Conifers Around the World at Quarryhill Botanical Garden thru 4-19

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Conifers Around the World
A Lecture in the HortiCulture Series at Quarryhill Botanical Garden

Hungarian botanist Zsolt Debreczy had a modest dream—to document all of the world’s temperate conifers in their natural habitats. After traveling the world for 40 years, the dream has now become a reality with the publication of Conifers Around the World (DendroPress, 2011; $250). The sumptuous two-volume publication, written by Debreczy with 3,700 full color photographs by István Rácz, features 541 species, subspecies, and varieties of temperate-zone conifers.

The book is edited by Kathy Musial, curator of living collections at The Huntington. Musial traveled through Chile, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the US, and Mexico to work with Decreczy and Rácz on the project and calls the book “the only one to illustrate in a consistent format the world’s temperate conifers in their natural habitats.”

Debreczy will give an illustrated lecture about the project on Sunday, February 12, at 5:30 pm at Quarryhill Botanical Garden. A book signing will follow the program. Guests are welcome to stroll the garden before the talk. Space is limited, please call 707-996-3166 to reserve yours in advance. Quarryhill Members, $10, Non-members $15

Debreczy’s talk is the first of three in Quarryhill’s 2012 HortiCulture Series. Save the date for these upcoming talks:

March 15 Peg Schafer, Owner, Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm, Cultivate to Conserve: Issues Surrounding the Trade of Chinese Medicinal Plants

April 19 Dr. Peter Fritsch, Curator, California Academy of Sciences, The California Academy of Sciences in China

To visit:
Quarryhill Botanical Garden is located at 12841 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442
For more information:
707-996-3166, info@quarryhillbg.org, www.quarryhillbg.org

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Conifers Around the World at Quarryhill Botanical Garden thru 4-19