Lecture - Alpine Flora of Greece by Eleftherios Dariotis

Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) Chapter of Santa Fe invites you to a special presentation by Eleftherios Dariotis, a horticulturist and botanist from Athens, Greece.

Alpine Flora of Greece: From the Peloponnese to Macedonia, a tour of the alpine and pseudo-alpine habitats of the Greek mountains

Eleftherios has studied plant production in Greece and completed an M.Sc. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Davis and another one in Horticulture from the University of Reading in England. He has created two private gardens in Paiania, Greece which hold a large variety of Lamiaceae (mint family) and other plants, traveled extensively around the world and especially in Greece´s diverse habitats to see and photograph the native plants and has worked in the agricultural and environmental public sectors in Greece. His plant interests include everything in the family Lamiaceae, with a special attraction to Salvias, along with a love for South African Bulbs and Mediterranean climate shrubs and perennials that he is continuously introducing and promoting in Athens' tough local gardening conditions.

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Cost: FREE (space limited, registration required below)