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 |