Last week the S.F. Bromeliad Club and the S.F Cactus and Succulent Club had separate field trips.
The Brom club went to the S.F. Conservatory and the Succulent club hired a bus and took us down to visit the cactus garden in Stanford, the Rodin sculpture garden , wine tasing in Gilroy and then plant shopping at Succulent Gardens Nursery in Castroville.
Here a a few photos from each tour :
A Medinilla magnifica at the Conservatory
Bromeliad
Nepenthes
Bromeliad arrangement in the entry foyer
Part of a special exhibit at the conservatory was author Amy Stewarts Wicked Plants show.
It was a hoot ! Lot of wicked poisonous plants set to a story line.
This photo shows the gift store swag.
I was interested in this deadly plant because I’ve seen it covertly growing in a nursery . It wasn’t for sale. It was being grown by one of the nursery workers for his own usse.
My own wicked plant growing in my garden in Novato
Across from the Cactus garden at Standford there is an Andy Goldsworthly stone sculpture
A few hundred yards away is the Rodin garden
Owner of Succulent Gardens in Catroville, Robin Stockwell
One of the greenhouses
I bought a few plants and potted them up for the garden at home
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