Oakland
Museum of California NEWS
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| CONTACT Elizabeth Whipple 510/238-4740 ewhipple@museumca.org |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
24 April 2009
April Showers Bring May Flowers to the Museum
California Wildflower Show • May 2–3, 2009
| WHAT | 40th Annual California Wildflowers Show |
| WHEN | Saturday, May 2, 10–5 Sunday, May 3, 12–5 |
| PREVIEW | First Fridays After Five, May 1, 5–9 p.m. Party with your buds! |
| WHERE | Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak @ 10th
Street One block from Lake Merritt BART |
| $ | Included with museum admission: $8 for adults; $5 seniors/students with ID; free for members, City of Oakland employees, and kids 5 and under |
| WHY | Enjoy hundreds of freshly collected native flowers from the Sierra Foothills—in stunning displays, microscope study areas, and demos and talks all weekend. Botanists on hand will identify plants and discuss gardening with native plants. |
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| Tony
Morosco,
White Globe Lilly. |
PROGRAMS
Saturday
11 a.m. Dr. Richard Beidleman, “In the Shadow of Darwin”
12:30 p.m. Dr. Linda Vorobik, "Sierra Nevada: A Celebration of Wildflowers"
2 p.m. Dr. Frank Almeda, "Sustainability and the Living Roof of the New Cal Academy”
3:30 pm Glen Schneider, “Native Plants for the Garden”
Sunday
1 p.m. Bob Case; "Invasive Plants: A Serious Threat to California Wildflowers"
3 p.m. John Farais, slide lecture about cooking with native plants
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| Cal Acadey of Science. |
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Presented with the California Native Plant Society, the Jepson Herbarium, the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, and Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.
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