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The images took the native pla nt world by storm. Ghosh will share her inspirational backstory of these vi ral images and how the project helped her find herself in the native plant community and beyond.\nBarnali Ghosh is an immigrant artist, landscape arch itect, and co-founder of the award-winning Berkeley South Asian Radical His tory Walking Tour.  Her work attempts to bridge homes and homelands and cre ate spaces for belonging.  She’s featured in an article (https://www.cnps.o rg/flora-magazine/bridging-home-and-homeland-24383) in the Summer 2021 issu e of Flora.  You can find more about Barnali on Instagram at @berkeleywali and www.barnalighosh.art (https://www.barnalighosh.art).\nPotluck Logistics !\nThe evening begins at 6pm with our annual potluck. Bring your favorite d ish, whether it be a salad, main dish, dessert or beverage; it always works out that we have just the right amount of everything! A label identifying your dish will be helpful. 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Brenda Butner Memorial Lecture: W ildflower Mimicry
a talk by Barnali Ghosh, Immigrant Artist and Landscape Architect< /strong>

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Beginning as a pandemic project, Berkeley -based designer Barnali Ghosh started taking photographs of herself dressed as California native flowers, centering the brown body and showcasing Sout h Asian fabrics and dance forms. The images took the native plant world by storm. Ghosh will share her inspirational backstory of these viral images a nd how the project helped her find herself in the native plant community an d beyond.

Barnali Ghosh is an immigrant artist, land scape architect, and co-founder of the award-winning Berkeley South Asian R adical History Walking Tour.  Her work attempts to bridge homes and ho melands and create spaces for belonging.  She’s featured in an art icle in the Summer 2021 issue of Flora.  You can find mor e about Barnali on Instagram at @berkeleywali and www.barnalighosh.art.

Potluck Logistics!

The evening begins at 6pm with our annual potluck. Bring your favorite dish, whether it be a salad, m ain dish, dessert or beverage; it always works out that we have just the ri ght amount of everything! A label identifying your dish will be helpful. Be sure to bring a plate, drinking glass, and eating utensils for yourself, a s well as a bag in which to take home unwashed dishes.

If you ca n help with setup, please arrive at 5pm to set up chairs and tables. The po tluck feast will begin at 6pm, followed by the program at 7pm. We appreciat e your help with cleanup at the end of the program.

We will have a selection of used books for sale which have been donated by our long-tim e Chapter members. We will also have a silent auction of high-quality books and other items which will help raise funds for the Chapter. If you have b ooks or other items to donate, please contact Judy Fenerty at This email address is being protected f rom spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before Wednesday , November 1 to arrange pickup/dropoff..

CNPS general m eetings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact us a t  This email address is being prot ected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.