Trudy the Corpse Flower at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley bloomed during Monday night, the 22nd of June. I had a chance to visit her today and she’s already started to close up. Then she opens up and her petals fall down, and in about 4-6 months she should have red fruit.
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Trudy Blooms!
Posted in berkeley, fun things to do with kids, green living, tagged trudy, trudy the corpse flower, UC Botanical Garden, voodoo lily on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blooming Soon: Trudy the Giant Corpse Flower
Posted in all, bay area events, berkeley, fun things to do with kids, green living, tagged corpse flower, giant flower, rare plant, titum arum, trudy, trudy the corpse flower, voodoo lily, what to do on father's day on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting “Trudy the Corpse Flower” at the UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley. Trudy is a member of the Voodoo Lily family (no joke!) and is the largest flowering structure in the plant world. Trudy is 16 years old and currently stands almost 6 feet tall. Her family originates from [...]
Bay Area Cohousing: It Takes a Village
Posted in all, bay area events, berkeley, contra costa, green living, natural living, pleasant hill, tagged bicycle cohousing tour, bicycle tour, co-housing, cohousing, cohousing directory, east bay cohousing, pleasant hill cohousing, shared community, US directory of cohousing on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which the community is planned, owned and managed by the residents. Cohousing residents usually have their own private house or apartment, but then have access to generous shared areas which creates a village like atmosphere. Cohousing fosters community, sharing, green, and economical living. In Contra Costa County [...]
Children’s Consignment Stores: Green & Thrifty
Posted in all, berkeley, clothes, consignment, lafayette, tagged bay area consignment stores, bay area kids consignment stores, children's consignment stores, children's resale stores, children's stores, children's thrift stores, consignment stores, kids clothing stores, kids consignment stores on June 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I love shopping at consignment (thrift) stores because it’s cheap, you can find great stuff, and it’s the earth-friendly thing to do. It’s better for my child too because all of the potentially bad pesticides and chemical finishes have been rinsed out of used clothes with repeated washings. Also by buying second hand you are [...]
