Docent Program
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Docent Training Class
The San Diego Botanic Garden is offering a six-class series to train volunteers interested in becoming docents. Each three-hour class in the series is self-contained, thus you may begin with any class, but must attend all six to complete the docent training. Topics include Botany Boot Camp and Herbs; Deserts and Succulents; Tropical Rain Forests, Palms, and Cycads; California Natives and Firescapes; Mediterranean Climates; Subtropical Fruit and Bamboo. For more information call Shamayne at 760/ 436–3036 x206.
If you are interested in becoming a docent, you are encouraged to attend a San Diego Botanic Garden volunteer orientation, which is required for docent certification. Please check back for information regarding our next scheduled volunteer orientation.
September 15
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Botany Bootcamp / Herbs
Instructors: Liz Woodward and Mary Friestedt
September 22
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Palms & Cycads
Instructors: Jason Kubrock and Robert Kopfstein
September 29
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Subtropical Fruits / Bamboo
Instructors: Mo Price and Peter Jones |
October 20
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Mediterranean Plants
Instructors: Allan Dodds
October 27
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Native Plants & People
Instructors: Mary Roper and Sharon Clay Rose
November 10
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Succulents & Desert Plants
Instructors: Phyllis Flechsig and Anne Spindel |
Docent Meetings — Everyone Welcome
The docent/volunteer meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of every month, except June and December when it starts at
10:00 a.m. and is a potluck. There is NO meeting in July. Normally there is a special presentation which begins at 11:00 a.m., after the general business and announcements have concluded.
January: Fungi in Your Garden: Friend, Foe or Food. Paul Maschka, passionate environmentalist and horticulture consultant, will speak about the role of mushrooms in the garden and our environment.
February: Mo Price became interested in Australian plants shortly after becoming a Docent at San Diego Botanic Garden in 2001. She was awestruck by some of the beautiful and unusual plants from Australia and soon discovered that most Australian plants are evergreen, looking nice year-round, even when they are not blooming. She started visiting local nurseries on a weekly basis, hoping a new species would be waiting for her when she arrived. She currently has over 100 Australian Natives in her garden. In May 2009, she spent a week with Jo O’Connell, the foremost expert in Australian natives, at Jo’s nursery in Ventura County. This was a fantastic learning experience which dramatically enhanced Mo’s knowledge of Australian plants. Mo will talk about growing requirements and show slides of some beautiful Australian plants that would be a welcome addition to your garden.
March: Bette Childs and Joan Espy of the Flower Girls will show how to create containers with drought tolerant plants.
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