South Coast CNPS Chapter Meetings 1997 to 2011

Part of our Chapter’s historical record is the list of all speakers and topics covered at our monthly meetings. Following below is a list of all SCCNPS meetings from 1997 to 2011, the speakers at those meetings, and the discussion topic.

MMM-YY Topic Speaker Title or Affiliation
Jul-97 Annual picnic (at Point Vicente)
Aug-97 TBA
Sep-97 None (Labor Day holiday)
Oct-97 The Sunflower Family Andy Sanders Herbarium Curator, UC Riverside
Nov-97 TBA
Dec-97 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-98 (Video) “Secrets of the Bay” (about San Francisco Bay)
Feb-98 Rare Plants Angelika Brinkmann-Busi Conservation Chair, South Coast Chapter
Mar-98 TBA
Apr-98 Spring Wildflower Show – Show and Tell General discussion
May-98 Wildflowers Roy van de Hoek Wildlife and Wildness of the Carrizo Plains
Jun-98 Southern California Wildflowers (especially desert wildflowers) Margaret Huffman
Jul-98 Annual picnic (at Point Vicente)
Aug-98 CNPS Education Program Lorrae Fuentes CNPS V.P. of Instruction
Instructor, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden,
Sep-98 Preparation for annual Plant Sale Ric Dykzeul lant Sales Chair, South Coast Chapter
Oct-98 Propagation of natives from seeds and cuttings Tony Baker Rare Plants Chair, South Coast Chapter
Nov-98 CNPS Education Program Lorrae Fuentes NPS V.P. of Instruction
Instructor, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden,
Dec-98 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-99 Successes and Failures with Native Plants in the Garden General discussion Chapter members share their experiences
Feb-99 Hummingbirds American Begonia Society (Palos Verdes Branch)
Mar-99 TBA
Apr-99 Photography – lighting and challenging conditions Steve Cohen Professional Photographer & Former Chair, Sierra Club Camera Committee
May-99 Flora of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Tony Baker South Coast Chapter Rare Plants Chair
Jun-99 Developing School Gardens
Featuring her new book: “Southern California Native Plants for School Gardens
Betsy Landis Education Chair and Newsletter Editor Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Jul-99 Annual picnic (at George F Canyon)
Aug-99 Policy Changes by the U.S. Forest Service Outreach Coordinator (in regard to logging and the building of new roads) Bob Brister Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign
Sep-99 Designing a Native Plant Garden for Southern California Rick Fisher CNPS San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
Oct-99 Planting and caring for native plants in local gardens General discussion
Nov-99 Suggestions for Care of Native Plants in Southern California Dan Songster President, CNPS Orange County Chapter
Dec-99 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-00 Resources on the “Net” for Native Plants and Related Subjects General discussion
Feb-00 Weeds of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Tony Baker Rare Plants Chair, South Coast Chapter
Mar-00 Forrestal Preserve Angelika Brinkmann-Busi, Tony Baker, and Dawn Aulenbrock
Apr-00 Wildflowers and Native Plants in Our Gardens General discussion
May-00 A Walk Through the Willows Preserve
(meeting held at South Gardena Park)
Dave Negrete Supervisor, Parks Department, City of Gardena
Jun-00 TBA
Jul-00 Annual picnic (at George F Canyon)
Aug-00 Through the Seasons at Madrona Marsh
(meeting held in Community Room of Whole Foods Market)
Dr. Jack Ludwick Photographer
Sep-00 Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park and other open space issues
(meeting held in Community Room of Whole Foods Market)
Frank O’ Brien Chair, Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Advisory Board
Co-Founder, Los Angeles Recreation and Open Space Association
Oct-00 Tips for buying native plants at our annual sale General discussion
Nov-00 Local Restoration Projects in Progress Stephan Reyn Land Stewardship Director Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Dec-00 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-01 Planning for the Year 2001 and Video Presentation General Discussion
Feb-01 Designing and Constructing Landscapes with Native Plants Jennifer Mok President, Board of Directors, Theodore Payne Foundation
Mar-01 The Flora of the Liebre Mountains Steve Boyd Noted Botanist (Updating Munz’s Southern California Flora)
Apr-01 Growing Native Trees in Southern California Gardens Jan Scow Registered Consulting Arborist
May-01 TBA
Jun-01 TBA
Jul-01 Annual picnic (at George F Canyon)
Aug-01 If You Build It Will They Come?
