Saturday August 14, 2010
Exploring the Fascinating World of the Geranium Family

Many people think that geraniums are those red flowers found in old gardens. Often people say “I don’t like them.” Explore the astonishing diversity in the Geranium Family with author and horticulturist Robin Parer and meet Geranium cousins you never knew existed—fantastically beautiful and even fantastically unusual. There will be practice propagation. And there will be plants for sale.

Markham Garden Center
1202 La Vista Avenue
in Concord, California

10 AM until Noon
Rain or shine!
FREE for MRAS members
$10 a person for non-members

Space is limited, so if you want to attend,
please RSVP to (925) 681-2968
or send an email to: info@markhamarboretum.org.

Space is limited so please register now.

For phone registration call Tuesdays or Thursdays from 9AM to 1 PM
(925) 681-2968.

Please email for reservations and confirmation:
E-MAIL: info@markhamarboretum.org.

Introducing Robin Parer

Robin Parer is an Australian born horticulturist who lectures frequently to garden groups and societies throughout the United States. She has been featured in Horticulture Magazine, Martha Stewart Living magazine, Sunset magazine, The New York Times, House and Garden Magazine as well as having appeared in many other newspaper and magazine articles.

Robin Parer has owned and operated Geraniaceae Nursery in Marin County near San Francisco, California for the past twenty-six years, and has collected and propagated over 500 geranium species, selected color forms and hybrids. She also has a large collection of erodium species, scented leaf pelargonium, angel and pansy face pelargonium and rare pelargonium species from Southern Africa. She has traveled widely, collecting both in the field, and from nurseries in the U.K., Europe, South America, Southern Africa and Australasia. She is a regular participant in the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. She has won Best of Show several times for her Marketplace Exhibit, and has also received an Outstanding Marketing Presentation Award. She has also received an Annual Award from The California Horticultural Society for Outstanding and Meritorious Contributions to Horticulture in California.

Specimen plants from her collection of Geraniaceae are displayed in a one acre demonstration garden along with a collection of perennial flowering shrubs, and garden sculpture by local artists. The garden and nursery are open by appointment.