Tag Archives: The Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca
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“Under the seams runs the pain.” ― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red I’ve been going over my notes the past couple months from Dr. Alejandro de Ávila’s remarkable lecture “Blood on a Fountain,” which he gave this past January at … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Stewart, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, dyes, Helen Quinn, Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Monte Alban, Montezuma cypress, opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica, Stenocereus marginatus, Taxodium mucronatum, The Drunken Botanist, The Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, UCBG "Natural Discourse", University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
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UCBG Natural Discourse: Form and Function 1/11/13
The final event in the unique, year-long collaboration that the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley undertook with “artists, architects, scientists and poets in the garden,” Natural Discourse, was held Friday, January 11, 2013. As co-curator Shirley Watts explained … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave stricta, Aloe capitata, Aloe sabaea, Beavertail cactus, Berkeley Natural History Museums searchable database, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, Dr. Marie Csete, Euphorbia cooperi var. cooperi, Euphorbia grandialata, Gail Wight, Gerard Dosba, Mary Anne Friel, Oliver Ranch Sonoma County California, Opuntia aff. prolifera, Paul Licht, Puya venusta, Ronald Rael, Shirley Watts, Steven Oliver, The Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, The International Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire, UCBG "Natural Discourse", UCBG's "Plants Illustrated" 1/19/13 - 2/8/13, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
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