October 11 - 6pm
Robin Kobaly Presents
"The Desert Underground"
Zoom meeting and Presentation!
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Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 6 pm (pst) on Zoom for a presentation by Robin Kobaly author of The Desert Underground, as she leads us on a virtual tour of the desert underground through original artwork, graphics, and photography. This “tour” reveals the amazing partnerships that connect every native plant underground across the landscape. Journey through the interlocking biological and geological systems that work together to gather, move, and share resources, pass information between plants, create a surprising carbon sponge, and help to combat climate change wherever desert soils remain intact. It may be the first time you appreciate caliche! You won’t believe what is happening under our feet.
Robin Kobaly is a botanist and plant ecologist with expertise in plant communities across the Mojave, Sonoran and Southwest deserts. She is Executive Director of The SummerTree Institute, an environmental education nonprofit, and president and cofounder of The Power of Plants.
Robin has degrees from the University of California, Riverside, including a Bachelors Degree in Biology and a Masters Degree in Plant Ecology.
Robin has over 30 years of experience in plant ecology, wildlife biology, land use management, aerial photo interpretation, and natural history interpretation, including work as a botanist for the federal government for 21 years.
Robin is author of a new book “The Desert Underground,” an illustrated, virtual tour of the amazing living systems in our desert soils, which has been very well received and popular.
Robin was awarded the 2018 Minerva Hoyt Conservation Award by Joshua Tree National Park Association for her contributions to education, research, and preservation of the California desert. She helped lead the effort to form the newly designated Sand to Snow National Monument, was co-founder of The Wildlands Conservancy, and served as preserve manager of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.
