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Last year’s symposium took a historic look back at the first 100 years of the Desert Garden at The Huntington and its remarkably diverse collection of plants. This year, a panel of guest speakers will look ahead to the future, discussing new developments in the world of succulents.

Registration required. Call 626-405-3504, or complete and fax form below.

Speakers

Alejandro de Avila B., Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, "Succulents to eat and think about: Agaves and cacti at the Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Garden"

Stephen Ingram, Stephen Ingram Nature Photography, Swall Meadows, California, "Rare and noteworthy cacti, agaves, and yuccas of California and Nevada"

Tim Harvey, Plantae Novae, Thousand Oaks, California, "E Namibia Semper Aliquid Novi - New plants from an old place"

David Hearn, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, "Stem succulence: The seamy underworld of stem succulence evolution"

Kelly J. Griffin, Rancho Soledad Nurseries, Rancho Santa Fe, California, "Searching the field for succulent plants…taking the road less traveled"

James P. Folsom, Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, "The Next Century"

Program

8:30 a.m.	Registration and continental breakfast
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Program & Silent Auction (Friends’ Hall)
6 p.m.	Dinner (reservations required)
7:30 p.m.	Presentation by Jim Folsom "The Next Century"

Registration

Registration is required. Call 626-405-3504, or print out, complete and fax the Registration Form. Deadline for registration is August 26.

Symposium: $75.00

Dinner: $20.00 (Meals cannot be guaranteed for late registrants.)

Fax registration form and credit card information to 626-405-3501, or mail registration form and a check (payable to The Huntington) to:

Succulent Symposium

Huntington Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108

Print Registration Form

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