden workside-by-side with theHorticulture staff, assist theCurator with a variety of pro-

jects, provide support toour administrative staff,and help us to plan andstage our many events,both in the Garden and inour neighboring commu-nities. The Garden’s vol-

unteer groups continue to master new areas of expertise asthe mission of the Garden expands and changes and in doingso allow the Garden to evolve and consistently achieve allthat it does. We are grateful for the energy and enthusiasmof our volunteers which really keeps the Garden moving.

—Kim Kaso

Volunteers enjoying the Christmas Party at UCBG included: JulieDobson, Cecille Weaver, Carol Thompson, Peggy Smukler, Kate Heckman and Betty Medwadowski

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VISITOR SERVICES

Margaret Richardson (left) and Afrooz Navid head up theteam of Visitor Services staff responsible for greeting overGarden visitors and facilitating rental events, including 35weddings, at the Garden in 2001.

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NEW ADMISSION STRUCTURE

In keeping with our new membership structurewe have also changed our admission structure andprices.These are now:

Adults $3

Seniors $2

UCB Cal Alumni Association current members $2

Children (3–18) $1

Free to Children under 3

Free with current ID to UCBG Members,UC Berkeley Faculty, Staff and Students

Free to all on Thursdays

2001 Volunteers in the Garden

Grace Abiko Willy AdamMary AgerSonja Altena Rhoda AlvarezJuan AnchorenaLee AndersonMaureen AppelNan Crystal ArensSteve AsztalosClaude BabcockElly BadeJerry BassMargaret BenedictAlan BerlingLisa BowersBarbara BrandriffRonni BregaJoan BrickerMarge BrostromAnn BrownLouis CaizzaNancy CaputoEdna CarpenterAnn ChangBibi ChapmanMichele ChaseJune CheitElaine ChernoffAlbert ChiuMelania CiapponiEvan CobbFred CoeBetty CogginsTom ColbyHelene ConantRobert CoombsFran CostaEleanor CraryKitty DankworthKitty and Ed DankworthDeborah DarnellRamona DavisEthan De MaraJulie DobsonPeter DolanJack DolhinowEarl DolvenBarbara DonaldKathleen DonovanFred DortortWendy DraperLouise DuttonMaya ElmerDick EmoryLewis FeldmanBill FeuchtOmar FigueroaBen FiskNani FitzpatrickCarol FosterMarilyn FulrathIris Gaddis (deceased)

David GartlandSusan GilmourEvelyn GivantJudy GordonLinda GovanDoris GraesserDavid GrayAmy GriffinGretchen GuidottiSharifa GulanhusseinEric GustafsonLee HafterSusan HallPhilip HammondJerry HashimotoPatricia HatchKate HeckmanFrancine HendersonRuth HendrixLaura HenryShannan HobbsSusan HobenElizabeth HookDaniel HoweSally HughesLiv ImsetJanean JaklevicEleanor JardineLiz JewellRobin JohnsonAmy JohnstonToni KaftonSusan KahnDawn KeremitisJoan KibbeyJan KingMaureen KingNorman KingPeggy KlenzKathleen KolmanDiane KotheCoco KrummeJohn LambertChizuko LampmanPeter Langley LaVerne LeachJoanne LernerBob LerschBob LichtensteinTheresa LiptonBarbara LyssBonnie Mac KenzieAnn MachinPhyllis MapesNancy MarkellRobert MartinezJoe Mc BrideMary Mc CarthyPeggy Mc CurdyEmily Mc KibbenTess McGuireElizabeth MedwadowskiMary Mentzel

