ArtPlantae Today

Celebrate Earth Day and learn about the history of the San Gorgonio Pass at Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum.

You are invited to the Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Festival hours are 9 am – 3 pm. Attend fascinating presentations by guest speakers, participate in fun family activities and learn about solar energy, composting and how to care for the environment while enjoying nature.

Tania Marien will introduce visitors to Georgius Everhardus Rumphius (1627-1702), the naturalist who spent 50 years gathering information about the native plants of Ambon, an island in Indonesia. Rumphius’ detailed plant descriptions and illustrations were used to create The Ambonese Herbal. Produced before Linnaeus’ classification system, the English translation of this historic herbal was published in 2011. Learn about the work of this 17th-century naturalist and how information from this herbal is being applied to modern medicine. After this presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to view all six volumes of The Ambonese Herbal at ArtPlantae’s InterpretPlants Station.

Have lunch at Gilman Ranch and enjoy presentations by:

• 10:00 AM – Tania Marien, ArtPlantae
• 11:30 AM – Dr. Mark Hoddle, Center for Invasive Species Research, UC Riverside
• 1:00 PM – Faith Riley, Riley’s Stone Soup Farm

While at the ranch, be sure to visit ArtPlantae to learn about the botany behind the herbs and spices used in the cookbook, Hungry for History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Food, History and Legends in the Pass. This one-of-a-kind cookbook will be available for purchase at the Wagon Museum.

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