In Search of Alpine Plants in the Sierra Nevada with Michael Uhler

Date: April 9, 2025 / 7:30pm /doors open 7pm / help set up 6:30pm
Title: In Search of Alpine Plants in the Sierra Nevada with Michael Uhler
Where: Garden House in Shoup Park, 400 University Ave, Los Altos near Lincoln Ave.
Fee: $10 for non-members. Free for WHS & calHort members, students and first-timers.
The alpine region, which is above the treeline and looks barren from afar, is full of fascinating, diminutive plant species that have been the focus of Michael Uhler’s botanical interest for more than twenty years. Within the alpine zone are sky islands, special plateaus that were never glaciated. These are refuges for an unusual and diverse assemblage of plant species and are the ultimate botanical destination for the alpine botanist.
For nearly two decades, Michael Uhler has been the curator and horticulturist of the Sierra Nevada section at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Regional Park, where in 2021, he completed a crevice rock garden to grow and display plants found in the alpine zone. With special permission from the Inyo National Forest and other high Sierra regions, propagules from many species are now cultivated in the botanic garden.