NEWSLETTER

Vol. 32, Numbers 1 & 2 Published by the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL GARDEN at Berkeley Winter/Spring 2007

Desiccation–Tolerant Ferns?

T
he ferns in my desiccation-tolerance (D-T) experiment covered by a thick waxy cuticle, hairs, scales, and/or a powdery
underway at the Garden’s Research Greenhouse were white to yellow-colored farina. These leaf characteristics are
becoming so parched that they aroused the concern of thought to help protect the photosynthetic tissues against damage
Horticulturist Judith Finn. “You’re going to kill them if you from excessive water loss, extreme temperatures, and UV light.
don’t water them soon!” Her caring concern for these plants Some species are desiccation-tolerant, enduring a loss of 80-
was characteristic of the Garden staff, who work hard to 90% of their cellular water. This physiology is widely scattered
grow specimens to their across unrelated plant
fullest potential. groups. It is thought to
The Garden has have been a prerequisite
been a vital, supportive, and for early land plants.
enriching component of my When plants evolved
graduate experience at UC structures such as roots
Berkeley. My dissertation and vascular tissue
research includes studying that enabled them to
the adaptations of ferns to maintain internal water,
xeric environments, which desiccation-tolerance
are unusual places to find was lost in green
pteridophytes. Most ferns tissues, but retained in
that thrive under hot and dry reproductive propagules
conditions belong to a single such as spores, pollen,
subfamily, Cheilanthoideae, and seeds.
of the family Pteridaceae. During my first
(You may be familiar year of graduate study
with the commonly I performed an initial
cultivated maiden-hair Cheilanthoid collage. Photo by Ruth Kirkpatrick desiccation-tolerance
fern (Adiantum), which (D-T) experiment on
is a member of the Pteridaceae). The historic inability to a broad sampling of cheilanthoid fern species whose fronds
decipher natural evolutionary lineages within this group has I gathered from the Garden. I evaluated the ability of these
been attributed to morphological convergence associated with excised fronds to revive from desiccation, and results enabled
adaptation to xeric habitats. Members of the Cheilanthoideae me to select the fern genus Pellaea (cliff-brake ferns) on
typically grow in rocky, exposed habitats that experience which to focus my dissertation research. Pellaea comprises
extended periods of drought. These ferns exhibit characteristics approximately 40 species that are distributed worldwide and
that are believed to be adaptive to their arid surroundings, such thrive in dry and rocky habitats. The relationships of species
as dissected fronds composed of small leaf segments, often in Pellaea with other genera of cheilanthoids have been
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2 University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
D-T FERNS (continued from page 1)
Graphic adapted by Ruth Kirkpatrick.
poorly understood.
In an effort to discover the evolutionary relationships
among these ferns, I generated DNA sequence data from 105
exemplars. I acquired 20% of these samples from the living
collection at the Garden. Results suggest that the traditional
grouping of Pellaea species comprises distantly related lineages.
This means the genus Pellaea is polyphyletic, and therefore
should be separated into one or more additional genera. The
deceptively similar appearance of these distantly related lineages
appears to be due to convergent evolution and adaptation to xeric
conditions, not because of shared descent from a xeric-adapted
common ancestor.
My D-T experiment was performed on 46 cheilanthoid
individuals, representing 35 species. These were selected from
dozens of field-collected plants that had been maintained in
Pellaea atropurpurea collage. Photo by Ruth Kirkpatrick plant collections
either the UC Oxford Tract or the Garden’s Research Greenhouse
Ruth with D-T Ferns. Photo by Ruth Kirkpatrick
for at least two years prior to the D-T experiment.
The experiment began with well-watered plants that
were allowed to dry naturally to ambient glasshouse
conditions. During dehydration and later rehydration,
metabolism, water content, and overall appearance of
each plant were measured. During the day I used an
infrared gas analyzer to quantify photosynthesis, and at
night I evaluated each plant’s ability to photosynthesize
using a fluorescence meter. I am grateful to the
Todd Dawson Lab for loaning me these machines,
teaching me how to use them, and providing me with
the additional equipment necessary to perform this
experiment. Results suggest: 1) D-T is ancestral in my
cheilanthoid fern study-group and decreases in more
recently evolved members; 2) All measures of D-T
showed significant negative correlation with increasing
levels of annual precipitation at native population
sites; and 3) D-T data suggest an adaptive trade-off
between levels of D-T and baseline photosynthesis. These
results support the hypothesis that both D-T and photosynthesis
are metabolically expensive physiologies, and evolution favors
one or the other
depending on
the strength
of selection
dictated by the
environment.
I am
grateful to the
UC Botanical
Garden for
allowing me to
use their living
and greenhouses to perform my research, and especially to
those who passionately cared for my ferns. By the way, all of
the ferns in my D-T experiment survived to varying degrees,
even those with which Judith had been especially concerned.
The Garden has not only been an extraordinary resource for my
investigations, it has also inspired my teaching and enhanced my
education. I will miss the Garden when my degree is obtained,
but I look forward to visiting, and especially seeing my research
ferns that will soon have new homes throughout the Garden.
Many of the plants I sampled for my early research are
on view in the Garden’s Xerophytic Fern Display, and in the
New World Desert and Mexican/Central American collections.
Some have been made available at Garden plant sales, so you
too, can enjoy their desiccation-tolerance quality.
—Ruth Kirkpatrick
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EDUCATION
Growing Learning Communities

