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February 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Riley Black, When The Earth Was Green, February 21, Oasis, RB And Zoom
Riley Black is the bestselling and award-winning author of When the Earth Was Green , The Last Days of the Dinosaurs , and more. A regular contributor to National Geographic , Smithsonian , and Slate , as well as a repeat guest on NOVA and Science Friday , Riley has spent more than fifteen years bringing the public the latest about the deep past. When not enthusing over fossils in articles and books, Riley regularly volunteers with museum field teams to uncover new
Feb 1
Articles
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Cherry Plum Tree And Fig Tree
Words and pictures by Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2023. Cherry Plum and Fig Trees I hope everyone had a fabulous...
Aug 31, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Saving Frogs Lives And Making Apple Pie From Home-Grown Apples
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2023. Here is an addendum to July’s Garden Surroundings article about frogs. The other...
Jul 31, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Fun Surprises in the Garden
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2023. Fun Surprises in the Garden Here and there, I loved hearing frogs in the garden as...
Jun 30, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDNGS: Living Walls
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2023. Editor’s note: How timely is this article for those of us lucky attendees of the...
May 31, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: April Showers Bring May Flowers
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. April Showers Bring May Flowers Living in the time of climate change our climate...
Apr 30, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Wisteria Brings Joy Every Spring
By Francesca Filanc for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Wisteria brings pure joy every spring. I write about wisteria every April because...
Apr 3, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Creating Your Own Flower Arrangements
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Creating your own Flower Arrangements A friend passed away recently, and I wanted...
Mar 1, 2023
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