Speaker Program
2025/26
Our Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month, September through June, from 12:30 to 3 pm at the Albany Community Center. Set up begins at 12 pm. Doors open at 12:30 pm for socializing and browsing our exchange table. Our monthly Club meeting begins at 1 pm followed by a speaker presentation at 2 pm. We have a fabulous line-up of speakers this year! If you are not yet a member, you’re invited to attend a meeting to see who we are and how we cultivate our organization.
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September 16, 2025
Reflections from three years observing California Native Plants and Birds in the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park
David Mostardi
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October 21, 2025
Mushrooms in your garden - what are they doing there?
Else Vellinga
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November 18, 2025
Creating Wreaths and Cards for Autumn and Winter Holidays
Jane Hammond & Linh Becker, Boxcar Flower Farm
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December 9, 2025
Holiday Luncheon & Member Gardens
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January 20, 2026
Succulents
David Boniske
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February 17, 2026
25 Years of Cultivating Minds and Gardens in B.U.S.D
Benjamin Goff (Farmer Ben)
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March 17, 2026
Natural Dyes and Botanical Prints using Local Plants
Mayumi Fujio
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April 21, 2026
Spring Tea & Bouquets to Art
Edible Flowers
Patricia St. John
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May 19, 2026
Helping Previously Incarcerated Youth through Job Training in Nurseries, Farms and Cafe
Mark Fujiwara, Cynthia Green and Farmrads from Planting Justice
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June 16, 2026
BGC Picnic and Installation of New Officers