T
eachers who take their classes out to the garden become Our first summer institute was conducted at Willard
addicted to the transformative power of nature to captivate Middle School in Berkeley, a campus with a well-established
and inspire their children. Recent research indicates that garden that is a centerpiece of the science program. Teams of
these environmental experiences improve children’s academic teachers from eleven schools worked together for three weeks
performance in language arts, math and science. California exploring Lesson Study and trying out activities in this urban
legislators have recognized the benefits of school gardens by garden.They completed a Lesson Study cycle that included a
passing the California State trip to UCBG to conduct their model
Bill, AB 1535, Chapter 437, lesson with our Green Stuff summer day-
a bill earmarking direct funds Our goal is to create campers. Before the close of the institute,
for school garden equipment, participants created action plans to use as
supplies and professional
opportunities for our teacher their guide in bringing what they learned
development. The UCBG participants to together to back to their school sites.
Education department, which has The 2003 school year was particularly
proudly been at the forefront of cultivate, enjoy and appreciate difficult for San Francisco Bay Area
school garden efforts in our area, “the harvest” of their teachers and schools. Teacher strikes
will be working with our network and the restructuring of low-performing
of teachers to take advantage of collective learning. schools resulted in the relocation of a
this new source of support. As third of participants to new schools.
we move forward, we thought we Despite the upheavals, five new school
would offer a snapshot of our work the past few years building gardens were established that year. One success story centers
the broad school garden program known as Growing on the team of four teachers from Melrose Elementary, which is
Learning Communities (GLC). located in a high poverty urban industrial neighborhood in east
The GLC program was launched in July 2003, Oakland, CA.
with funding from the National Science Foundation to help During the school year, Melrose teachers representing
K-6 teachers use school gardens as outdoor learning labs. In a grade levels K-3, worked together to study a garden-based
combination of institutes, evening and weekend sessions, as well lesson from the institute: Botany on your Plate. Their effort
as individualized support, teachers learn to use the educational culminated in two public teachings of a research lesson and a
process of Lesson Study in collaborative teams to explore the presentation to all school faculty and administrators, including
practice of teaching and learning in school gardens. a video and student data. The success of these teachers in
collaborating on a research
lesson was particularly
helpful in reducing the
tension related to the two
student populations. GLC
Lesson Study specialist, Dr.
Elizabeth Baker, facilitated
the teamwork of the Melrose
teachers during the following
year when two additional
teachers were recruited
for the summer institute.
Reflecting on the lessons
learned from two public
research lessons, one of the
teachers refined and
GLC group rotunda. Photo by Katherine Barrett continue on page 11
4 University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

