Re: SLO Botanic Garden and festival
- Subject: Re: SLO Botanic Garden and festival
- From: &* A* O*
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:35:09 -0700
At 07:17 PM 5/1/01 +0000, wendy winkler wrote on CA-NATIVES:
>A friend forwarded me information on a 10th annual festival to be held at
>the new San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden this weekend, May 5th and 6th
>(http://www.slobg.org/Garden_Festival.htm ). I enjoyed looking at the Web
>site at http://ww.slobg.org which describes this interesting project as
>follows:
>
>"The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is devoted to the display and study of
>the plants and ecosystems of the five mediterranean-climate zones of the
>world: parts of California, Chile, Australia, South Africa and the countries
>surrounding the Mediterranean Sea."
>
>"We will soon develop 150 acres of rolling hills in El Chorro Regional Park
>into mediterranean-climate gardens, woodlands, and meadows displaying
>thousands of plant species as they grow in their natural habitats. "
>
>"We invite you to visit "Today's Garden" a one- acre preview of the Future
>Garden to come."
>
>The magazine review article at http://ww.slobg.org/Review_1.htm provided a
>great description of the on-going project and its history. I probably won't
>be able to get to the festival this weekend, but I'm hoping to stop by to
>see the preview garden on my way south later this week.