Melanie MentzelJames MerrillMark MillerAlison MillsJason MillsNick MillsRoger MillsJoan MintonMargaret MitchellMichael MitchellKenneth MohlerHelga MokGary MoroMilton MorrisonLaith MoselyJoanne MuenchLouise Murphy Tanya MuschiettiMaya NagasakaLuis NavaSue NaylorJohn Patrick NeisonEugenia NgNancy NicholsonAnn NorthrupJean NunnallyMansur NurMatt O’ReillyFrank OrmeEsther OswaltCorrinne OwensPinar OzgerAnne PackerLois PaulHildegard PaxsonRuth Ann PearsonsRamesh PeraraEllen PetersonMary PierpontJohn PlattVivian PonMargie PottsMary PryorMunish PuriJesse QuayBob RaabeShela RayDavid ReinsteinStuart RembaumCarlos RendonVince ReshJoanne RidadKay RiddellSarah RipleyLauren RitterGayle RobertsWill RobertsWayne RoderickAileen RomeroTania RoseIsabella RosekransEllen RosenauRosko Rossoff

Herbert RunyonThelma RussellJanet RuyleTerry RyderKaonai SaeternDorothy SanchiricoJane SandstromJenny SchaffelByron SchatzRudi SchmidMary SchroterMary SharmanPete ShellNathan Shoehalter Jeanine SidranHal SimkoverLeonard Skinner (deceased)Alan SmithErin SmithLynda SmithPat SmithPeggy SmuklerSandy SobeyIna SpinkaEleanor StarkTom SteppeCliff StevensTomiye SumnerYing Fang SunNancy SwearengenElfi TarazonaCarol ThompsonAmy TitheringtonJohn TolonenRuth UngarIvonne UrreaJanice VargoSusan VarnerLeeza VinogradovAnita WahJulie WaldmanLaurie WaltersPennie WarrenElizabeth WatermanCecile WeaverEsther WeissKathryn WelchIdelle WeydemeyerCrissy WilliamsLaura WiltLynn WinterMyrtle WolfPatricia WolfDennis WolffBrenda WongHsingchih (Charles) WonpuElizabeth WoodburyLinda WrothRosemary YaconoFlorence YaffeEdith YuBeverly Yungert


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General & Annual AppealUnrestricted 12/1/00 – 12/31/01 and December Appeal 2001:

$0 – $99Dr. Dan A. AlexDr. Bayard W. Allmond Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert ApteMr. Richard W. AtwoodMr. and Mrs. Bill BadeMr. and Mrs. Richard BarlowMrs. Doris T. BeattyMrs. Margaret H. BenedictMr. & Mrs. Peter BerkenkotterMr. and Mrs. Parke BoneysteeleMs. Patricia E. CoffeyMs. Irene L. DelaporteMr. and Mrs. Frank DelfinoMr. Earl P. DolvenMr. Phillip DouglassMr. Richard A. DuranMr. and Mrs. Gabor FencsikMr. Rudolf GlauserMr. and Mrs. Jack GuggolzMr. and Mrs. Earl HamlinMs. Diane HenryMs. Ella J. HirstMs. Justine Hume, Ms. Ursula SchulzMr. Peyton Jacob IIIMr. Dwight Jaffee, Ms. Lynne HeinrichMr. Lyle E. Jensen, Ms. Mikel Ann FlanneryMr. Kenneth JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Leo KanowitzMs. Ruth S. KasleMs. Janice P. KiddMr. Christopher KnudsenDr. & Mrs. Waston M. LaetschMr. & Mrs. Patrick LoretzMs. Merideth H. MarschakMs. Patricia A. McBroomMr. and Mrs. John NagleMs. Beatrice R. O’KeefeMr. and Mrs. Raymond RaicheMs. Drew RobartsMs. Patricia A. RougeauMs. Ruth P. SchorerMs. Deborah SharpeMs. Marilyn I. SilvaMs. Jacqui Smalley, Mr. John AustinMs. Susan M. SmithMs. Peggy SmuklerMr. Ted TawshunskyMr. and Mrs. Michel VacheronMrs. Norma P. Willer, Mr. Witold T. WillerMr. and Mrs. Chuck WoodwardCal. Fed Workplace Giving Campaign

$100 – $249Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. AdamMr. & Mrs. Richard J. AnnesserMr. and Mrs. Alan ApplefordMs. Mollie A. BalamuthMr. Louis CaizzaMr. and Mrs. Frank Delfino