DIRECTOR’S COLUMN

F
irst and foremost, I would like
to wish you all a Happy and
Prosperous New Year. The
coming year in the Garden already
promises to be one of continued
renewal with new opportunities for
growth and improvement. Perhaps
the first conspicuous change you have
already noticed is the new color format
of this Newsletter which represents a
change in a long history of subdued
two-tone. This change was made
possible by negotiating reduced
printing costs and assuming more of
the graphics design work in-house
with new staff. I know I have already
spent a lot of time on the front
entrance but I confess it continues
to enthrall me and I thought you
would enjoy this image taken by
Holly Forbes on a typical foggy
day this past summer. While the
entrance was not designed to be
a flower display, the results
surprised even the staff and I
think is a good way to inaugurate
our new color format.
Garden entrance. Photo by Holly Forbes
Two additional dramatic examples of turnover in
Garden operations include the demolition of the Annex, one of
the oldest buildings in the Garden and the retirement of Judith
Finn, one of the longest serving horticultural staff in the Garden.
Judith’s extraordinary career and contributions are described in
this Newsletter, and the story of the Annex is
available on our website.
During the past year our programs
continued to thrive. The excitement began
with the Spring Plant Sale in April that
proved to be our biggest ever; sales were
about 50% higher than all previous ones.
Then, to our even greater amazement, the
Fall Plant Sale in August exceeded even the
spring event with a 60% increase in sales.
About 5000 plants were sold at each event.
Combined with our continuing growing
daily plant sales from the Garden Shop’s
Plant Deck, I think we are finally being
recognized as a significant destination for
Photo by Janet Williams plant lovers. I hope you will keep us in mind
for your own garden needs. In addition
to constantly changing daily offerings,
The coming year in the Garden we have been holding special sales about
every two months; please check our web
already promises to be one of site frequently. These experiences have
continued renewal with new provided additional impetus to expand
our daily plant sales area, which will
opportunities for growth hopefully be part of a planned renovation
and improvement. of the entire Garden Shop complex.
Another exciting event was the visit
at the end of June of approximately
500 of the attendees of the national American Public Garden
Association; we co-hosted the annual meeting, held in San
Francisco, along with The San Francisco Botanical Garden, the
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Filoli Center. The attendees
comprise directors and staff of virtually all the gardens in the
country. Thus, it would be an understatement to say we were
‘pleased’ by their response. In addition to numerous accolades,
their half-day trip to our Garden in Berkeley received the highest
rating of all planned events. It is obviously of great value to get
such positive feedback from one’s peers and perhaps one of the
most discerning groups of garden critics around.
A potentially traumatic event involved the virtual
collapse of Centennial Drive about 200 yards below our
entrance. Following the heavy winter rains, the Garden side
of the road began to collapse and by early April, the roadway
appeared to be in jeopardy of being closed; the ground dropped
about 20 feet inside our fence. The campus managed to keep the
road open until repairs began in November and after a relatively
brief closure of one lane, the situation returned to normal. While
these problems had no impact on our collection, the possibility
of closing Centennial, the only access route to the Garden,
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DIRECTOR’S COLUMN

especially right before our Spring Plant Sale, did cause some cycad collection has been made possible by the removal of two
anxiety. On the bright side, we hope to get 100 feet or more of very large pines along the main road. A large area of the hillside
new fencing and I think you all know how badly needed this is. above the road—a prime visitor location— was exposed. We are
On the plant side of things, I am pleased to report that
the Garden is being used extensively for research, and that we
have made considerable progress with our new cycad collections.
The last issue of the Newsletter (Summer/Fall, 2006) highlighted
the large and valuable collection of cycads from around the
world that we recently ‘inherited’ from smuggling confiscations.
We have begun the planting out of these specimens in our
collection and so far have some beautiful new displays of
Mexican Dioon in front of the Orchid, Fern and Carnivorous
Plant greenhouse and several collections of various Australian
genera throughout the Australasian collection.

New area for a South African cycad display. Photo by Paul Licht

currently seeking funding to perform the necessary landscaping

which will involve new paths and extensive rock work.
I hope you will all try to get in frequently over the next
few months to watch the progress, and a particularly good time
to begin would be the upcoming annual Spring Plant Sale at the
end of April.
—Paul Licht

Mexican Dioon species. Photo by Paul Licht

The Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) on display in the

Australian cycad display. Photo by Paul Licht Australasian Area. See p. 15 for the full story. Photo by Paul Licht

Several South African Encephalartos were also planted

and exciting new opportunities for larger scale displays of this
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GARDEN NOTES
NEW STAFF: services in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is happy to be
The Garden returning to a botanical garden setting with its stimulating
welcomed Marketing learning and teaching
& Membership Analyst environment.
Muinat Amin (nickname The Volunteer
Kemi) in November 2006. Propagator Program has a
Kemi received her B.A. in new coordinator! After two
Graphic Design from San years of stellar service Alan
Francisco State University Porter decided to return
in 2005 and has experience to retirement. We thank
in marketing and graphic him for a wonderful job in
design from employment at working with volunteers
EnviroPress Graphic Studio and improving Garden
in Oakland and AC Transit. plant sales in quality and
She is also a dedicated New Marketing & Membership income. Nathan Smith,
volunteer at the Museum of Analyst Muinat (Kemi) Amin formerly horticulturist
Photo by Holly Forbes New Horticulturist
Children’s Art (MOCHA) for the California Area, Christy Matasick Photo by Holly Forbes
and the African Diaspora Film Society where she was involved stepped into this role in
in membership activities. Kemi is excited to be working at the January 2007 and is looking forward to his first big plant sale
Garden and is looking forward to contributing her knowledge April 27-28. In addition, Nathan will be the horticulturist for
and expertise to its progress. the Tanglewood Estate in Sausalito. Horticulturist Ken Bates is
Horticulturist Bryan Gim joined the Garden staff in now heading up the California Area full-time. Congratulations
mid-2006. He has worked wonders in the care of the Arid House Nathan and Ken!
collection, and has since Supervisor of Horticulture & Grounds Anthony Garza,
been given additional since turning over the New World Desert to Bryan Gim, is now
responsibility for the New solely responsible for the Garden’s entrance plaza and Centennial
World Desert as well as in Drive plantings.
assisting Horticulturist Ken
Bates in the Californian RESEARCH AT THE GARDEN: Our typical supply of
Area part-time. He research material is that of leaves or flower buds, but some
has been a cactus and times just the site is needed. Physicists Dr. James Higbie and
succulent enthusiast for Dr. Dmitry Budker, Physics Department, UCB, recently used
many years, apprenticing the Garden’s Research Plateau (adjacent to the Mediterranean
with noted experts Steven Area). Their group is developing novel quantum-atomic sensors
Brack and David Ferguson for magnetic fields. One of the applications for such sensors
in New Mexico and Steven is measuring geomagnetic fields, including their temporal and
Hammer in San Diego. spatial variation, and a search for magnetic anomalies, both of
New Horticulturist
Horticulturist artificial and natural origin. It’s remarkable what a difference the
Bryan Gim Photo by Holly Forbes
Christy Matasick joined running of BART trains makes on these measurements, showing
the Garden staff in mid-February 2007. She is caring for many a gap only when BART is not in service.
of our greenhouse collections, including the orchids, ferns, and See the Garden web site, http://botanicalgarden.
carnivorous plants, as well as the Tropical House. Christy brings berkeley.edu, for more information about recent research uses of
with her a wealth of botanical garden experience, as she was on the Garden’s collections.
staff of the Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville, TN, for
over a decade. She has a degree in plant and soil science from
Middle Tennessee State University, as well as further education
in landscape design from The Arnold Arboretum at Harvard
University. Most recently she has been performing landscaping
Winter / Spring 2007 7

