More Winter on the Way. Get out your snowshoes.

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Botanical Art Techniques, from ASBA, has been published in Chinese in Taiwan. ASBA members Ellie Yun Hui Tu (California) and Wei-Ting Chi (Taiwan) translated the book. A Korean edition is planned for July 2022.

 

Typha, Vanessa Martin

Colorado Wild! has been dismounted from Garden of the Gods and the artworks returned to the artists. The Exhibit Co-Chairs and the RMSBA board of directors thank all who submitted work for this exhibit.

From Platte to Peak 

Asclepias speciosa, Patricia Whalen

remains on display at the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail. Stop by on your way back from Glenwood Springs…

Renew your membership for 2022. To renew online, or to join for the first time, click here; log in with your ASBA-associated email address and password. Don’t forget to renew RMSBA (note that dues is now $25) in the Chapters and Circles opportunity.

Please do so before February 10, the renewal deadline for receiving the March 2022 issue of The Botanical Artist journal by mail. This journal, a very useful resource, is welcome in my mailbox.

Book recommendation. Try Mycorrhizal Planet to get a glimpse of what’s underneath.

Stock Show Weather! Wear Your Mask on the Warm Days, Too!

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Go, Canada! Our neighbors to the North now insist that proof of age and vaccination status are required in order to purchase either wine or weed. Well, get that jab!

At the DAM. The global origins of pigments are depicted on a large-scale global map on display in the Bernadette Berger Discovery Library. What minerals make up reds?

DBG SBAI Call for Entries for “Seeing Red” can be found here. Deadline July 1 to open October 1, 2022. Have you been a student there since 2015? Find out more!

RENEW YOUR ASBA and RMSBA MEMBERSHIP FOR 2022. Membership registration for 2022 is open! To renew your membership online, or to join for the first time, click here; log in with your ASBA-associated email address and password. Don’t forget to renew RMSBA (note that dues is now $25) in the Chapters and Circles opportunity.

Holiday Party & Election. Our Holiday Party came back and we had $600 in prizes! … and great food! Thank you to Carol Till for serving as President the last two years, and to Vanessa Martin, who has been an active board member in various capacities for several years, as they back away from the fray.

At the meeting we had elections for Board of Director positions. Thank you to those who have contacted us. If you haven't heard back from us, you will soon. We still are seeking volunteers, so let us know how you can help. Please send a tiny photo of yourself to me so I can post it in the Bouquet of Directors on the Blog.

President (2022) - Dorothy DePaulo

Vice President - open

Treasurer – Kristi Czaijkowski

Recording Secretary – Jessica ?

Corresponding Secretary – Rachel ?

Exhibits Co-Chair – Sharon Garrett

Membership – Thea Carruth

Meetings & Programs – Jan Vetter

Special Projects – Mary Barnes

Blog Editor – Martha Narey

Land Use. The fires that constantly plague our urban-wildland interface are now prancing through suburban neighborhoods in winter. What about the way we use particular landscapes increases risks? How do we actually parcel out our national land uses and access?

“Abundant Futures”. The traveling exhibit by ASBA will open at DBG on October 8. We ought to consider a “shadow” exhibit by RMSBA to take on their theme, if we can do that given the requirements in our regions for sustainable plant cultivation as the West gets hotter, drier, and windier. The original New York Botanic Gardens online exhibit is here, and the downloadable (.pdf) version is here. Let us know your perspectives on this as we prepare for this year’s activities.