Meetings and Events

Dylan Zoller will be discussing his ten weeks in the Brazilian Highlands including the gardens of the famed Brazilian architect Roberto Burle Marx.

Dylan is a gardner at the Sherman Library and Garden in Corona del Mar. He specializes in highland tropicals of all types. Here is a bit of his blog on the Sherman Website: The Blog

"Bromeliads are one of the most spectacular groups in the new world tropics, occupying many of the harshest habitats across the Americas. With around 3,500 species currently accepted, the Bromeliaceae is by no means a large family when compared to Orchidaceae (~30,000+ species) or the Asteraceae (~30,000 species). However, its diversity rivals that of any tropical plant family. Originating from the Guiana Shield, a relict of land relatively undisturbed by major climatic or geologic changes for many millions of years, the family has since radiated through and speciated throughout tropical/subtropical America. 

Read the Blog for the complete story.  

August 15: Jewels of the Brazilian Highland with Dylan Zoller