Reading @ the Garden Center - What we’ll be reading in 2025

The dates are selected and the room is reserved. As usual, we’ll be meeting on the first

Monday of the month at 4:00 pm. We do continue to have hybrid meetings. Contact Margaret

at botanicalbooksabq@gmail.com for details and to receive monthly reminders of the

discussions.

January 6: The Tree (aka The Secret Life of Trees) parts I & II, Colin Tudge

February 3: The Tree (aka The Secret Life of Trees) parts III & IV, Colin Tudge

March 3: The Botanist’s Daughter, Kayte Nunn

April 7: The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, Stefano Mancuso

May 5: Thus Spoke the Plant, Monica Gagliano

June 2: movie and potluck – Rosemary and Thyme (episodes 5-6)

July 7: The Garden Against Time, Olivia Laing

August 4: My Garden, Jamaica Kincaid

September 8: The Brother Gardeners, Andrea Wulf

October 6: The Plant Hunter, T.L. Mogford

November 3: House Plants, Mike Maunder

December 8: movie and potluck – The Little Shop of Horrors

Summaries of some discussions as well as the current schedule may be found at

margaretmenache.com under Botanical Book Club.

Orchid Guild November Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, November 10th at the Albuquerque Garden Center 10120 Lomas Blvd NE at 1:30 PM when Carole Siegel will present a program on The Orchids of Hawaii.

Carole is the President of the Greater Las Vegas Orchid Society, a widely published author and much in demand as a speaker. We are lucky to have her IN PERSON for this talk.

Bring a friend !

Orchid Guild October Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, October 13th at the Albuquerque Garden Center10120 Lomas Blvd NE at 1:30 PM when Bridget Uzar will present An Introduction to Tropical Ladyslipper Orchids via Zoom.

Bridget Uzar is a fourth-generation green thumb, and a second-generation orchid grower. Following in her father’s footsteps, she has been at Carter and Holmes Orchids in Newberry SC for over twenty years but has been around orchids her whole life, essentially growing up under the benches.

Bridget began working at Carter and Holmes in 2002 in an everyday potting and watering capacity, eventually being given charge of the collection and breeding houses. She made her first Cattleya cross in 2008 and hasn’t stopped since. Starting in 2009, she began working on the digital photography, catalog publications and other marketing work for Carter and Holmes Orchids. Today, Bridget has been the chief grower and hybridizer at Carter and Holmes for over a decade overseeing greenhouse management and production. She also handles the company marketing emails as well as promotional material and social media.

She enjoys giving talks during open houses, to tour groups and orchid societies.

Meetings are free & open to the public – visitors are welcome.

Email orchidsinabq@gmail.com for the Zoom link