SPRING
Members’ Sale
PLANT Friday April 27th, 2007, 5 pm – 7:30 pm

SALE! Public Sale

Saturday April 28th, 2007, 10 am – 2 pm

►Don’t miss the Spring Plant Sale! Draw inspiration flowered Justicia fulvicoma, as well as unnamed garden
from the Garden’s living collections during the Garden’s successes from Central America such as Acalypha sp., and a
most floriferous season; then plan on joining our wildly floriferous Silene sp.
membership community in
browsing an unbelievable ►We will continue to offer a broad selection
diversity of great plants that we of California natives, including some of the great
have to offer this year. cultivars introduced by the Garden including
Rhamnus californica ‘Leatherleaf’, Ceanothus
►Many of Garden’s expert ‘Berkeley Skies’, and Ceanothus ‘Centennial’
horticulturists will be on hand as well as a new and exciting assortment of the
to answer questions and share succulent native Dudleya.
growing tips drawn from their
experience working with our ►Collectors will appreciate our exquisite selections
world class living collection. of the rare vine Lapageria
Knowledgeable volunteer rosea (see the Garden’s website
propagators will likewise be http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu for details
on hand to share growing and photos), as well as the scandent floral wonder
points, and to show off their Beschorneria rigida Photo by Barbara Lyss of Mutisia subulata.
horticultural handiwork.
►Our selection of grasses and grass-like plants will include
►Garden members get first pick of the best rare, choice favorites from the entry garden and as well as an expanded
and interesting plants propagated from our living selection of unusual and hard to find restios including
collection. The Members’ Sale will include refreshments Rhodocoma gigantea, Apodasmia (Leptocarpus) similis and
of food and wine and a silent auction of especially choice Cannomois virgata.
one-of-a-kind specimens from 5-6:30 pm.
►A mind boggling array of exceedingly uncommon
►This year’s trees and shrubs propagated from the collection will be
offerings include available in their prime. Bulbs, succulents large and small
many of the über- (including front entry accents Agave vilmoriniana and
hip plants featured Cotyledon orbiculata), houseplants, carnivorous plants, ferns,
in the Garden’s collector’s plants, tough plants, tender plants -- we will have
groundbreaking it all! Please come out to support the Garden.
new entry plantings.
Uncommon and ►You can find a more complete list of plants to
underutilized plants be offered at the sale on the Garden’s website
such as Beschorneria http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu
species, the tough
orange foliage of
Libertia peregrinans,
Silene sp. Photo by Janet Williams the unusual orange
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VOLUNTEER
Volunteering at the Garden
The Garden welcomed 96 new volunteers in 2006, bringing our list of active volunteers up to 243.
We’re pleased to report we have 100 docents – 23 of whom are new graduates from this year’s training,
71 volunteer propagators, 18 horticultural volunteers, 20 Garden Shop volunteers, two curatorial volunteers,
six Sick Plant Clinic volunteers, and a handful of others who help provide non-routine support for events,
special projects and so on.

Thank you to all of the Garden’s volunteers for their dedicated service and contributions
that keep the Garden growing!