Urban Wildlands Group Looking at restoration from the arthropods’ point of view
Dr. Travis Longcore
Sep-01 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Bart O’Brien
Oct-01 Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Angelika Brinkmann-Busi Choosing and Growing Native Plants Successfully in Gardens
Nov-01 TBA
Dec-01 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-02 California Desert Issues Ileene Anderson Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Feb-02 Growing Native Plants Bart O’Brien Director of Horticulture, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Mar-02 TBA
Apr-02 Plant Propagation Dylan Hannon Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
May-02 George F Canyon Nature Center activities, and restoration and improvements in the canyon Loretta Rose Director, George F Canyon Nature Center Nature Center
Jun-02 Trails and Vegetation in the Santa Susana Mountains Don Mullally Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Jul-02 Annual picnic (at George F Canyon)
Aug-02 New Age Desert Conservation Steve Hartman Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter CNPS Desert Conservation Chairperson
Sep-02 Getting Ready for the Fall Plant Sale! Group Discussion
Oct-02 Wetland Restoration in Southern California Dr. Richard Ambrose Director of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Nov-02 TBA
Dec-02 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-03 Native Plants of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Angelika Brinkmann-Busi Conservation Chair, South Coast Chapter
Feb-03 Living on the El Segundo Sand Dune Amy and Brad Henderson Consulting Biologist and Botanist, California Dept of Fish & Game and Educating the City of Lawndale!
Mar-03 TBA
Apr-03 Current Conservation Projects in Southern California Dave Magney President, Channel Islands Chapter
May-03 Spring Wildflowers of the Santa Susana Mountains Don Mullally Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Jun-03 Gardening for Life Trish Meyer www.wildscaping.com
Jul-03 Annual picnic (at White Point Nature Preserve)
Aug-03 White Point Nature Preserve Restoration Project Andrea Vona Senior Project Manager Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Sep-03 Preparing Your Garden for Fall Planting General discussion
Oct-03 Tips on Growing Natives Angelika Brinkmann-Busi Conservation Chair, South Coast Chapter
Nov-03 TBA
Dec-03 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-04 Unknown
Feb-04 Restoration at Alondra Park Jeanne Bellemin Professor of Zoology, El Camino College
Mar-04 The Intersection of Conservation and Gardening Bart O’Brien Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden An Overview of the Consequences of Growing California Native Plants
Apr-04 Beach Bluffs Restoration Ann Dalkey and Travis Longcore
May-04 Willows Field Trip and Program at South Park (City of Gardena) Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Jun-04 Installing a Native Garden – Common Problems and Solutions Dan Songster Horticulture Chair, Orange County Chapter
Jul-04 No program or picnic this month
Aug-04 Creating an Environmentally Friendly Habitat in Your Backyard Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
Sep-04 Preview of Native Plant Sale Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-04 Native Plants and the Art of Craft Gardens Rick Fisher Conservation Chair, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
Nov-04 Grasses of California J. Travis Columbus Research Scientist, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden & Associate Professor of Botany, Claremont Graduate University
Dec-04 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-05 Native Bees Frances Knight Landscape Architect, Habitat Gardening
Feb-05 Habitat of the Los Angeles River Shelly Backlar Executive Director, Friends of the Los Angeles River
Mar-05 Habitat Restoration at Friendship Park Jim Clark Project Manager, Sapphos Environmental Inc.
