Daily Archives: March 28, 2014

Tuesday, April 8, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification

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On Tuesday, April 9, the University of Massachusetts Extension’s Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry Program will sponsor The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification, from 9 – 2 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 11 Beaver Street in Milford, Massachusetts. This course is an overview of the topic of invasive plants, focusing on why we should be concerned about them and enhancing your ability to readily identify invasive plants as well as their look-alikes. The work of the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group, including its strategies, recommendations, and the recently released Early Detection/Rapid Response Priority List document, will be discussed. $75. To register, visit https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1362488 or call 413-545-0895.

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Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 pm – Hostas: The Funkia the Better

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Apologies to everyone out there who is groaning.  On Wednesday, April 9, the Aptucxet Garden Club will sponsor a free program at the Bourne United Methodist Church with Sue Dubrava, co-owner of Cochato Nursery.  Sue will give a presentation entitled Hostas: The Funkia the Better, on creating a shade garden by combining multiple hostas with other shade plants.  For more information visit www.aptucxetgardenclub.com. Image from www.houzz.com.

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Friday, April 4, 4:00 pm – Forty Years of Evolution on the Galapagos

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A special free talk has been underwritten by Sinauer Associates, Inc at UMASS-Amherst. The talk is Forty Years of Evolution on the Galapagos by Rosemary and Peter Grant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University. The talk will be April 4th, 2014 starting at 4:00 pm in the Isenberg School of Management room 137 (see UMASS-Amherst home page for map). (Refreshments served at 3:45pm). Seating on first come basis (and this room only seats about 200).

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