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Lan Su Chinese Garden. Camellia. reticualta ‘Dr. Clifford Parks’

Lan Su Chinese Garden

When my wife, Lynn, and I travel we always plan on visiting key gardens and major museums. Therefore when visiting Portland, Oregon for a camellia show and an American Camellia Society meeting we were pleased the local host arranged a tour of Lan Su Chinese Garden. Our tour guide informed us that Lan Su Yuan […]

High Desert Rose Garden

What’s What in the Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden

An essential part of a public botanical garden is visitor education and being a docent is my small way of helping with that mission. It is about as stress-free as anything could be. But it was with some trepidation that I heard Cheri V., our education curator say, “The garden manager wants to see you.” […]