Mr. and Mrs. Jack DolhinowMs. Julie Faisst, Mr. Mark SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Gabor FencsikDr. Anne T. GoetschMrs. Merilyn K. GoldhaberMr. Gerald S. HashimotoDr. & Mrs. Robert HicksMs. Elizabeth A. HookMr. and Mrs. Grant InmanMs. M. Anne JenningsMrs. Virginia JohnstonMs. Lizabeth KaskaMs. Toni KlassenMr. Royal J. KopperudMr. and Mrs. Ron LaiDr. and Mrs. Robert LichtensteinMs. Patricia MainesMs. Patricia MalangoMs. Rebeca MarthinsenMr. Bill McJohnMr. Stan M. OsofskyMr. & Mrs. Darwin C. PoulosMr. and Mrs. Robert Riddell Jr.Dr. Donald A. Riley & Ms. Carolyn SerraoMs. Susan E. RogersMrs. Isabella SalaverryMr. Jessie G. SchillingMs. Jean M. SteidelMr. and Mrs. Frank StephensMr. Bernard Taper, Ms. Gwen HeadMr. and Mrs. Michel VacheronMs. Elizabeth WatermanDr. and Mrs. William WeedenMr. & Mrs. George WolfHillsborough Garden Club

$250 – $499Dr. Beth BurnsideMs. Betsy B. ClebschDr. Anne T. GoetschMr. and Mrs. Lee HouseMr. and Mrs. Stuart McDonaldMs. Carla W. Reiter

$500 – $999Dr. and Mrs. A. Carl HelmholzMr. & Mrs. W. Stuart McKeeMs. Carla W. ReiterMr. and Mrs. James Uren

$1000+Dr. Klaus DehlingerMrs. Marion E. GreeneDr. and Mrs. Elmer GrossmanMrs. Myrtle R. Wolf

Restricted to:The Cactus & Succulent AreaMs. Julie M. Rose

Carnivorous Plants Cage and other Carnivorous Plants projectsMr. David O. Gray

Center for Study of Plant ConservationMr. and Mrs. Desiderio Zamudio

Continued propagation of Lapagerias at UCBGand for the South American sectionMr. David O. Gray

Entrance Improvement ProjectMrs. Myrtle R. WolfMr. and Mrs. Bill Bade,

in memory of James Harrold Van Sicklen

Garden Party 2001Mr. and Mrs. Bill BadeMr. Louis CaizzaMr. James H. JonesMr. and Mrs. Gerald KochMr. and Mrs. David LindbergMrs. Isabella SalaverryMs. Jane H. SandstromMr. Roy A. SandstromDr. and Mrs. William Weeden

Garden’s Education ProgramDr. Jennifer M. White, Dr. Marshall White

The Green House CollectionMr. David O. Gray

Myrtle Wolf Library at the UC BotanicalGardenMr. and Mrs. Harry HeckmanMr. and Mrs. Verne HendrixMs. Joan Rock Mirov BailardMs. Joan Rock Mirov Bailard,

in memory of June FalknerMr. & Mrs. George Waters,

in memory of Robert OrnduffMrs. Myrtle R. WolfMr. & Mrs. John Woodfill,

in memory of Josephine Tonge Larson

Ornduff Fund for Garden Interpretation &Docent ActivitiesDr. Dan A. AlexDr. Beth BurnsideMr. Louis CaizzaMrs. June Cheit & Mr. Earl CheitProf. and Mrs. William Clemens,

in memory of Estella & Vincent ClemensMr. Robert E. ConnickMr. and Mrs. Robert CoombsMs. Mary Lynn CoxMr. Michael P. CraibMr. Stephen Dell, Ms. Julia WalshMrs. Gladys EatonMrs. Phyllis M. FaberDr. Lewis J. FeldmanMr. & Mrs. Norris M. GaddisMr. and Mrs. Norman GrahamMrs. Pat Haynes, Mr. Duncan HaynesMr. Richard A. HeckmanMr. and Mrs. Verne HendrixMr. & Mrs. John K. Hopper


Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ikeda, in memory of Robert Ornduff

