August 14 2025

Blow Your Mind Botany

Thursday, August 14, at 6 p.m.
Location: Lakeside Room, Auburn Recreation District, 3770 Richardson Drive, Auburn
Presenter: Joe Medeiros, Emeritus in Botany and Ecology at Sierra College

Why do people often give plants such lowly status? Without them, we would have nothing but barren rock surfaces surrounded by swirling gases. Retired Botany professor Joe Medeiros will review the never-ending and amazing characteristics of members of the plant kingdom on Thursday, August 14, in a free public presentation at the Auburn Recreation District, Lakeside Room in Auburn.

Professor Medeiros will discuss who these incredible plants are and what they provide for every other living species on Earth. He will also review research demonstrating that plants have more sensory abilities than humans, communication skills as complex as the modern internet, and myriad partnerships with other species, including fungi. Plants also offer our primary solutions to climate change!

Are they intelligent? We’ll let you decide once you know the facts.

Register for Free Program

This program, sponsored by the California Native Plant Society’s local Redbud Chapter, will take place Thursday, August 14, at 6 p.m., at 3770 Richardson Drive, Auburn.

This event is free and open to all. Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blow-your-mind-botany-tickets-1407908806139?aff=oddtdtcreator

More information at http://chapters.cnps.org/redbud/2025/06/14/august-14-2025/

About the Presenter

Joe Medeiros retired after 34 years of teaching botany and ecology at Modesto Junior College and at Sierra College. He was a summer Ranger Naturalist in Sequoia National Park. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Sierra College Press and continues to work with Sierra College Press as a board member. Joe is a bonafide tree-hugger and soil-worshiper. Long, long ago he was State Vice President of CNPS, serving with President August Fruge.