Apr-05 Flora of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
May-05 Restoration of Friendship Park Martin Byhower Life Science Instructor, Chadwick School
Jun-05 Plant Uses of the Gabrielino-Tongva Linda Gonzales Cultural Educator
Jul-05 No program or picnic this month
Aug-05 Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants John Ekhoff Associate Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game
Sep-05 Gardening with Native Plants Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-05 Weeds of the South Bay Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
Nov-05 Braunton’s Milkvetch – a Southern California Eccentric Betsy Landis President, Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter,
Dec-05 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-06 outh Bay Native Annuals and Native Perennials Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Feb-06 Petrified Wood Helga Wagener South Bay Lapidary and Mineral Society
Mar-06 Sweethearts for Spring
South Bay Native Wildflowers for the Home Garden
Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Apr-06 California Native Plants for the Garden Bart O’Brien Director of Horticulture, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
May-06 Defining Locally Important Plant Species and Communities Elizabeth Chatten Staff Biologist, County of Ventura
Jun-06 Summerizing your Native Plant Garden Ric Dykzeul Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
Jul-06 White Point Nature Preserve Volunteer Day and Picnic
Aug-06 George F Canyon Twilight Walk
Sep-06 Botanical Illustration Linda Ann Vorobik Botanical Illustrator – Flora of Santa Catalina Island and Flora of San Nicholas Island
Oct-06 Butterflies and their Native Host Plants Reggie Durant Habitat Designer and Educator, backtonatives.org
Nov-06 Baseline Data Collection Update Barbara Dye and Andrea Vona Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Dec-06 San Miguel Island and Palos Verdes Peninsula Wildflowers and Vegetation Ann Dalkey Science Director, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Jan-07 The Native Cottage Garden
South Bay Native Annuals and Perennials for a Cottage Garden
Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Feb-07 Flora of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
Mar-07 For Business or Pleasure: Effects of Humans on South Bay Habitats Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Apr-07 Beach Bluffs Restoration Projects Monica Acosta SEA Lab in Redondo Beach Redondo Beach and Dockweiler State Beach
May-07 The Nature and Future of Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Martin Byhower Life Science Instructor, Chadwick School
Jun-07 California in a Global Context Philip Rundel Professor, UCLA Department of Life Sciences
Jul-07 No program or picnic this month
Aug-07 Native Plants of Southern California Wetlands Lenny Arkinstall Director, Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards, Inc.
Sep-07 The Nature and Future of Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Martin Byhower Life Science Instructor, Chadwick School
Oct-07 Prisk Elementary School Native Plant Garden Mike Letterielo Founder, Prisk Elementary School Native Plant Garden
Nov-07 Madrona Marsh Preserve Tracy Drake Nature Center Manager
Dec-07 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-08 Weeds Emerging in the Winter Rains Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chair, South Coast Chapter
Feb-08 Tejon-Tehachapi Park: A Vision for California’s Newest Park Ileene Anderson Director, Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards, Inc.,
Mar-08 The Plant Communities of Point Lobos: Beyond Wildflowers Rosemary Foster Monterey Bay Chapter
Apr-08 Spring Show and Tell General discussion
May-08 Native Ornamental Grasses and Sedges for the Home Garden Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Jun-08 Beneficial Insects in the Garden Ann Barklow Owner, Garden Magic gardening service, Manhattan Beach,
Jul-08 George F Canyon Nature Center and Trail Twilight Walk
Aug-08 Dominguez Gap Wetlands Multiuse Project David Sundstrom Board Member, South Coast Chapter
Sep-08 California Native plants that grow well in our area Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-08 Vernal Wetlands Across Borders and Centuries Jess Morton Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society The Past and Present of Vernal Pools in the Californias
Nov-08 Replacing Grass Lawns with Native Plants General discussion
Dec-08 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-09 California Native Plants for Hedges Connie Vadheim Hedgerows and Screens Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Feb-09 Propagation of natives from seeds and cuttings Tony Baker South Coast Chapter Horticulture Co-Chair
