of each month 10:00 A.M. in

Balboa Park, Casa Del Prado

Botanical Library Room 104

FREE AND VISITORS WELCOME

MEETINGS

Our Next Meeting will be a day long educational exhibit and sale June 13, 2009, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. in ROOM 101. Please note the room change!

PROGRAM FOR SAT, June 13 will be an EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT AND SALE. EVERYONE WELCOME: COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE NATURAL HABITAT OF BROMELIADS, ORIGINS, REQUIREMENTS FOR GROWTH SUCH AS LOW WATER USAGE, FERTILIZER, SOIL CULTURE AND OTHER CULTIVATION TIPS. BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY PLANTS AND WONDERFUL PLANTS FOR SALE. EXPERTS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

Meeting & Event* Date	Presenter	Topic
January 10	Brian Kemble	Terrestrial Bromeliads
February 14	George Allaria	Tips on Growing Various Bromeliads; Each Brom to be Talked about and Auctioned
*February 27,28,March 1	San Diego Home & Garden Show	Members man booth
March 14	Julian Duval	Title TBA
April 11	Guillermo Rivera	Bromeliads from Peru: Land of the Incas
*April 25	Cuyamaca Spring Garden Festival	Members man booth
May 9	Pam Koide-Hyatt, Robert Kopfstein	3 Bromeliad Personalities: Victoria Padilla, Werner Rauh, Ed Hummel
June 13	SDBS Educational Exhibit & Sale	Special Bromeliad Sale
July 11	Society Picnic
August 8	Cristy Brenner	Bromeliads of Southeast Brazil
September 12	New show agenda & tips on plants
*September 18, 19, 20	San Diego Home & Garden Show	Members man booth
September 25-26	Annual Show and Sale	Sat.& Sun 10-4
October 10	Kelly Griffen	Bromeliads of Mexico
November 14
December 12		Holiday Party

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OFFICERS

POSITION	NAME	PHONE
President	Nancy Groves	(858)-453-6486
Vice-President	Robert Kopfstein	(760)-726-8300
Secretary	Caroline McCullagh	(858)-274-8832
Treasurer	Gayle Ver Steeg	(858)-488-1661
Newsletter	Caroline McCullagh	(858)- 274-8832
Past-President	Robert Vitacco	(619)-469-3539

MEMBERSHIP

ONE YEAR: SINGLE - $12.50; DUAL/FAMILY - $17.00;

TWO YEARS: SINGLE - $20.00; DUAL/FAMILY - $30.00.

MAKE CHECK OUT TO SDBS AND MAIL TO:

SAN DIEGO BROMELIAD SOCIETY,

P.O. BOX 83996,

SAN DIEGO, CA 92138-3996

The presentation of a Christmas Tree decorated in many beautiful and some rare bromeliads for the December Nights Celebration in Balboa Park Dec. 5-6 in coordination with the San Diego Floral Association was a wonderful success. SDBS wants to thank to all who decorated the tree and donated plants: Dallas Bradford, Ken Wolfson, Joanne Dosset, Kimberly Cyr, Sonja Wicker, Jim Wright,Sandra Reus, Gayle Ver Steeg, Robert Kopfstein, John Arden, and Nancy Groves.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN ARDEN FOR LOANING US FOUR BEAUTIFUL BROMELIADS TO PLACE AS PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE:


Tillandsia imperialis
X
Tillandsia deppeana


Vriesea Signature



Tillandsia Silverado



Vriesea Concerto

SHOW AND TELL

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Tillandsia imperialis X Tillandsia deppeana

Vriesea Signature


Vriesea Concerto

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