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SUMMARY:Guided Garden Tour - March 7
DESCRIPTION:Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on March 7\, 2026 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! \nYou’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes. \n  \n  \nOur tours are free; become a member to support free public programming and access member-exclusive events.
URL:https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/guided-tour-march-7-2026/
LOCATION:707 Tiverton Dr\, 707 Tiverton Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, US
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SUMMARY:Botany Brown Bag with Vikram Tamboli
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, March 12 from 12-1 pm at La Kretz Garden Pavilion for another installment of Botany Brown Bag. Vikram Tamboli will give a talk titled “Seeds of Power: Poisoning\, Ritual Dance and Afro-Indigenous Knowledge in the Americas.” \n“Seeds of Power” restrings the frayed history and geography of an obscure technology\, ankle rattles and girdles made of toxic seeds of the Thevetia or yellow oleander plant. At least since the sixteenth century\, people of Indigenous and African ancestry have used these seeds in a variety of ceremonial dances from Amazonia to Mesoamerica. Partial knowledge and material evidence of these seeds and rattles circulated through accounts of travelers and explorers\, early modern herbals\, and cabinets of curiosity and\, by the nineteenth century\, reached museum and herbarium collections across the globe. The story of these Thevetia seed rattles emerged through Tamboli’s research on the Afro-Indigenous politics of assault in the Guianas for his book manuscript ‘Black Powers and Bush Work: A history of trafficking ideas in Amazonia and the Caribbean\, 1722-2022’. This talk gives an overview of the new project and offers some preliminary reflections on the rattles that are housed in U.S. collections and recent conversations with the Akawaio community members in Guyana. \nVikram Tamboli is currently a fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and creator and co-director of the Healing and Harming Garden at UCLA. \nMake sure to bring your lunch! \nThis event is free and open to the public\, no RSVP required!
URL:https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/botany-brown-bag-march-2026/
LOCATION:La Kretz Garden Pavilion\, 707 Tiverton Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Guided Garden Tour - March 21
DESCRIPTION:Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on March 21\, 2026 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! \nYou’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes. \n  \n  \nOur tours are free; become a member to support free public programming and access member-exclusive events.
URL:https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/guided-tour-march-21-2026/
LOCATION:707 Tiverton Dr\, 707 Tiverton Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, US
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