Class Materials

• Video Tour with Kyle Pierce (6/25/20)

• Garden Tour TEMPLATE

• Shared materials folder

Assignments

1) In your script, bring your visitors back to the Main Gate, moving from Chile around Gondwana Circle, through New Zealand, and past Heidelberg Hill and the Mediterranean Collection. We've covered enough collections now that you can lead visitors on a complete loop in the Garden. Please share your completed draft by Thursday, July 16. It'll always be a draft- the final version is what you present on a tour. :)

2) Use the Collection Files & Fact Sheets resources. This is a living folder and some files are more robust than others- if you have recommendations to include please share!

• Collections Files

• Fact Sheets

3) Come to the Docent Meet-up next week!

July 2, 11am. Meet at the Fragrance Garden.

4) Complete the Course Evaluation

Class Materials

• Tour with Ernie Ng (6/11/20)

• Cloud Forest Walk (map, 2016)

• History Tour Visuals (slides)

Assignments

1) Add Moon Viewing Garden, Zellerbach, and Chile to your script. Use the template to add these collections to your tour and to fill any collections we've covered which are missing from your script. You'll turn in this script at the end of the training for review before leading practice tours. Fact Sheets

• Script Outline/Template

2) Readings (& podcast)

• Mediterranean Basin (Dallman)

• San Francisco's New Zealand Garden Legacy

• Cultivating Place: Designing with Palms with Jason Dewees (1 hour podcast)

3) Explore the Fact Sheets, a reference to the collections made by fellow docents. Choose one to take with you on a visit the Garden. How many plants can you find from the fact sheet? Which stand out most to you?

• Fact Sheets

Class Materials

• Presentation #5- Part 1 (5/28/20)

• Presentation #5- Part 2 (5/28/20)

• Mesoamerican Cloud Forest slides

• Being a Docent slides

• Don Mahoney introduces the Cloud Forest (video)

• Visitor Discovery Map

Assignments

1) Add MACF to your script. Choose 3 plant stories. Consider what props or objects might be helpful to tell these stories. Be ready to share your stories with the group.

2) Readings (& videos)

• Central Chile (Dallman)

• The Making of a (Chilean) Garden (whole document relates to Chile collection)

• Magnolias 101 (Thomas Wang, CCSF)

• Flower Piano at Zellerbach, 2015

3) (optional) Visit the Garden & explore the suggested tour route & outline below.

• Suggested Garden History Tour Route- MAP

• Suggested Garden History Tour Route- OUTLINE

4) Nature Journaling Session. If you're able to get to the Garden, give yourself a session in one of the collections we've covered. If not, do it in your backyard or from your window, wherever you're able to observe life. Spend 15-20 minutes in one of the collections we've discussed to date and sketch or take notes on what you observe.

Class Materials

• South Africa Collection Slides

• Docent Training Session #4 (5/14/20)

• SFBG Plant Finder

• Google.com/maps

Assignments:

1) Tour Script: Welcome to South Africa

• • Introduce the Cape Province region

  • Describe 3 (or more) plants you'd feature on your tour of this collection. Consider the following aspects of plant ecology (1/plant):

    • Pollinator syndrome

    • Fire adaptation

    • Chose your own adventure (seed dispersal, nutrient uptake, drought tolerance, etc.)

  • Everyone will have a chance to present their plants to classmates in breakout rooms session at the beginning of the next class.

2) Readings: Mesoamerican Cloud Forest

• SFBG Leaflet (2012)- "The Geography of Clouds", by Mary Ellen Hannibal, pgs 1, 6-7 and "Collecting the Clouds" by David Kruse-Pickler, pgs 4-5.

• Pat Quinn, San Francisco Botanical Garden Horticulturist (Pacific Horticulture)

• Salvia and Hummingbirds: the Perfect Pair

• Demistifying the San Francisco Fog

• Unraveling the Monarch Butterfly Migration Mystery (video, 10:15)

Class Materials

Morgan Stickrod

• Mediterranean Climate Slides- pt 1 (download only)

• Mediterranean Climate Slides- pt 2 (download only)

• Docent Training Session #3 (4/23/20)- Zoom Video Recording

Assignments:

1) Building your Tour

• • Climate: How would you explain the unique features of a Mediterranean climate to a visitor? In fewer than 500 words, demonstrate your understanding of how climate and geology impact plant life in California.

  • Plants: Choose three of the following plants to include on your walk, and write a short description based on the characteristics most interesting to you. Consider aspects such as- habitat, adaptations for survival, endemism, horticulture features, pollinator or disperser relationships, human use, aesthetics, personal experience.

  • Share your script with a partner for feedback.

2) Readings

• South Africa Plant Community (Dallman)

• Protea cynaroides

• The Silver Tree

• South Africa Bulbs

Class Materials

• Ernie Ng (erniengsf@aol.com)

  • Ernie’s Slides

  • Docent Training Session #1 (3/26/20)- Zoom Video Recording

• Chloe’s slides

Assignments:

1) Garden Script: Write a tour introduction explaining the origin of the Garden and Golden Gate Park. Try to limit it to 1,000 words or 6-8 minutes. Focus on the stories that are most compelling to you. Email to Chloe by April 6.

2) Botany Review

• Read Botany in a Day tutorial: Plant Names and Classification and The Evolution of Plants (pg. 1-21, takes 45m-1 hour)

• Watch The Patterns Method of Plant Identification (46 minutes, 35min if you skip the card playing- 20:25 to 26:23 and 31:55- 36:45)

• Complete Botany in a Day QUIZ

Introductions

Choose an object (within easy reach) to share as part of your introduction. It’s great if this is a plant or part of a plant (food is okay), but feel free to be creative!

Readings

• • Rhododendron? Hydrangea? America Doesn’t Know Anymore (5-10 min)

  • Trees of Golden Gate Park introduction: pgs 1-20, plus overview of Pinus Radiata, Cupressus macrocarpa, and Eucalyptus globulus (~1 hour)

  • Brief Political History of SFBG (1990) (5-10 min)

Administration

• • Join groups.io, the docent email listserv.

  • Review the volunteer handbook.

  • Test your audio and video capacity of your computer. Headphones can be helpful- many earbuds have a mic attached.