If you are interested in becoming a Garden Volunteer, please contact the new Volunteer Coordinator,
Perry Hall at 510-643-1924 or perry@berkeley.edu.
Hours are flexible, but we ask that you work a minimum of three hours a week.

Docent Training 2006-07

Congratulations to the new crop of Docents who recently graduated from the Docent Training Program. This
intensive, seven-month program provides trainees with background on the Garden’s collections, an introduction
to basic botany, ethnobotany, plant classification, ecosystems, and basic training for children’s and adult tours.
Trainees will begin leading tours in April. Our next Docent Training program will begin in the fall of 2009.

Service Milestones in 2006 Service Milestones in 2007

20 Years: Barbara Donald 15 Years: Tanya Muschietti
5 Years: 10 Years:
Rosalie Holtz, Christina Lederer Ann Northrup, Jenny Schaffell, Laurie Walters
Cynthia Plambeck, Martin St. John 5 Years:
Kathy Boardman, Cathleen Cooper, Kathryn Maack,
Hope Nathan, Carollee Peterson

Volunteer Propagation Program

The Garden’s Volunteer Propagators collect and grow plants from the living collections and elsewhere
for sale on the Garden Shop’s Plant Sales Deck. They also perform the Herculean work of putting
on the Spring and Fall Plant Sales. Plant sales generate funds to support the Garden’s operations,
while sharing some of the Garden’s horticultural wonder with a broader audience. Most of the
propagators have specialized in a particular group of plants and have developed great expertise.
Growing thousands of plants from seeds and cuttings requires constant attention and, as always, the
Garden’s volunteers rise to the task. The countless hours of dedicated support by volunteers supports
the Garden in serving its mission.
Winter / Spring 2007
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Unselt Birding Breakfast and Walk
Saturday April 21, 2007, 8 am – 11 am
Join the flock of bird enthusiasts to enjoy the Garden’s
bird life with Dennis Wolff, expert birder, and Chris
Carmichael, Associate Director of Collections and
Horticulture. Event includes light breakfast. Heavy
rain cancels this walk. Free
Spring Plant Sale
Members’ Only Sale, Silent Auction and Reception
Friday April 27, 2007, 5 pm – 7:30 pm
Sale to the Public:
Saturday, April 28, 2007 10 am – 2 pm
Succulents for Little Green Thumbs:
Family Workshop
Saturday, May 5, 2007, 1 pm – 2 pm
Children of all ages, together with accompanying
parent/guardian, will explore those amazing plants
known as succulents, discover where and how they grow,
and pot-up their plants to take home. The program features
a mini-tour of the Arid House and Desert collections, and
refreshments made from edible succulents in honor of Cinco
de Mayo. Price includes one adult and one child with one
potted garden. $20, $16 members. Each additional adult or
child+garden per family is $12
Dudleya brittonii
Bringing Back the Natives
Sunday, May 6, 2007, 10 am, 1 pm
Come celebrate California native
plants at the UC Botanical Garden.
Children may join a Docent for a
California Indians & Plants
ethnobotanical tour at 10 am. Horti-
culturist Ken Bates will lead a tour
of our California Area at 1 pm for Photo by Janet Williams
adults. Free with Garden Admission
Beginning Birding Class
Thursdays, May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2007, 9:30 am – 12 pm
Join Dennis Wolff, longtime Audubon Society member and
bird watching instructor, to learn the basics of finding and
identifying birds. You will practice your newly-learned skills
by discovering the birds in the UC Botanical Garden. $80, $70
members for all 4 classes
A Walk Through the Garden of Old Roses
Saturday May 12, 2007, 10 am – 12 pm
Enjoy the Garden’s lovely collection of old roses on a
walking tour with horticulturist and Rosarian, Peter
Klement. Learn about the collection’s geographical origins
and the story of how the Garden became their home.
$17, $12 members
9
California Wildflower Show at
the Oakland Museum
Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13, 2007
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm; Sunday: 12 pm – 5 pm
The Garden helps sponsor this show by providing
staff to collect, identify, and arrange the flowers for it.
Free with Oakland Museum Admission
The Unselt Lecture
Saturday May 19, 2007, 1 pm – 3 pm
Join UC Berkeley Assistant Professor and Garden Research
Associate, Dr. Chelsea Specht to explore the fascinating
evolution of tropical gingers. Docent-led walks in the
Garden will follow the lecture. Free
Member’s Photography Walk
Saturday, May 26, 2007, 9 am – 10 am
Bring your camera and enjoy an exclusive walk through the
Garden with Development Director Janet Williams. Join Janet
as she reveals some of the Garden’s best photo opportunities
and shares some of her favorite plants to photograph. Heavy
rain cancels this walk. Space is limited, register early.
Free to members
Film Screening
Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 5:30 pm Walk,
6:30 pm – 8 pm Showing
Witness the lives of several species of butterflies as you’ve
never seen them before! Spectacular close up film photogra-
phy reveals events in the lives of butterflies that even
experts rarely see. The session begins with a twilight tour
in the Garden of butterfly plants. Observe live butterfly
specimens; Q&A to follow. Appropriate for all ages.
$12, $10 members
Spike Your Garden Spirit and Join
Garden Party Fundraiser
food ! wine ! music ! blooms !
Sunday, June 24th 2007, 2 pm – 6 pm
$45, $40 members
For all programs: Reservations are required for all programs and
events, except the Sick Plant Clinic and Plant Sales. Parking is
available in the UC lot across from the Garden on Centennial.
Program fees include Garden admission. Register early, class
space is limited. Cancellations received at least two weeks prior
to program date are subject to a $10 service fee. Program fees
of $10 or less and cancellations received less than two weeks
to the program are non-refundable. Full refund if the program is
cancelled by the Garden.
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BOTANICAL
U N I V E R S I T Y o f C A L I F O R N I A