Mar-09 Current Land Conservancy Projects
Vegetation surveys and restoration work
Ann Dalkey Science Director, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Apr-09 Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project at Machado Lake Kurt Campbell / Wendy Katagi Senior Biologist, Jones and Stokes / Principal, CDM,
May-09 California’s Fading Wildflowers Richard Minnich Professor, U.C, Riverside Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions,
Jun-09 The History of Farming in Torrance and the South Bay Judith Gerber Author of the book “Farming in Torrance and the South Bay”
Jul-09 George F Canyon Nature Center and Trail Twilight Walk
Aug-09 Battling Exotic Trees and Streamside Weeds Riparian Repairs Bill Neill
Sep-09 California Native plants that grow well in our area Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-09 The Role of Native Plants in Watershed Management Edward Belden Project Manager, Elmer Avenue Sun Valley Neighborhood Retrofit
Nov-09 Update on Land Conservancy Projects Andrea Vona Executive Director, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Dec-09 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-10 Eradication of Fennel on Catalina Island Hans Grellman
Feb-10 Madrona Marsh: How Community Involvement Created a Nature Preserve Bill Arrowsmith
Connie Vadheim
President, Friends of Madrona Marsh
Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Mar-10 The Annenberg Project at Lower Point Vicente Melani Smith
Darren Shirai
Principal, Melendex Design Partners
Associate and Design Lead, Melendrez Design Partners
Apr-10 Ocean Friendly Gardens Program Paul Herzog OFG Program Coordinator, Surfrider Foundation
May-10 Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy: Conservation Director Lily Verdone Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy: Update on conservation projects and wildfire recovery
Jun-10 Transitioning Flora of the Southern California Salt Marsh Plant Community Eric Zahn Salt Marsh Botanist
Affiliations: Tidal Influence and CSU Long Beach
Jul-10 George F Canyon Nature Center and Trail Twilight Walk
Aug-10 California Native Plants in Landscape Architecture: A Historical Perspective of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Christy O’Hara Principal, M+0 Landscape Architecture & Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Sep-10 California Native Plants: Gardening with the Senses Bart O’Brien Director of Special Projects, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Sep-10 California Native Plants That Grow Well in Our Area Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-10 Grass Not Lawn: California Native Grasses in the Garden Barbara Eisenstein Research Associate, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Nov-10 Vernal Pools and Streams of the South Bay Jessica Hall Senior Associate, Restoration Design Group
Co-Editor, L.A. Creek Freak blog
Dec-10 Annual potluck dinner and slide show
Jan-11 How Your Backyard Fits Into the Environmental Big Picture Troy Jonas Soil Conservation Technician U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Feb-11 Restoration of the Theodore Payne Native Flora Area of Valley Park Lili Singer Special Projects Coordinator, Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants, Inc.,
Mar-11 Restoration of Back Dune and Shallow Water Habitats Roy van de Hoek and Marcia Hanscom Co-Directors, Ballona Institute
Apr-11 Getting Rid of Your Water-Guzzling Lawn Mimi Anderson
Mike Garcia
Garden Magic Company, Manhattan Beach
Enviroscape, Redondo Beach
May-11 Re-Envisioning Open Space: Connecting multifunctional landscapes throughout the South Bay Lindsay Acheson, Brian Baldauf, Jennifer Chung, and Neal Sharma The 606 Studio Graduate Program, Department of Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
Jun-11 Keeping Them Alive After They’re In Barbara Eisenstein Research Associate, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Jul-11 Madrona Marsh Twilight Walk
Aug-11 Update on Conservation Projects Danielle LeFer Conservation Director, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Sep-11 California Native Plants That Grow Well in Our Area Ric Dykzeul and Tony Baker Horticulture Co-Chairs, South Coast Chapter
Oct-11 Friends of Gardena Willows Connie Vadheim Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Nov-11 Native Landscapes – Reflecting Experience and Vision Bob Perry Professor Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
Dec-11 Annual potluck dinner and slide show

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