Kathy Musial Australian Native Plants Society Biennial Conference 2026

Kathy Musial

Kathy started at The Huntington as Assistant Botanist in July 1982 and became Botanist in January 1983, a position changed to Curator of Living Collections in 1985 and Senior Curator of Living Collections in 2024. She is responsible for overall curation of the non-succulent living plant collections including acquisition, development, landscape siting, tracking, mapping, and identification of plants. She has served on the boards of several horticultural organizations. Kathy has traveled widely worldwide to see plants in their native habitats and has led several natural history tours. She has a particular love for Australian flora, fauna, natural history, and geology, and has travelled all over Australia on a dozen trips since 1980. In 2025 she visited the Kimberley, the Top End, and the Centre; this will be her third visit to the Centre.

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