GARDEN presents:
at BERKELEY

what : The University of California Botanical

Garden’s Annual Garden Party
$45, $40 members

when : Sunday, June 24, 2007, 2pm-6pm

BOTANICAL
U N I V E R S I T Y o f C A L I F O R N I A
where :

GARDEN at BERKELEY

200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720

why : Celebrate and support the Garden

featuring : Music by VidyA and Dodge’s Sundodgers

contact : Deepa Natarajan (510) 643-7265

http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu

food ! wine ! music ! blooms !

GARDEN WISH LIST

•Refrigerator for storing and stratifying seeds for the Garden collection $3,000
•Benches for the Cactus and Succulent Greenhouse in the Corporate Yard $2,000
•Extension of shade structures for the Garden’s collection propagation facility $2,000
•Shade structures for volunteer propagation work and growing areas $1,800
•New computer for the Administrative Office $1,500
•Sponsorship of a 25% student year-round to maintain the Crops of the World Garden $6,000
•Underwrite a Garden publication or brochure $2,500
•Sponsorship of a plant sale red wagon $50
•Garden Party sponsorships starting at $500
•Demolition hammer for demolition and digging in hard soil $600
•Garden shade canopy $1,200
There’s a lot going on here at the Garden and we plan to keep things moving but really need your support. Please
contact the Director, Paul Licht, at 510-643-8999, email plicht@berkeley.edu, or the Development Director,
Janet Williams at 510-643-2937, email janetwil@berkeley.edu, if you are interested in getting more informa-
tion or if you are able to help the Garden with an item from our wish list. We are very happy for a group of people
to join together in sponsoring a project - please consider talking to your family, friends and fellow gardeners.
Winter / Spring 2007
EDUCATION (continued from page 3)
re-taught a Botany on your Plate research lesson to her class in
December 2005. This presentation resulted in a local private
foundation providing new funds to support our work at Melrose.
The Franklin Elementary School team is another
example of how Lesson Study can evolve. The founding
team consisted of four teachers and one para-educator and has
expanded to include 8 credentialed teachers. Their initial
interest in the program was strongly influenced by their
commitment to completing a long held goal of a viable school
garden on the northwestern
border of their school site in
central Oakland. By the end
of the 2004 institute, they had
developed an action plan that
included a lesson study cycle
they would implement in
the spring.
For the Franklin team,
the return to school in September
was challenging. Literacy was
the main focus of the mandated
professional development that
centered on district adopted,
scripted curriculum. No other
professional development or
Melrose Elementary. Photo by Katherine Barrett
collaboration time was permitted
during school hours. Even with these restrictions, this team
managed to meet with the principal and other staff regarding
their plans and hopes for a more teacher-driven professional
development. A team of two teachers conducted a mini-lesson
study in the garden based on activities and lessons presented
at the summer institute. Individually, teachers modified the
curriculum to hold at least one class session in the garden.
Time constraints continued to be an issue as pressure mounted
for the round of mandated testing.
Recognizing the school infrastructure challenges our
teachers were facing, our program initiated a new opportunity to
conduct lesson study in the form of a “public research lesson”.
This would be part of a Saturday session held at the Lawrence
Hall of Science (LHS) in March 2005. The Franklin team quickly
seized this opportunity, which involved transporting a class of
students (and a parent/grandparent per child) by bus to LHS by
ten a.m. The research lesson took approximately one hour and
was observed by 17 fellow GLC teachers. Parents viewed the
lesson through a large window outside of the classroom. The
children responded well to the Math in the Garden lesson the
teacher had chosen, and there was a considerable amount of awe
and exclamations expressed during the Hand Span measuring
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tasks. At the end of the lesson the children were thanked “for
letting teachers get smarter about their teaching” and applauded
for their good attitude, and a GLC staff member led them out to
lunch with their parents.
The debriefing occurred according to the Lesson Study
protocol. The teacher who led the lesson spoke first. She stated
she was surprised at how unaware she was of the observers once
the lesson began. She also saw areas of the lesson that could
be improved, especially with regard to anticipation of student
responses. The other
Franklin team members
spoke in turn discussing
the student data that they
had collected and also
the lesson study cycle,
which they viewed very
positively. Then the other
GLC observers commented
on data that they had
collected. As the teachers
discussed the data that they
had gathered, the discussion
became focused on gender
roles and how teachers need
to be cognizant of the subtle
issues related to gender and
culture. One teacher commented, “I have always wanted a place
to discuss this issue.” The discussion included issues related to
teaching and learning within the framework of lesson study, and
the value for teachers who teach in a multi-cultural classroom.
Over the past four years, the GLC project has
worked with more than 150 teachers at 29 schools in eight
school districts. Thirteen of those schools have put in school
gardens and a dozen teams have used the process of Lesson
Study to improve their learning and teaching in gardens. The
professional development strategy of Lesson Study has proved
a powerful instrument for promoting whole-school involvement
of parents and teachers across grade levels and subject areas.
The project also demonstrates that teams of teacher leaders can
work collaboratively across districts to address curriculum and
programs for diverse learners. Our goal is to create opportunities
for our teacher participants to cultivate, enjoy and appreciate “the
harvest” of their collective learning.
—Katharine Barrett
12 University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Judith Finn
30 Years of Dedication and Expertise

