The bloom board is created once a month by a small group of docents and staff who work as a team. On the last Tuesday of the month Herb Knufken takes the pictures and Barbara Osthaus, Diana Goforth, Sally Sandler and Allan Dodds walk with him through the SDBG and take notes. The next few days are spent correctly identifying the plants and confirming their locations in the garden. SDBG staff usually helps with this. The work is co-ordinated through an interactive online spreadsheet maintained by Allan Dodds, who also finds a web-link for more information on each plant.

Once done, Barbara Osthaus prints out a key and places it in the display cabinet near the gift shop, along with the poster Herb Knufken creates from his pictures. At the same time Nick Ruddick creates an online virtual bloom board from the same images, supplemented by additional images taken by others.

If you spot an error, please contact dodds.allanATgmail.com