Ms. M. Anne JenningsMr. James Jones,

in memory of Robert OrnduffMs. Joy Kester,

in memory of Robert OrnduffMr. & Mrs. Douglas LeachDrs. David & Evelyne Lennette,

in memory of Robert OrnduffDr. & Mrs. Lichtenstein,

in memory of Robert OrnduffMs. Barbara J. Lyss,

in memory of Leonard Skinner& Robert Ornduff

Ms. Mila MangoldMs. Rebeca MarthinsenMs. Emily C. McKibbenMr. & Mrs. James F. MitchellMr. George E. NuttingMs. Mary Charles PageMs. Barbara Peterson, Mr. Tom BeachMr. & Mrs. Roger ReeveDr. John ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. John Ricksen,

in memory of June Falkner & Robert OrnduffMs. Anne Saxby, Ms. Nell NooneyMs. Ruth P. SchorerMs. Tomiye SumnerDr. and Mrs. Roy TaylorMr. John M. TuckerMs. Laurie Walters, Mr. Bill LittmanMr. & Mrs. Harold WeaverDr. Cherie L.R. WetzelMs. Janet Williams, Mr. Mark WilsonMr. Stewart WinchesterMr. and Mrs. Desiderio ZamudioDaniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy, Inc.

Shih Ning Chern Endowment for the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden

Mr. Paul ChernMr. and Mrs. Peter HendersonMr. & Mrs. Ching-Wu ChuMr. & Mrs. Kenneth Palladino

Southern Africa AreaMr. Robert Ferber

In Memory of:

Herbert George BakerProf. and Mrs. Paul Licht

Ross BeanMs. Kathleen Clifford

Dorothy BoratkoMr. & Mrs. W. Nichols

Lincoln ConstanceMs. Mildred M. GriffithProf. and Mrs. Paul LichtMs. Perdita L. SheirichDr. and Mrs. Roy TaylorMrs. Ann Witter

Dawn ErdelatzMs. Donna H. PreeceMs. Sue C. Schiffer

Keiko Morimoto HentellMr. Marc Hentell

Josephine Tonge LarsonMs. Ellen FelkerMs. Elenor MulkeyMs. Mildred J. O’ConnorMs. Jean Portello

Ms. Florence T. LittleJohnMr. & Mrs. Flannery

Dorothy B. NyswanderMs. Elizabeth H. AdlerMs. Nancy AllenMs. Janet K. AndersonMr. Alexander AngeloMs. Joyce AppelbaumMs. Mary F. ArnoldMs. Lila AtkissonMr. and Mrs. Brent BaasMrs. Willa K. BaumMs. Marilyn BealMs. Elizabeth BernheimerMs. Susan Berryhill, Mr. Phil MillerMr. Ernest E. BertellottiMr. and Mrs. Henrik BlumMs. Kathryn L. BraunMs. Elizabeth R. BrownMs. Buffy BuntingMs. Dorothy C. ChambersMs. Elizabeth W. ClarkMs. Sigrid G. DeedsMs. Francisca B. Delos ReyesMr. Sanford S. ElbergMr. W. C. FarnethMr. & Mrs. Jose Neves CandeiasMr. Richard K. FrisbieMr. and Mrs. John GirtonMs. Rosalind GordonMr. Lawrence W. GreenMs. Nancy Heath Angelo, Ms. Nancy McCaulyMr. Glenn I. HildebrandMs. Patricia J. HillMr. and Mrs. Daniel HutchinsonMrs. Inez E. JohnsonMr. Kenneth JohnsonMs. Virginia KernsMrs. Kristy KolehmainenDr. Marian E. LeachMr. Mark W. LediardMrs. Rose M. LernbergMs. Nellie R. LompreyMs. Kate LorigMrs. Diane S. LouieMs. Peggy Mannen & FamilyMs. Winifred MarshallDr. A. Helen MartikainenDr. Betty MathewsMs. Patricia A. McBroomMr. Lynelle McElhannonMs. Elsa H. MikkelsenMr. and Mrs. Bob Miller

