The first field trips for 2009 have been scheduled. April 4 will be to the Carderock area along the C and O and will be led by Dan Nicolson. A trip to the...
From Rod: The majority of responses back thus far have selected the April dates as best for them. I'll get a fuller description of the St. Anthony's ...
Several fieldtrips are in the works for the next couple of months. # April 4, Saturday - Bear Island - C and O Canal - Mile 10.5 (Maryland) - 9:00 AM. # April...
Two upcoming talks by BSW members: Sunday, March 29 2:00 p.m. at the Ashburn Library Stan Shetler will be speaking about SPRING BIRDS AND WILDFLOWERS, THEIR...
Saturday, April 4 - Bear Island. (MD) Park across from Old Angler's Inn. Meet at 9:00. Bring water, lunch, binoculars, hand lens, fieldguides Lots of Bear...
April 5, 2009 Hi All This is my plan for 11 April 2009 for Turkey Run Park, weather willing. Meet in parking lot C1 at 9:30 a.m. If there are not enough...
Our next meeting will be at 7 PM tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7. Speaker: Jamie Whitacre Fellow, U.S. Capitol Historical Society Topic: Botanical Art in the U.S....
Field trip reminder, meet at 9:30 am on Saturday, the 11th at parking area C-1 of Turkey Run Park. The trip is on barring torrential rain, earthquakes,...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From Jil: Frank Solis of the VA Master Gardeners program sent me a copy of "Common Native Trees of...
Date: Tuesday, May 5th 7:00 PM Speaker: Leslie Overstreet Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Topic: Botany and...
The wrong affiliation was given for our next month's speaker, Leslie Overstreet. It should have said: Cullman Library, Special Collections Dept., Smithsonian...
The Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale is NEXT week, on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.! As always, a contact list for the vendors is available on the...
Here are directions to the St. Anthony's Wilderness Rod simmons has sent directions to the St. Anthony's Wilderness fieldtrip. They are also posted on the...
Alan Whittemore asked me to forward this information about an upcoming book sale at the Arboretum. Surplus Book Sale April 25 and May 2, 10 am 4 pm U.S....
Summer Solstice Walk at Chapman Forest South Saturday June 20 - 10:00-4:00 or later Jointly sponsored by MNPS, VNPS, and the Botanical Society of Washington ...
I just came across this article about Edd's efforts: http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=41474 "The Effort to Keep Biodiversity Out of Crisis Environmental...
BSW fieldtrip reminder: This weekend - April 25-26. Information is on the field trips page: http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html * * * * * * * * ** * * *...
From Alan: The list of books available at the Arboretum Surplus Book Sale has been posted at: http://www.usna.usda.gov/surplus_books.pdf Surplus Book Sale ...
From Pat Ford: Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:00:47 +0000 From: P2zamora@... Hi Kathy, The following article may be of interest to BSW members. THE LINNAEUS...
From Jil: Events at the Dept. of Interior museum http://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum/calendar/2009/apr-jun-2009.html#May09 # May 8 - Friday - (1:00 pm) -...
Stephanie Mason thought this Native Plant forum might be of interest to BSW members. May 17, in Ottawa This forum on native plants in Canada's capital may be...
St. A.'s trip pictures - May 20 City of Trees talk - species protections - NYT pollination story - Diane Rehm Show Andrea Wulf: "The Brother Gardeners" * * * *...
May 9 - Join MNPS and VNPS to survey pristine wildlands along the Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, MD. 10 AM meeting time Directions: From the Capital...