SLUG REPORT > Botanical tour of historic district to be given by plant experts and historian
Plant experts Angel Guerzon and Suzanne Schettler and historian Frank Perry will be offering a guided botanical tour of the Cowell Lime Works this Saturday, May 5 on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The leisurely one-mile, two-hour walk will be interspersed with snippets of information from resident experts.
“We’ll be examining the district’s garden plants and native vegetation, and learning what they tell us about the historical development of the site,” Perry says.
According to Perry, the lime works supplied lime for the building of San Francisco on the heels of the Gold Rush. Facts like these will be par for the course, along with others like “How big does a Monterey Cypress grow in 145 years?” (This answer, and others, will be provided on the tour.)
Attendees will meet in the parking lot across from the Barn Theater at the base of campus. A $3 donation is requested, but students and members of the Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District are free.
