Daily Archives: May 7, 2014

Saturday, May 17, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – One Subject, More than One View: Studies on Vellum

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Flowers, leaves, and seed pods are often just as beautiful from the back or sides as they are head on.  Explore a botanical subject of your choice from various angles and include these different perspectives in a work on vellum.  Esther Klahne will discuss nuances of composition and ways to integrate several small studies into a beautifully cohesive painting, in this class to be held at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens on Saturday, May 17,  from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm.  Tips on using graphite and watercolor on vellum will be discussed. Fee ($95 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, $120 for non-members) will include project vellum, backing board and handouts.  To register call 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

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Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 pm – Weevil Diversity: Beyond the 60,000 Names

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The Annual Meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held Tuesday, May 13, beginning at 7:30 pm in Room 101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Oxford Street, Cambridge.  Bruno de Medeiros will give the traditional President’s address, this year entitled Weevil Diversity: Beyond the 60,000 Names.

Many people know about horned scarab beetles fighting for females, or insect predators such a praying mantises that can be cannibals. What is less well-known is that similar stories can be found among the seemingly uninteresting plant-feeding beetles known as weevils. Weevils stand out as a very diverse group in terms of number of species – in fact, they are the most diverse family of animals. However, they are much more than a bunch of names, and weevil natural history can also be very interesting and sometimes even surprising. In this talk Bruno will share some stories that he found while doing research on palm-associated weevils during the last few years, and also the adventures that he went through while chasing them in Brazil.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for an informal pre-meeting dinner at the Cambridge Common.

Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7 – Garden Affairs Garden Tour

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The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, if it were mine, I should never go out of it.” This year the Concord Museum is celebrating 24 years of “going into good gardens” on the annual Concord Garden Tour. The Museum’s Guild of Volunteers has organized this preeminent garden tour, an opportunity both to share in the delights of beautiful and historic private gardens in Concord and to support the Museum’s Education Programs which annually serve 10,000 students from 85 Massachusetts communities and 22 states.

The Museum’s Garden Tour has become a New England tradition for garden lovers from near and far. The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 6 and June 7, rain or shine. Each of the private gardens reflects the individual interests and passions of the owners and their families and will inspire both new gardeners designing their first perennial bed and accomplished landscapers with acres of “garden rooms.”

The tour of Concord-area gardens is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Garden-goers should arrive at the Museum to pick up their maps prior to starting out. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once. $35 Museum Members, $40 Nonmembers. No refunds; no photography. And don’t forget to stop by the Museum Shop, filled with wonderful garden-related gifts! Purchase tickets at www.concordmuseum.org.

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