Meeting Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
Meeting Time: 2:00 p.m
Presenter: Steven Brack
I was interested in horticulture from a very young age. Growing up on a small family dairy farm in Wisconsin I started working in the garden as a lad. This interest in plants caused me to go to the local college library after seeing some cacti at a friend’s house. For quite some time my interest was in finding more books on cacti and succulents through library loan. In one of the books, I found that it was possible to join Societies and send away for seeds. Early on I got the raising from seed bug, and eventually decided to move to a desert state, New Mexico, to start a nursery to produce seeds. Once the ball got rolling it just kept on going, my wife and I started Mesa Garden in 1976 and pretty much the rest is history. One of the best parts of the work was taking trips to see plants in nature, and we continue to do this now. In late 2016 we sold Mesa Garden to retire, and now are as busy as ever with plants, growing from seed, and family.
Presentation: Out of the Fire and into the Pan
From top to bottom:
- Othonna cacalioides in a shallow grit pan
- Conophytum minusculum and Crassula fragaroides in a pan
- Conophytum obcordellum in moss on a shallow grit pan
- Gifberg summit shrowded in fog