I was also privileged to know John Bleck since meeting him and his then-wife Mary when they owned Abbey Garden nursery in Carpinteria. Both of them were incredibly generous with their time and plants over many years. At UCSB, the diverse teaching collections John developed opened my eyes to plants of all kinds, in many plant families. I learned much of my sense of what a plant collection is from John, as well as patience and generosity. He will be very much missed by me and all his friends. Dylan On Thu, 1 May 2025 at 05:00, <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. John Bleck (fosterjp) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 00:12:53 +0000 (UTC) > From: fosterjp <fosterjp@cox.net> > To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" > <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] John Bleck > Message-ID: <1606740244.21757.1746058373867@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > We were privileged to be close to John for many years. ?We often visited > his place on Tuolumne Drive and usually were gifted one of his plants for > our garden most of which are still there. ?Unfortunately we were not the > growers he was so some didn't do well... ?Our club, which John was a > founder, is having a show and sale next week and we will dedicate it to > him. <SBCCS.org> > He was as close as anyone I know who was a walking encyclopedia of the > plant kingdom.? > Jim Foster??? aka BulbusSanta Barbara?? > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 99, Issue 1 > ********************************** > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…