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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
TREES, PLEASE! New Tree Taxes? Don’t Laugh.
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Public domain: United States Botanical Garden. (Accessed 11/16/24)...
Dec 1, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! Does Your Neighborhood Have Tree Equity?
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2024. Does Your Neighborhood Have Tree Equity? Is “Tree Equity” just another political...
Sep 30, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! Crape Myrtles Are Not French Pancakes
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Crape Myrtles Are Not French Pancakes Amazing as it may seem, the Lagerstroemia...
Aug 1, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! Trees For The Birds
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. (Two Tree Swallows Calling. Attribution: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0...
May 31, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! Unique Tree Selections From A To Z
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Unique Tree Selections from A to Z Although this is published on April Fool’s Day,...
Mar 31, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! California Rare Fruit Growers
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2024. California Rare Fruit Growers I confess. I developed this “Trees, please!”...
Feb 1, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! Sharing Mark Twain’s Favorite Fruit
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2023. Sharing Mark Twain’s Favorite Fruit Holiday season is upon us. Have you been a...
Dec 1, 2023
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