Ms. Margaret R. MillerMs. Ruth MorseMr. & Mrs. Earl MortensonMrs. Patricia D. MullenMr. and Mrs. Ed NathanMrs. Grete J. NielsenMr. and Mrs. Lambert O’DonnellDr. William J. OswaldMs. Nancy C. OttMr. Edward E. PenhoetDr. David W. PhelpsMr. and Mrs. Ramakrishna RamMr. and Mrs. John RatcliffeMr. Phillip H. RaymondMs. Alice RichardsMs. Susan E. RogersMrs. Rita G. RubinMr. Bill RundleMs. Frances F. SaundersMs. Carol C. SavioMs. Jeanne I. SemuraMs. Leona R. ShapiroMs. Brigid SimmsMs. Rosalind SingerMr. Matthew SteinleMr. John M. SwitzerMrs. Violet ThwaitesMs. Beverly R. TurmanMs. Barbara A. WalkerMs. Eileen F. WeddleMs. Jane Y.M. WelfordMr. Warren Winkelstein Jr.Ms. Ruby YoshiokaMs. Sylvia YoshiokaBerkeley Hearing Aid Center

Prof. John PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Harold Weaver

Leonard SkinnerMr. & Mrs. Tom V. Swearengen

James Harrold Van SicklenMr. and Mrs. Richard AmundsenMrs. Susy CassidyMs. Winnie H. CaulkinsMr & Mrs. John S. CooperMrs. Gladys EatonMrs. Harry R. Gibson Jr.Mr. Michael Gilmore & FamilyMr. Bruce HayesMr. & Mrs. Walter KrenzMs. Jean R. McAbeeMr & Mrs. G. W. MillerMr. & Mrs. R. Sheldon Milligan Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Travers NewtonMr. Warren G. RobertsDr. and Mrs. Charles RoweMrs. Eugene A. ShurtleffMr. and Mrs. Kirkham SmithMs. Colleen SparkmanMrs. Mary Elizabeth StevensMr. John P. StockMr. & Mrs. Max Thelen Jr.Ms. Marci Van Sicklen, Mr. Peter Van SicklenMary Andy & Charlie Van Sicklen

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In KindMs. B Sonja AltenaMs. Sherry Althouse, Mr. Phil Van SolenMs. Deborah S. CahnMs. Derelle CarranzaMs. Rebecca CarterMs. Mary Lynn CoxDr. William L. CulbersonMr. Peter D’AmatoMr. and Mrs. Jack DolhinowMs. Louise DuttonMrs. Phyllis M. FaberMr. Kirby W. FongMs. Holly ForbesMr. Peter FranusMs. Kate FreyMs. Julie GatesMr. David O. GrayMr. Jordan GreenbergMr. Michael A. HarveyMrs. Pat Haynes, Mr. Duncan HaynesMr. Jay HemingwayMs. Carolyn Henry-CalphinMr. and Mrs. Don HerzogMs. Marta HuertasDr. Douglas W. JamesMs. Peggy Kasa, Ms. Helen KrazenhoffMr. Jim KehlMs. Mary LambMs. Ann LawlerMr. Lawrence E. LeeMr. Peter Lyman, Ms. Barrie ThorneMr. Leonard MillerMr. Tom NelsonMr. Stan M. OsofskyMr. and Mrs. Ian PriceMr. & Mrs. Jim ProkesDr. & Mrs. Peter H. RavenMs. Jeanne E. ReismanMr. Leonard E. GoldschmidtMr. Jim ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Les RichardsonDr. and Mrs. Marc RieffelMr. Michael RobertoryMr. Kent RosenblumMr. Robert SalzMr. Muchtar SalzmannMs. Dorothy SanchiricoDr. Thornton Sargent IIIMr. Ralph SeilerDr. Bernard J. SepsMr. Nevin SmithMs. Suzie SullivanMr. and Mrs. John TudalMr. and Mrs. George WatersMr. Bill WeaverMr. Michael WestonMs. Janet Williams, Mr. Mark WilsonMrs. Myrtle R. WolfMrs. Young

2001 Garden PartyAcme Bread Co.Audobon Cellars

Bacheeso’s European DelicatessenBubi’s CateringCarter-Brown CateringCountry CheeseThe EclairFetzer VineyardsPeter Franus Wine Co.Green & Red VineyardHaynes Vineyard/Whitford CellarsJimmy Bean CateringLe PouletNavarro VineyardsThe Pasta ShopPeet’s Tea & CoffeeRick & Ann’sRosenblum CellarsRubissow Sargent Wine Co.Skates by the BayStella NonnaStorybook MountainWest Teak Inc.

