Outreach and Education

Research, educational outreach, and promotion

At the height of its membership, the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation had approximately 400 members engaged in research, educational outreach, and promotion of selected cultivars. The Foundation provided the findings of its research to members of the nursery trade, landscape architects, students, teachers, and other researchers.

Associates of SHF newsletters: 1976, 1986, 1989, 1991

Plant Culture Data Sheets

The Plant Culture Data Sheet project began in 1985 under the direction of Director Phillip McMillan Browse. This project continues in an effort to provide more information about the various selections that have come through the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation Program. Over time, the decision was made to not update the data sheets, but, rather to present them in a historical sense reflecting the earliest dates of cultivar introduction.

For a list of data sheets in the collection, contact Archives and Special Collections or check the finding aid for the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation Collection at the Online Archive of California.

Plant Sales and Festivals

The Foundation was known for its spring plant sales and Fall Festival, during which the public could tour the Foundation’s nursery and purchase native and unusual plants. Most of the outreach activities were coordinated and carried out by the Associates of Saratoga Horticultural Foundation, the SHRF’s docent and fund-raising group.

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