LEARN + GROW
Fun with Ferns
July 13 At the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth, MA, discover native ferns with Garry Plunkett, who focuses on fern forms, lifecycles, growing habits, and garden uses. Click here for more.
July 14 Learn how to collect and propagate ferns with instructor Leslie Duthie at Garden in the Woods. Learn more.
Roses in Maine
July 11-13 Enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Rosa (rose) genus expert Walter Lewis (contributor to Flora of North America) for  insights on the systematic study of this challenging genus. The Society's New England Flora author Arthur Haines joins the class, so don't miss a fascinating exploration held at the Delta Institute in Bowdoin, ME. Click here for more. To view our entire online course catalog, click here. To register, contact registrar@newenglandwild.org. |
CALL FOR CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Be part of the future of Nasami Farm & Sanctuary and the new Native Plant Center and volunteer to help remove invasive plants from the sanctuary in Whately, MA, just two miles from Interstate 91. We need groups of people September 24-26 and October 2-3. Have fun with plant buddies and do good at the same time. We'll train you--no experience necessary. Contact John Burns at jburns@newenglandwild.org or 508--877-7630 x 3204.
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July 9, 2008
Dear Members and Friends,
Hello, Olá! Hola, Здраствуйте!
We can't wait to welcome you to the BIG BUGS exhibit and Web-of-Life Extravaganza at Garden in the Woods. Join us Thursday evening for the members' preview, don't miss the July 12 Grand Opening --and visit these giant sculptures throughout the summer. |
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BE THE FIRST TO SEE BIG BUGS -- TOMORROW
Meet the BIG BUGS and artist David Rogers at a delightful family party Thursday, July 10, starting at 5:30 for members and their friends only. Space is limited so be sure to your RSVP. Live insect demonstration, face painting, "Bug Parade" and more!
For more information, click here, or call Karen Pierce 508 877-7630 x3801.  Make it an overnight summer excursion with very special room rates at our sponsor hotels.
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| THEY'RE (ALMOST) HERE -- BIG BUGS!
3 DAYS! -- but who's counting? Opening festivities, this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., include "Meet the Beetles,"  featuring live music by Beatles Tribute Band HELP!, led by Society volunteer Marc Hertzberg at the Woodland Stage. View new BIG BUGS activities and offers, like the new Bug-Ventures and the family activity bags here.
The BIG BUGS map is now available in five languages for a BIG welcome for all.
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CONSERVATION FIELD TRIPS
What do conservation volunteers do after months of hard work with rare plants and invasive plants? They enjoy more time in the field with trips to New England beauty spots. Thanks to Charlie and Barbara Grunden, who led a great group up to Morse Mountain in Maine, where piping plovers were sighted along with Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly) and Minuartia groenlandica (mountain sandwort). and to David Govatski and Jason Sachs for guiding volunteers to the alpine garden atop Mt. Washington. They observed a population of Salix uva-ursi (bearberry willow) a very cool plant common in the arctic tundra but regionally rare in New England.
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| UP ON THE ROOF
Come explore our new Green Roof at the Idea Garden,  Designed and installed by Horticulturist Rolf Cachat-Schilling, the green benefits using the native plants are extraordinary, and so are the blossoms. Can you believe we have Opuntia humifusa (Eastern prickly pear) blooming on the roof? Click here to learn more.
Photo by James Schilling-Cachat.
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SUMMERTIME MAGAZINE
Look for our BIG BUGS summer issue of New England WILD in your mailbox featuring articles on native bees and native plants. On the back cover, you'll spot a little box titled, "Mixed Sources." What's that you ask? It's a seal of approval of our  magazine by the Forest Stewardship Council, a non-governmental organization that promotes the responsible management of the world's forests. The approval represents another step in our ongoing commitment to "going green." | |
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Karen Pierce Debra Strick
Director of Membership Director of PR and Marketing
& the whole New England Wild Flower Society Staff |
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