Lectures

Baja California: Botany in our Backyard

01/07/2012 - 7:30pm
01/07/2012 - 9:00pm

Join Jon Rebman, Ph.D., Curator of Botany at San Diego Natural History Museum, for a talk on what makes Baja California and it’s plants so unique.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

Lecturer: Jon Rebman, Ph.D, Curator of Botany, San Die

Shadow on the Moon

12/18/2010 - 7:00pm
12/18/2010 - 9:00pm

Join popular astronomer Dennis Mammana as he enlightens and inspires us about the mysteries of the cosmos.

Location: 
Nierenberg Plaza at ABDSP Visitor Center

On the evening of December 20/21, Southern Californians will be treated to a spectacular t

Forbidden Canyons

01/30/2010 - 7:30pm
01/30/2010 - 9:00pm

Explore the beauty and history of the Carrizo Impact Area through the magic of the photographer's lens.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

Speaker: Ernie Cowan
Suggested donation: $5

Fall Botany Festival

11/28/2009 - 9:00am
11/28/2009 - 5:00pm

Join desert gardening guru Maureen Gilmer at the first annual Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society’s Fall Botany Festival!

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center

The Fall Botany Festival will teach participants about the amazing native plants of the Anza-Borrego desert and their role in the ecology of the desert.

Early Naturalists in Anza-Borrego

11/21/2009 - 7:30pm
11/21/2009 - 9:00pm

Discover how early explorers and scientists documented the desert's unique natural history.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

From early drawings to exquisite glass replicas, discover how early explorers and scientists documented t

Marshal South, Ghost Mountain, and Environs

11/22/2009 - 9:00am
11/22/2009 - 2:30pm

Explore the ruins of Yaquitepec on Ghost Mountain, home of Marshal South's family 75 years ago, with Diana Lindsay, editor and researcher for Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles.

Location: 
Blair Valley in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Instructor: Diana Lindsay
Fee: Members $35; Non-members $45

Our Cosmic Address

12/05/2009 - 7:00pm
12/05/2009 - 9:00pm

Join popular astronomer Dennis Mammana as he enlightens and inspires us about the mysteries of the cosmos.

Location: 
Nierenberg Plaza at ABDSP Visitor Center

If you were to receive a letter from some far-off corner of the cosmos, how m

Desert Animal Extravaganza

05/24/2009 - 6:00pm
05/25/2009 - 12:00pm

Bring your love of the desert and sense of adventure and join Park Volunteer Naturalists Joe and Donna Hopkins for a Memorial Day weekend of searching for and observing desert animals.

Location: 
meeting locations vary

Instructors: Joe and Donna Hopkins

Cacti of Anza-Borrego - Lecture

04/10/2009 - 7:30pm
04/10/2009 - 9:00pm

Dr. Jon Rebman, curator of Botany for the San Diego Natural History Museum, will share insights into this very special family of desert plants.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

Dr. Jon Rebman, curator of Botany for the San Diego Natural History Museum, will share insights into this very special family of desert plants.

Archaeology Weekend

02/21/2009 - 9:00am
02/22/2009 - 3:00pm

Join us for a celebration of over 75 years of preserving cultural resources with a weekend full of field trips, lectures, activities for kids, demonstrations, an ice cream social and silent auction!

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center, unless otherwise indicated

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center
Borrego Springs, California
February 21-22, 2009