Check this page for upcoming appearances and events in 2009 and 2010.

Broadcasts and Upcoming Events 2009

SCIENCE FRIDAY with Ira Flatow, National Public Radio


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Science Friday
AFTERNOON MAGAZINE with Celeste Quinn

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Afternoon Magazine

EVENTS 2010

February 11 (Thursday)
Southern California Horticultural Society
Friendship Auditorium
3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles
7:30 pm
Science and Advertising in the Garden: The Colorful Case of Luther Burbank


March 22 (Monday)
Wicker Park Garden Club
1425 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL
7:00 p.m.

March 24 (Wednesday)
Chicago Botanic Garden
Oops--postponed until a later date-
check back soon!

March 25 (Thursday)
The Fortnightly Club
Chicago, IL

April 8 (Thursday)
The Huntington Library
Second Thursday Garden Talk
San Marino, CA
2:30 p.m.

Selected Works

Quick Links

Barnes & Noble Garden Book Club
Featured Book for September
Huffington Post
Jane S. Smith blogs on Huffington Post
New York Times 'Books of the Times'
The Curious Man Lucky Enough to Create 'the Lucky Spud'
Chicago Tribune Book Review
'Garden' Yields Bounty About Botanist Who Changed History
Inventions and Innovations
Luther Burbank, the Superstar Nobody Knows
Financial Times: Books
Seeds of Discontent
Jane S. Smith on Facebook
Penguin Group
Luther Burbank Home and Gardens
Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Authors Guild
Society of Midland Authors
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