dudyleas

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Several times a year I escape the rat race and go looney tunes in Baja primarily on surf missions. My father has been taking me down there since I was about 6 and we know pretty much every grain of dust down there. Over the last 5 yrs of my travels down there I've fallen in love with the...

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I wound up in Phoenix on Sunday with 9 hours to kill. I knew this day was coming and had reserved a ticket for the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden, which happened to have a glass installation on display by Dale Chihuly. I threw a few pics up on "photbucket" as a slide show if anyone...

At the Discovery Center, Fresno, CA

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In the thread on Saguaro in California I mentioned the Deutsch Cactus Garden and it reminded me that I never posted the pictures I took last year. The garden is managed by the Fresno Cactus and Succulent Society. The garden is a little known jewel in the central valley. Tom Meyer...

Real gems are off the beaten track

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A bit of internet research pays off if you plan a garden visit to South Africa. For many people Kirstenbosch is a 'must visit' but many horticulturists/botanists are dissapointed after visiting this and other state financed gardens like the Karoo Botanical Gardens (xeric garden).

Great Place To Visit

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Recent visit to Glendale Library Garden

A amazing garden on the riviera

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This garden has been created more than 100 years ago. It is focus on succulent plants! Probably the best place in Europe. Anyway my favorite. Enjoy.

Feb/March 2010 in Oaxaca

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I have FINALLY got by backside into gear and written up my last trip to Mexico Feb/March 2010. So if you fancy some light reading to break up the festivities here it is. Feliz Navidad a todo.

Field Trip During CSSA Convention

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Brian Kemble (Ruth Bancroft Garden), Ernst van Jaarsveld (Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden) Randy Baldwin (San Marcos Growers) Jeff Chemnick, Tim Gregory, Scott Calhoun and I tour the Tucson Area.