J
udith Finn, Horticulturist in charge of the Cycad and did it with style and good humor! For years she led the team
Palm Garden, Tropical House, greenhouse teaching of staff and students who set up and took down tables for plant
collections, and much more, retired in January 2007. sales. Likewise, she led the set-up team for our Garden Party
A staff member with wide-ranging impact, we review here fundraisers. At a personal level Judith is the epitome of a team
Judith’s myriad contributions to the Garden. player. She was the person on the staff who organized nearly
A native of Springfield, all of our team efforts, blending
Ohio, Judith Finn moved to San staff, students and volunteers with
Francisco in 1968, after completing As Judith begins her great ease.
a degree in art at George Washington
University in Washington, DC.
retirement we certainly will Judith’s work in the Garden
touched all of our constituencies,
Following a several year stint miss her for all the expertise. . . from students, volunteers and the
working at Scientific American, general public, to researchers and
Judith decided that she was
but what Judith brought to the faculty who use the Garden and its
interested in doing hands-on work Garden for the past 30 years collections. Her art background came
with plants, and she earned a degree into play throughout her career. Her
in horticulture from City College was so much more. line drawings of plants have graced
of San Francisco. She set out to the Newsletter and many other Garden
find a job, and ended up at the publications, and her drawings of
doorstep of the Garden at just the right moment in 1976. Garden carnivorous plants were used extensively by Peter D’Amato
Manager Anton Christ offered Judith a part time job. She was in his book The Savage Garden. Judith worked with faculty
hired to take care of four greenhouses, the Palm Garden, Herb members teaching Biology 1, a major introductory class whose
Garden, North American Area, (Garden areas were configured students visit the Garden for several labs each semester, to
and labeled slightly develop a detailed lab
differently 30 years ago) on carnivorous plants.
as well to water for the Professor Lew Feldman
volunteer propagators and hoped that these
take care of all chemical interesting plants would
applications – all this in capture the imagination
a part time appointment! of undergraduate
Judith became a full students and draw
time staff member in their attention to plant
1978, and became the biology. For over 15
Assistant Manager in years Judith served as
1979, whereupon she was the staff coordinator for
relieved of the care of the Integrative Biology 112
Herb Garden and North (Horticultural Methods),
American Area. She taught in the Garden
served as Acting Garden as a hands-on learning
Manager several times experience. She has seen
during her career. hundreds of students
Thirty years The retirement fete for Judith Finn including her being botanically crowned, come through the
later Judith ended her complete with cycad scepter. Photo by Bill Weaver
course, nurturing them
formal career at the Garden with basically the same suite of individually and helping them consider careers in botany and
responsibilities: tropical plants in five greenhouses, carnivorous horticulture. She mentored numerous students in independent
plants, ferns, the cycad and palm collections, chemical study projects, where she was particularly great at drawing
application and management, and coordination of horticulture out enthusiasm for carnivorous plants. She was equally good
volunteers. Judith did all of this and so much more, and she at presenting public programs about carnivorous plants at the
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JUDITH FINN
Garden, where she inspired
enthusiasm in carnivores among
the 12 year old boys –
and girls – who frequented
her programs.
For years Judith was
involved in many activities that
have brought the Garden to
the larger community, and she
also brought the community to
campus. As an active member
and frequent board member
of the Bay Area Carnivorous
Plant Society and the Northern
California Palm Society, she
hosted regular meetings of
these groups in the Garden.
She assisted annually at the Judith and volunteer Albert Chiu moving the confiscated cycads
Oakland Museum of California’s to the Garden. Photo by Holly Forbes
Wildflower Show, co-sponsored
by the Garden, creating detailed floral arrangements and often
large-scale displays. As the horticulturist for the palm collection
she has for years provided palm fronds for local churches on
Palm Sunday, and for the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.
Judith was someone who could be counted upon as a
friendly and informed interface with our visitors, fielding all
sorts of questions graciously, and always making time for the
public. She supported and mentored volunteers working in our
horticultural programs, making sure they received a quality
