The Connecticut Botanical Society will sponsor a Sedge Workshop on Saturday, July 10, beginning at 10 am at Lockwood Farm Cottage in Hamden, Connecticut. Led by Sigrun Gadwa, CBS Plant Ecologist, the workshop will work with fresh specimens of the Carex species from the 2010 field season, examining both inflorescences and vegetative characteristics, such as the color of leaf bases. You’ll learn several distinctive sedge “Sections.” If you collect a sedge to bring to the workshop, collect only a small portion of a clump, and a few perigynia (seeds); refrigerate in a ziplock bag until the workshop. Bring a loupe. Directions: Interstate 91: Take exit 10. Follow the Route 40 connector for 3.1 miles. Take a right onto Whitney Ave (Route 10) and go north for 0.6 miles. Take a left onto Evergreen Avenue, go 0.1 mile and take a right onto Kenwood Avenue. The farm is on your left; take the second driveway and follow signs to the cottage. $15 – no registration required. For more information, log on to www.ct-botanical-society.org.
