Daily Archives: February 26, 2010

Saturday, March 13, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Extreme Pumpkin Growing

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Oh, boy, you’ve been waiting for this!  Join woody plant guru and plant geek Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery for a fun and informative look into the world of competitive pumpkin growing.  Learn how to grow plants in the cucurbita family into the biggest and best fruits possible.  Ones you will never be able to lift yourself.  Although the lecture will focus on how to grow extra large pumpkins, it will also inform gardeners about improving growing conditions for other pumpkin relatives, including melons, squash, and cucumbers.  Adam will share his special pumpkin seeds for the upcoming growing season (he’s that confident!).  The lecture will take place at Berkshire Botanical Gardens, and costs $18 for BBG members, $24 for non members.  Log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org for more information and directions.

Friday, March 26, 6:30 – 9:00 pm – Bizarre Animals: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions

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Carlin Wing, Fall 2009 Visiting Lecturer in the Harvard Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, will be Artist in Residence at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge,  for a week in March.  Carlin has organized an exhibit where contemporary artists respond to the collections on display in the Museum with works in varied media, including music, video, and performances.  Artists and participants will include current VES students and recent graduates.  Admission fee is $6.00, or, if you have a Harvard ID, admission is free, and you may bring one guest.  For more information call 617-495-3045, or log on to www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

Friday, March 5, 6:30 pm – Summoning The Wind & Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary Organisms

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Dr. Anne Pringle, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, will speak on Friday, March 5 at the New England Botanical Club’s monthly meeting in the Lecture Hall, Room 102, of the Fairchild Biochemistry Building, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, beginning at 6:30 pm. Her topic is “Summoning the Wind & Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary Organisms.”  The Fairchild Biochemistry Building is part of the main campus near Harvard Square and is between Busch Hall and the Peabody Museum.  For specific directions log on to www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html.  The New England Botanical Club, which originated in 1895, is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of plants of North America, especially the flora of New England and adjacent areas.  The Club publishes the journal Rhodora, holds monthly meetings during the academic year, maintains an herbarium of more than 253,000 sheets, has a small library, and annually grants a graduate student research award.  An office for the Club is maintained at the Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, and you may reach the office at 617-308-3656 for membership information, or log on to www.rhodora.org.  Regular member dues are $50 annually, and a family rate, including a copy of Rhodora, is $60.  Student membership costs $25.