2010
Cultural Institute weekend is July 22-25.
New Course
How does your Taos Garden Grow?
This course requires a moderate amount of walking, but no strenuous hiking.
Join SMU-in-Taos favorite faculty member John Ubelaker as he introduces you to the unique and prominent plants of Taos and the environmental benefits of xeriscapic gardening. As you take private tours of some of the most lush and vibrant homes and gardens in Northern New Mexico, you'll learn about the various ecological zones that make up the Taos area and provide for a very distinctive type of high desert gardening. You'll enjoy the spectacular shows of wildflowers that are especially prolific and colorful in July and August as Dr. Ubelaker shares examples from his personal xeriscape landscape garden, as well as examples from the native landscape of the SMU-in-Taos campus. Finally, you'll go home with a renewed thirst to get to know your own climate zone and plenty of inspiration for creating your own beautiful garden.
About the Instructor
John Ubelaker has taught biology at SMU since 1974 and is the former chair of Biological Sciences in Dedman College. In 2005 he became director emeritus of SMU-in-Taos after serving as director for 13 years. Working with SMU undergraduate students, he is completing books on ferns, cacti and buttercups of the north-central region of New Mexico. Ubelaker earned his Ph.D. at Colorado State University in 1967.
For more information
Contact Allison Curran at:
taosci@smu.edu or call 214-768-TAOS (8267).
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