Plant SalesCalifornia Carnivores NurseryCal Flora NurseryEmerisa NurseryFine FoliageFour Winds GrowersGarden TransformationsMagic Gardens NurseryMcRoskey Landscaping IncMiniature Plant KingdomMonterey Bay NurserySonoma Horticultural NurserySoquel Growers NurserySuncrest Nurseries, Inc.

Other In KindDuke UniversityGrand Lake Ace Garden CenterMissouri Botanical GardenShasta Wildlife Conservation FoundationUber/Fugu

MembersSupporting Level and AboveMs. Janet AldertonMr. and Mrs. Alan ApplefordDr. and Mrs. Joseph BarbacciaMr. and Mrs. David BenningMs. Karen Biber, Mr. Thomas HoldfordMr. & Mrs. John T. BregaMrs. Georgia W. BrumbaughMr. and Mrs. James CarrollMr. and Mrs. John CasidaMr. and Mrs. Joseph CernyMs. Stephanie Changaris, Mr. Bruce R. BonarMs. Sally D. ChapmanMs. Margaret M. ChaseMr. & Mrs. Earl CheitMs. Joyce B. ChesnutMs. Susan CiriclioMs. Josephine P. Clark

Ms. Karen ClaytonProf. and Mrs. William ClemensMr. and Mrs. Ronald ClendenenMr. and Mrs. Terry CoddingtonMr & Mrs. Thomas ConnollyMr. and Mrs. Robert CoombsMs. Eleanor R. CraryMs. Patricia CrossMr. Robert F. DagleyMs. Ramona DavisMr. and Mrs. Frank DelfinoMr. and Mrs. Thomas DelfinoMr. and Mrs. Fred DenglerMs. Susan DickeyDr. and Mrs. Jonathan DixonMr. and Mrs. Jack DolhinowMr. Richard A. DuranMr. Robert Epstein, Ms. Amy RothMs. Jane A. FreemanMs. Laura Gardner, Mr. Will SternMr. and Mrs. Theodore GeballeMs. Kathryn GjeltemaDr. Anne T. GoetschMrs. Merilyn K. GoldhaberMs. Phyllis Goldsmith, Mr. John LinkMs. Kathleen GraevenM. Leslie GrinsellMr. and Mrs. Lawrence GrossmanMr. & Mrs. Ervin HafterMr. & Mrs. George HaldemanMr. Mitchell S. HarveyMs. Virginia W. HavensMs. Diane HenryDr. & Mrs. Robert HicksMr. Marvin R. Hiemstra, Mr. Lloyd L. NeilsonMs. Elizabeth A. HookMs. Phyllis H. JayredMr. and Mrs. Raymond JewellMs. Lizabeth KaskaMs. and Mrs. Patricia KinmanMs. Toni KlassenMr. Royal J. KopperudMr. Thomas A. KosterMs. Diane Kothe, Mr. Frank A. DobsonMr. John H. LambertMr. & Mrs. Earnest LandauerMr. & Mrs. Douglas LeachDr. and Mrs. Robert LeibigProf. and Mrs. Paul LichtDr. and Mrs. Robert LichtensteinMr. Jim Lovekin, Prof. Iris TommeleinMr. and Mrs. Geoff MachinMs. Patricia MalangoMr. Bill McJohnMs. Marian MerrillMr. & Mrs. Alfred G. MolakidisMr. Ron MorrisonMs. Deborah E. Mulick WahlMs. Sally O’ConnellMs. Elizabeth O’SheaMr. Stan M. Osofsky, Mr. Sergio QuintorMr. and Mrs. Robert OswaltMr. Dave Pearson, Ms. Julie Montanari


