Botanical Encounters

NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Feb '23 - Plumeria 101 - Grow Amazing Plumerias In SD w/Mike Atkinson

Please join us on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 6 pm in-person at Congregation Beth Israel (map and address below) or at 6:45 pm on Zoom...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Vietnamese Lunar New Year, 2012

Words and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2023. On January 22 we celebrated the Lunar New Year, so for this...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Okavango Delta Wetlands, Part 2

Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2022. Okavango Delta Wetlands, Part 2 In the last column we glided...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Okavango Delta - The Wetlands

Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Botanical Encounters 4 Before we make the transition from our last...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Mopane Woodlands

Text and photos by Ida Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2022. Mopane Woodlands The mopane woodlands of southern Africa are usually...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Baobab Is A Superherb!

Text and photos by Ida Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2022. Baobab, the African baobab “tree”, Adansonia digitata, is in fact a...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: New Bi-monthly Column By Ida Rigby

By Ida K. Rigby for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. We must begin with this column’s origin story. Our SDHS Book Club read Jonathan...