The Annual Meeting of the Friends of Wellesley Botanic Gardens will take place Monday, June 1, beginning at 3 pm with a reception, followed by a lecture at 4 entitled The (Under)story of Coffea arabica. Botany Fellow Katie Goodall discusses how farmers support biodiversity and their own livelihoods by taking advantage of coffee’s capacity to be grown in the understory of managed forests. Explore how consumers can voice solidarity with farmer-led sustainable production efforts. The lecture is followed by Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration Awards Ceremony. Free, but please call 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu to let them know you will be attending.
