Greetings everyone, To celebrate PBS’s 10th birthday, I am organizing a PBS get together this spring at the UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley, California. The event will be held on Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd, 2012. The first day will be the official date of event sponsored by the PBS. There will be a few short geophyte talks followed by lunch, walks around the garden (it should be stunning in April) and visiting with other bulb enthusiasts. We will have a show and tale table, including some material for trade and sale. If you're thinking about attending, this is a good time to start thinking about those extra plants! The Sunday event is an unofficial fieldtrip. We simply get together and carpool to Mt. Diablo, an interesting destination for CA native plants, particularly geophytic plants. To tempt you, the geophyte list includes theendemic *Calochortus pulchellus, Allium falcifolium* both purple and white forms, *Allium serra, Delphinium nudicaule, Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Marah fabaceus, Triteleia laxa, Triteleia hyacinthina, Dichelostemma capitatum, Dichelostemma congestum, Zigadenus freemontii, Sisyrinchium bellum, Lewisia rediviva, Trillium chloropetalum*and possibly more! April in northern California is a beautiful time with sporadic rain and beautiful sunshine. It is a little too late for the mass blooming of desert wildflowers in the south (usually first week of April) but northern CA is usually in good bloom. Even if there weren't lots of wildflowers, thenorthern CA coast is absolutely gorgeous in April, not to mention the redwood forests that are not too awfully far away. So, hopefully with that, I have tempted you enough to think about joining us for a weekend full of geophytes and company with people who love them. Already it sounds like it would be a fun event with people coming from far away. If you are interested and have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP so that I can get a count and start thinking about food. You can find the registration page here: *http://tinyurl.com/PBSgettogether2012/ * AND if you are coming and are interested in giving a short talk on your favorite geophytes or related topics, please let me know as well. * *Very best and hope to see you in April! Nhu PBS President* *