Mr. Malcolm J. PerkinsMr. & Mrs. Darwin C. PoulosMr. Carlos RendonMr. and Mrs. Jim ReynoldsDr. Donald A. Riley, Ms. Carolyn SerraoMr. James T. Ringland, Ms. Karen E. IvyMs. Ellen M. RosenauMrs. Lilo E. RosenmeyerMrs. Olga Jane RotermundMr. and Mrs. Michael RuddMrs. Isabella SalaverryMrs. Page P. SandersDr. and Mrs. Philip SchildMr. Richard L. SchneiderMr. & Mrs. Richard SchroterMr. and Mrs. John SerencesMs. Susan ShortellMr. Samuel Headley ShouseMr. and Mrs. John ShumanMs. Mary SmallMs. Susan M. SmithMr. Robert F. SpertusMr. and Mrs. Frank Stephens

Mr. Paul SterneMs. Isabel A. StirlingMr. and Mrs. George StraussMr. Stan TishMr. Pablo Valenzuela, Ms. Bernardita MendezMs. Melinda Van Roey, Mr. David C. CohenMs. I. Von Der HudeMr. & Mrs. Jean WalrandMs. Elizabeth WatermanMr. & Mrs. William D. WatkinsMr. & Mrs. David WelchMrs. Siv L. WheelerDrs. Jennifer & Marshall WhiteMs. Elise G. WhiteMr. and Mrs. Andrew WiesenthalMr. and Mrs. David WirshupMr. & Mrs. George WolfMr. Thomas (Rex) WolfMr. & Mrs. John WoodfillMs. Linda WoodsMs. Ellen M. YoungHillside Gardeners ClubMagic Gardens Nursery Inc.

Orinda Garden ClubGARDEN STAFF

Dr. Ellen Simms, DirectorRichard Henderson, Associate Director

ADMINISTRATIONCrissy Bilyk, Vistor Services Assistant

Kim Kaso, Volunteer Services & Program CoordinatorAfrooz Navid, Administrative Assistant

Margaret Richardson, Tour & Rentals CoordinatorMichael Rimar, Administrative Assistant

Candice Schott, Business Operations SupervisorJanet Williams, Marketing & Development Officer

COLLECTIONS & HORTICULTUREDr. Christopher Carmichael,

Manager of Collections and HorticultureHolly Forbes, Curator

Barbara Keller, Curatorial AssistantAnthony Garza,

Supervisor of Horticulture and GroundsJohn Domzalski, PropagatorJudith Finn, Horticulturist

Peter Klement, HorticulturistBridget Lamp, HorticulturistLawrence Lee, HorticulturistJerry Parsons, Horticulturist

Dr. Robert Raabe, Garden PathologistRoger Raiche, HorticulturistEric Schulz, Horticulturist

Elaine Sedlack, HorticulturistNathan Smith, Horticulturist

Gerald Ford, Building and Grounds Maintenance

EDUCATIONDr. Jennifer White, Associate Director for Education

Christine Manoux, Program Assistant

FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEEDr. Todd Dawson, Integrative Biology

Dr. Lewis Feldman, Plant BiologyDr. Joe McBride, Environmental Science,

Policy, & ManagementDr. Brent Mishler, Integrative Biology

Dr. Vincent Resh, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management

Dr. Alan Smith, Herbarium

NEWSLETTERJanet Williams, Editor

Administration 642-0849Development 643-2937

Director’s Office 643-8999Education 495-2805

Entrance Kiosk 643-2755The Garden Shop 642-3343Plant Collections 643-8040

Tours/Rentals 642-3352Volunteers 643-1924

Fax 642-5045E-mail: [email protected]

Web Site: http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden/

The Newsletter is published by the University ofCalifornia Botanical Garden with support from

memberships. © UC Regents 2002Articles may be reprinted with credit to the

authors and the UC Botanical Garden.

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Associate Director Jenny Whiteled the team developing the newmap and accompanying text. Thevisitor guide is one piece of a trio of new Garden informationalbrochures developed by JanetWilliams, Marketing andDevelopment Officer.

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