On Saturday, May 3, the team--Ga Young Chung, Will McMahan, Christy Vong--, joined by two undergraduate students in Asian American Studies classes who are also engaged in agriculture, Emily Yoshi and Nicole Domingo; along with incoming Plant Sciences undergraduate student See See Cha, visited Mao Lee and her daughter, Chee in Sacramento. It was time that plants important to Mao were flowering, which is important to make herbarium vouchers with.

First, we visited Judy Tretheway’s Confluence Gardens, where Mao shared more about her plants in the garden, and Will went through diligently making and explaining the plant specimen samples to be later mounted. They included Adjuga, Chinese chestnut, Persicaria capitata, and Plantain.

Then, we went to Chee's home where she lives with Mao and collected several more plants including a passionfruit flower sample.

So much time and information was generously shared on this hot day! Here are some photos from the fruitful day.