Sculpture in the Garden
Now through March 1, 2010

Thanks to a collaboration between the San Diego Fine Art Society and the San Diego Botanic Garden you can now see some amazing sculptures in the Garden. Some of them have been part of the Urban Trees series, displayed along North Harbor Drive in San Diego. Each piece is available for purchase and a portion of the proceeds goes to the San Diego Botanic Garden. Some of the participating artists include Rae Barney, Fred Briscoe, Charles Bronson, Pat Cranor, John Dole, Carolyn Guerra, Benjamin Lavender, Ilona Passino, Melissa Ralston, Ken Smith, Lia Strell, James Stone, Mike Tauber and Anna Hamann, and Robert Verhees.

Free with admission to the Garden or with membership.

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Asian Arts in the Garden
February 27
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

February 28
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

San Diego Botanic Garden will be celebrating the art of Asian horticulture with outstanding displays, lectures, and demonstrations.

The La Jolla Chapter of the Ohara School of Ikebana will have floral arrangements created by members of this school, led by Sensi Yaeko Ohta who has been the backbone of this organization for 30 years. The Ikebana art form can be traced back to the mid-sixth century when Buddhism was introduced to Japan. Monks would create arrangements to be placed in temples. The Ohara School was one of the earliest of the 60+ schools of Ikebana, now spread throughout the world.

Complimenting this diplay will be a Bonsai Show in the Walled Garden featuring styles of bonsai from Japan, China, Vietnam, and the West. There will be displays of Tray Landscape, Saikei, Kusamono, Penjing, Hon Non Bo, Suiseki, and Scholar Rocks. The organization supporting the display is Bonsai and Beyond, whose members study all the above art forms.

On Saturday, Soryo Ayako Stott will perform a tea ceremony at 11:30 am, and on Sunday, The Shokenji Taiko, a Japanese style drumming group from the Vista Buddhist Temple, will perform at 2 pm.

Arrangement Credit: Karen Morikawa

Cost: Free with admission or membership

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Herb Festival, Spring Plant Sale, and Tomatomania®
March 20 and 21
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

We are happy to announce that Dr. James Duke will be our honored guest at this year’s Herb Festival. He is the author of The Green Pharmacy® Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More than 80 Common Health Concerns, which was published in 2009. He will give a presentation each day on foods as medicines, featuring spices especially, and will sign copies of his book.

Additionally, there will be guided tours of the herb garden, on-going speakers on garden and herb-related topics, Herb Festival Market-place, the A-Z of Herbs information booths, and the SDBG Spring Plant Sale. Back by popular demand is Tomatomania® with lectures and plenty of hybrid tomato seedlings.

Children’s activities will focus on dill, the Herb of the Year.

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Cost: Free with admission or membership