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BACPS | Bulletin |
| February 2010 |
| San Francisco Flower & Garden Show |
| Upcoming Events |
by Katie Taylor
The BACPS will once again have a booth
at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, delighting
kids and enlightening parents about the wonders of the carnivorous plant world.
To pull off this amazing feat, we need YOUR help!
You, too, can help man the booth on any of the days below, for just a few hours or as many as you want, helping kids pot up their own baby Venus flytraps, and showing off our best bug-eating marvels. (We found that last year the Drosera capensis were more popular than the Venus flytraps so we are looking for D. capensis or other sundew donations to give away to the kids.) When your shift(s) is up, feel free to enjoy the always fantastic gardens and great food found just around the corner. Admission for booth volunteers is on us! That's right, free admission! Just one four-hour shift, and the rest of the day is yours.
The show runs from Wednesday, March 24, through Sunday, the 28th, at the San Mateo Event Center. Wednesday through Saturday, the booth hours are: 9:45 - 1:30, 1:00 - 5:00, and 4:30 - 8:00. Sunday the show closes early, so the last shift will end at 6:00 pm. Set-up and take-down will be on Tuesday and Monday. Don't feel overwhelmed: it's two people per shift, with a half hour overlap at both ends -- there will be plenty of help!
It's just that easy! Along with filling pots and brains, you would also be asked to mist some things once or twice, and guard the volunteered plants, to see that they return home safely. There will be a coloring area for the kids, and a sign-in sheet for prospective members.
We also need volunteer plants! This is your chance to show off that fantastic Nepenthes filling your bathroom window, your favorite terrarium, or that gargantuan sundew gluing up any and all who dare enter your back yard. How about a pot full of mega flytraps? Post an idea on the forum, or send me an e-mail -- all offers are welcome!
If you would like to take a shift or two, or have something to display, send me an e-mail: littlegreennut@pacbell.net.
April 10, 2010: Spring Meeting, Barry Rice -- "Carnivorous Plants of California,"
University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley
April 17, 2010: Bug Day, Randall Museum, San Francisco
May 7-October 31, 2010: CHOMP 2,
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park
June 19, 2010: Annual Show and Sale,
Lakeside Park Garden Center, Oakland
July 31, 2010: Summer Meeting,
California Carnivores: Potluck, Larry Mellichamp
October 30, 2010: Fall Meeting,
University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley
SF Flower & Garden Show photo -- Stephen Davis; Utricularia blanchetii flowers -- Tony Gridley
The BACPS Bulletin serves as a monthly forum for members to make CP-related
announcements: events, want ads, items for sale, information sought,
growing tips, etc. Submissions must be received by Tony Gridley
(tgridley@comcast.net)
by the 23rd of the month prior to publication.
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