Lecture on 'Culture and Plants of Brazil'

San Fernando Valley Bromeliad Society meeting.             

Free open to the Public with Free Parking.                   

10:15 Speaker: Nels Christianson will be speaking and showing a new program featuring his travels in Brazil.Nels has more than 500 cacti, succulents and Bromeliads and many are growing in his own pottery.  He has traveled to most countries in Latin America but favors Brazil.  Nels studied Political Science, Hispanic Civilization, Portuguese, Latin American Studies at UC Santa Barbara, Georgetown University and at UCLA.  And he also studied Brazilian literature at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horisonte, Brazil in 1976-77.  Since then he has traveled to Brazil around 20 times visiting friends, studying the culture and plants.  He is an active member of several local Bromeliad Societies and Cactus and Succulent groups.  He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.  Nels has selected a new group of digital photos which he will share and discuss in his presentation. Nels currently works with the International department at UCLA Medical Center.   

The San Fernando Valley Bromeliad Society holds monthly meetings at the Sepulveda Garden Center.  Speakers feature travel and plants.  Visitors are welcome, we serve refreshments, hold discussions on Show and Tell Plants brought in by the members and we have plant raffles.  Open to the Public with Free Parking