Rare Plant Species Seed Cleaning
San Luis Mariposa Lily ‘Calochortus obispoensis’.
OVLC Office – 370 W. Baldwin Road (the old Honor Farm) Bldg. A4
Monday, December 3, 1–4 pm
Photo from a previous event with the SBBG
Join us on Monday, December 3 at the OVLC office to hear a presentation from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) about their efforts to protect rare plant species across the state. Following the presentation, the Garden’s staff will train you to prepare seeds of rare plant species for storage in the Garden’s conservation seed bank.
There will be a 30-minute presentation, followed by a short training, and then we will seed clean for the rest of the event. Volunteers don’t need to bring anything – SBBG will bring everything you need. Everyone attending the training will receive a free pass to the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden.
Attendance is limited to 12
To register for this event, please contact Marti Reid at marti@ovlc.org or (805) 646-6852 ext 2.
About the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Since the 1930s, staff members of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) have developed and maintained an intimate knowledge of the California flora, with an emphasis on the plants and vegetation communities of California’s Central Coast and the offshore islands. The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s long-term Conservation Seed Collection currently represents over 175,000 seeds, composed of 434 accessions and 106 taxa. These include state and federally listed species, Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service sensitive species, and special collections of disjunct populations.
