Xerophilous Schedule | The Living Desert

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April 6, 2024

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Garden Tours

Time	Saturday, April 6	Sunday, April 7
9:00am	Tribute Garden Meet at the front of Australian Adventures and Ethnobotanical Garden	Africa Acacia Tour Meet at Madagascar Garden Pathway and Chaiken Nutrition Center
10:00am	Upper Colorado and Mojave Gardens Meet at the front of Australian Adventures and Ethnobotanical Garden	Native Bee Garden Meet near the Desert Plant Conservation Center
11:00am	Baja Garden Meet near the Desert Plant Conservation Center	Eastern African and Madagascar Gardens Meet at Madagascar Garden Pathway and Chaiken Nutrition Center
12:00pm	Chihuahuan Garden Meet near the Desert Plant Conservation Center	Rhino Savanna Meet at Madagascar Garden Pathway and Chaiken Nutrition Center
1:00pm	Sonoran Foothills/Jaguar Habitat Meet near the Desert Plant Conservation Center	Palm Garden Meet at Madagascar Garden Pathway and Chaiken Nutrition Center

Speakers

Meet at the Conservation Station on Rhino Savanna.

*schedule subject to change

Time	Saturday, April 6	Sunday, April 7
9:00am	Desert Pollinators Dr. Kaleigh Vitchez-Russell, Professor at College of the Desert Biology Professor	Permaculture for Xerophilous Gardens DiHG Eco-Prise: Vanessa Encinias Susan Forgrave Susan Krings Rose Morisoli
10:00am	Getting to Know Our Native Plants Jennifer Hudson, Desert Naturalist	The Four Plants Every Desert Garden Should Have Lisha Astorga of Desert Straw House Native Plant Nursery & AirBnB
11:00am	Saving Nature’s Most Precious: Rare Plants of the Colorado Desert Katie Barrows of California Native Plant Society, Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter	Not a Barren Wasteland, the Incredible Biodiversity of the California Deserts Dr. Cameron Barrows, PhD, Conservation Ecologist, Emeritus Center for Conservation Biology at University of California Riverside
12:00pm	Habitat Restoration Dr. Luis Ramirez, Curator of Conservation at The Living Desert	Desert Plants and Black Rhinos: Feeding a Megaherbivore 12:00pm Jared Moeller, Animal Care Curator at The Living Desert Composting at The Living Desert 12:30pm Shanna Winters, Assistant Conservation Scientist
1:00pm	Oswit Land Trust: Saving Wildlife One Acre at a Time David Paisley, Community Engagement Ranger at Oswit Land Trust	Choose Native Plants: Create Wildlife Habitat in Your Yard Brad Hardison, UCCE Master Gardener of Riverside County and Certified CA Naturalist