So Cal meeting- Lotusland

[BS Man about Palms]

Thats all I know.  Parking is very limited.

OK a bit more 40 parking spaces only, NO street parking for 1 mile Call John Rhys? (sp) for parking permits.  

entry fee charged

potluck too

[Kim]

Are you going?

I think there is a new shade garden featuring Don Hodel's Chamaedorea collection.  It was under construction the last time I was there.  Lotusland is a really terrific garden, but not many rarities -- mostly interesting because of super-mature Jubaea chilensis, Brahea armata, and other usual suspects.  Oh, and the rare cycads, for you cycad people.

I'd love to go, but it's a heckuva drive from Point Loma, and I have to drive up that way again for Thanksgiving 4 days later....

Here's the scoop:

SATURDAY

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

At Lotusland

In Mentecito,

Santa Barbara County

By pre-reservation

to the first 40 cars

Lotusland website

We are very fortunate to have our November PSSC meeting at Lotusland, the world class botanical garden in Montecito (next to Santa Barbara). Lotusland is world renowned for its superb cactus and cycad collections and also known for its palm, bromeliad and fern gardens.

Lotusland is closed to the public during the three winter months, BUT will open for our meeting day for our members and guests! John Rees has negotiated the normal $35 per person admission fee to be reduced to $10 for each of us. This is truly a bargain. The fee will be paid on the meeting day at the entrance kiosk. Lotusland is providing tables and 36 chairs for our potluck lunch and meeting site, and Lotusland docents will give guided garden tours. Lotusland will even provide some of their own palms for the auction.

Schedule:

10:00-12:00 AM Tour Lotusland

12:00 Noon Pot luck lunch and socializing

1:00 PM Meeting, auction, raffle

Parking:

There are 40 parking spaces for visitors inside the entrance. There is NO street parking

allowed within one mile of Lotusland since the garden is nestled within a neighborhood. It is VERY IMPORTANT to follow this rule. The Lotusland operating permit with the county government limits the number of visitors and prohibits street parking. If members disregard this restriction we will jeopardize our chance to be invited back for future visits.

To be fair to our members driving from distant locations, all of the 40 parking passes must be

reserved by phoning John Rees at (805) 559-5995 or fax name and telephone number to (805) 482- 9672. Passes will be allocated giving priority to those car pooling, and on a first come basis . Your name and phone number will be entered on a pass list that will be at the entrance to the garden. Please consider car-pooling, parking a car near downtown Santa Barbara or elsewhere outside Montecito. Another option is to take a taxi to the entrance of Lotusland. There will be an electric golf cart to carry all the donated plants from the parking lot.

Directions to Lotusland:

In Montecito take the Olive Mill Road off-ramp off the 101, turn RIGHT on Olive Mill Road then LEFT on Hot Springs Road. Turn RIGHT onto Sycamore Canyon Road. Proceed up to Cold Springs Road and turn RIGHT. Ganna Walska Lotusland is the First Driveway on the RIGHT. Enter and proceed to the Kiosk check in.

[BS Man about Palms]

I plan on going, have a parking space reserved for the San Diego "carpoolers".

[Kim]

Capitulating to my desire to attend, I am seeking 1 to 3 passengers for my vehicle, or to be a passenger in someone's vehicle (will kick in $ for gas).  Any takers?  Offers?  (I do not have a reserved parking space yet.) Send me a PM.

Kim

[BS Man about Palms]

Kim- Happy to have you, but I can't seem to find your number!