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8 | March 29, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Community<br />
malibusurfsidenews.com<br />
Photo Op<br />
Malibu resident Barbara Burke captured this image of a sunset, viewed from the Point Dume Clubhouse.<br />
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Malibu Garden Club to host<br />
landscape designer April 5<br />
Submitted by the Malibu<br />
Garden Club<br />
When the Malibu Garden<br />
Club meets at 7 p.m.<br />
April 5, landscape designer<br />
Randy Wild will present<br />
“Cycads: the Perfect Plant<br />
for Malibu” at the Point<br />
Dume Clubhouse, located<br />
at 29500 Heathercliff Dr.,<br />
in Malibu.<br />
Wild’s passion for cycads<br />
started when he began collecting<br />
these plants in his<br />
20s. He has had this passion<br />
for the last 40 years.<br />
Wild specializes in architectural<br />
landscape design<br />
and he also does installations.<br />
He has been in business<br />
since 1989. He works<br />
primarily in the Brentwood,<br />
Santa Monica and<br />
Malibu areas.<br />
When asked what captivated<br />
his attention about<br />
these plants, he mentioned<br />
that cycads go back to the<br />
time of the dinosaurs. They<br />
are the oldest fossilized<br />
plant that we have on record.<br />
They are considered<br />
the first conifer and the first<br />
plant that has male and female<br />
genders in separate<br />
plants. They are also the<br />
first plant to reproduce by<br />
pollen.<br />
Although the 350 accepted<br />
species of cycads<br />
come from all over the<br />
world , they are primarily<br />
found in the equatorial<br />
belt and the tropical<br />
regions of Australia, South<br />
Africa and Mexico. And<br />
they make the perfect xeriscape<br />
plant, something<br />
important to garden aficionados<br />
in southern California.<br />
Although they need<br />
to be watered to become<br />
established, once they are<br />
established they need very<br />
little water. While beautiful,<br />
cycads tend to be very<br />
heavy to transport. Larger<br />
specimens even require<br />
cranes for installation.<br />
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Norman<br />
Diana Day, of<br />
Encore Malibu<br />
Naughty<br />
Norman is<br />
1-year-old<br />
and was<br />
adopted from<br />
Malibu Animal<br />
Hospital.<br />
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