An herbarium is a collection of pressed and dried plant material, and they have been collected throughout the ages to document plants that grow in different regions of the world, and their uses that are avidly studied by scientists. Why are these herbaria so important? Linnaeus knew, Emily Dickinson knew, Henry David Thoreau knew. Do you?

Join Mass Hort and Julie McIntosh Shapiro, from the Harvard University Herbaria on Tuesday, January 12 at 1:30 pm in the Parkman Room of the Education Building, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, as she takes us on a tantalizing journey through the Global Plant Initiative (GPI) project, where people participated from 75 countries, and Julie will show highlights from around the world as well as Mass Hort’s collections.

Mass Hort Members $12 Non-Members $20. Register on line at http://www.masshort.org