experience while working here. Indeed, Judith had a loyal
following of volunteers who had worked with her for years.
As with all horticulturists, Judith participated in training docents
and in programs for our volunteer propagators. She gives a great
tour of the Garden, and will be missed this season for her “Off
the Beaten Path” twilight tour. Judith has helped local colleges
and universities develop their greenhouse teaching collections
and she maintained active collaborations with colleagues at other
UC campuses.
In her role as pest manager Judith always kept the safety
of the staff and public in the fore, while addressing plant pest and
disease problems in the most cautious and conservative manner
possible. Whether the problem was vertebrate or invertebrate,
Judith was always on hand to help out. She moved rattlesnakes
away from potential public hazard situations with consummate
calm and great care.
Over her career Judith took care of a wide range of
plants, including, in the distant past, the orchid collection and
several outdoor collections, as mentioned above. In addition
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to the Tropical House, she cared
for a large number of tropical
plants used in UCB teaching
programs that were not on public
display. She managed an extensive
collection of tropical ferns, some
of which were always on display in
the Orchid, Fern and Carnivorous
Plant House. With such a wide
range of plants under her care,
it was clear that carnivorous
plants, palms, and cycads were
her passions. Judith’s programs
and work with the carnivorous
plant collections were referenced
above, and a friend and colleague,
Bill Baumgartl, even named
a tropical pitcher plant hybrid
after her: Nepenthes ‘Judith
Finn.’ Apparently this selection
has proven to be quite marketable, and at Judith’s retirement
party Bill noted that he had recently seen a big basket of ‘Judith
Finn’ in a shop in Moscow. Over the years Judith expanded the
range of the outdoor cycad and palm collection, and assisted
other horticulturists in introducing palms and cycads into
their biogeographic collections. Judith was a major force in
establishing and caring for the extensive collection of cycads
which the Garden received from the US Fish and Wildlife
Service in 2002 (discussed in the Summer/Fall 2006 issue of the
Newsletter). She worked with each plant individually, assessing
its health, checking for pests, and reviewing its identification.
She has been and will continue to be a key advisor in the
Garden’s effort to properly plant the cyads throughout the
Garden, as well as with our plans to develop a breeding program
aimed at world-wide cycad conservation.
As Judith begins her retirement we certainly will
miss her for all the expertise mentioned above, but what Judith
brought to the Garden for the past 30 years was so much more.
We could always count on her steady and strong presence, her
willingness to help out anyone in need, and her ready smile that
started our work days. Judith’s impact on the Garden and many
who came here has been far reaching. A few summers ago I was
in Grand Teton National Park. A young ranger-in-training read
the logo on my cap and said, “Oh, the UC Botanical Garden! Do
you know Judith Finn? She helped me get interested in plants.”
We wish her well in the next phase of her life, and look forward
to welcoming her back as a volunteer!
—Chris Carmichael
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GARDEN NOTES (continued from page 6)
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WOLLEMI PINE PLANTED! Emily Dennis, Visitor Services Assistant
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Annabella Reyes, Visitor Services Assistant
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Scientists working on its evolutionary history have placed it COLLECTIONS & HORTICULTURE
in the family Araucariaceae, believing it to be most closely related to Dr. Christopher Carmichael,
Associate Director of Collections and Horticulture
the genus Araucaria (monkey puzzle trees) native to the SW Pacific Holly Forbes, Curator
and to South America (represented in the Garden). Barbara Keller, Assistant Curator
Anthony Garza,
The site of the natural population remains a closely guarded Supervisor of Horticulture and Grounds
secret and, in an effort to discourage illegal poaching, a propagation Ken Bates, Horticulturist
program was begun so that gardeners the world over could have one of Colin Baxter, Horticulturist
John Domzalski, Propagator
their very own. After several years of work the trees were released for Bryan Gim, Horticulturist
public sale in the United States in 2006. They are available through Peter Klement, Horticulturist
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the National Geographic Society. Learn more about this interesting Jerry Parsons, Horticulturist
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