Botanical Encounters

NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats And People Of The American Southwest And Mexico - June 21, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo & Zoom

Horizonline Pictures, Bat Conservation International. NOTE: This is a hybrid in-person meeting and in this instance the speaker will be...

Jun 1

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes The Kalahari...

Jun 1

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Savanna The next few columns...

Apr 1

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Shepherd's Trees Our last view of Mashatu in our December 2024...

Feb 1

Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Mashatu (Nyala) Tree Let’s set the scene for the Mashatu...

Dec 1, 2024

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2024. Kalahari Desert Shrubs So far, most of our botanical encounters...

Oct 1, 2024

Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. The Okavango Delta - Drought, Wildfire and Climate Change...

Aug 1, 2024

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Fever Tree Featuring the fever tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, takes...

Jun 1, 2024