Californian Corallinas
On a far too rare visit to California, I had the opportunity to travel down the coast to Monterey Bay, re-visiting familiar spots from my childhood including Lovers’ Point beach and Asilomar in Pacific Grove, Nepenthe on the Big Sur highway, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
On our return north, we stopped at the Monterey Aquarium and I was stunned to find so many similar corallines in the bottom of this magical pool in the Rocky Shore exhibition. Exquisite!
We had a wonderful day with the Royal Botanic Garden’s Post Graduate Diploma in Herbology class playing with seaweeds.
The class all came down from Edinburgh on the train and we took over North Berwick’s Hope Rooms, by the shores of the West Beach. We had perfect low tide conditions, and deep pools of seaweeds, starfish and anemones to play in. A very wet afternoon ensued as the group found their pace laying out and pressing some beautiful specimens. I look forward to seeing the results at the Graduation Show in September.
Good luck!
Tang and Ware 