San Francisco Naturalist Society
Dedicated to the exploration and preservation of natural areas in the San
Francisco Bay Area, the SF Naturalist Society meets the 2nd Thursday of each
month at 7:30 pm.
February 9
A Visual Tour of San Francisco's Native Wildflowers.
Margo Bors has been documenting San
Francisco's native plants for more than 15 years. She is
an artist who has had numerous solo exhibitions in both art and photography,
including several at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture in
Golden Gate
Park. She has also maintained a
studio on Potrero Hill for many years. Her early art experience was as a
muralist and founding member of Precita Eyes Muralists. Margo's art and
interests have consistently centered on the natural world. She is active in the
California Native Plant Society, and as photo documentation chair she has had an
opportunity to photograph a wide range of San Francisco's native wildflowers. She has over 300
images in the UC Digital Library and both her artwork and photographs have
appeared extensively in publications of conservation groups from the Audubon
Society to Bay Nature magazine. A sample of her art and photography can be seen
at www.margobors.com. Free and open to
everyone.
March 8
Film showing: "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time."
$5
suggested donation goes to support the conservation efforts at
SaveNature.Org.
April 12
The Green Hairstreak Corridor, with Liam O'Brien
Come hear about San Franciscos
Green Hairstreak Butterfly Corridor and the Hidden Garden Steps Project from
local lepidopterist Liam O'Brien. Free and open to everyone.May 10
Urban Tree Ecology, with Ted Kipping
Come learn what trees are naturally adapted to, what we subject them to in our
biologically depauperate urban environment, and how we can compensate in
palliative ways- both mechanically and biologically. Free and open to everyone.
For more
information about the San Francisco Naturalist Society, visit www.sfns.org or contact
Patrick Schlemmer
at JKodiak@earthlink.net or
(415) 225-3830.