Daily Archives: March 21, 2019

Friday, April 5 through Sunday, May 26 – Nature Narratives: The Botanical Art of Carol Ann Morley

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Berkshire Botanical Garden has announced its spring gallery exhibition, Nature Narratives — The Botanical Art of Carol Ann Morley on display April 6 through May 26 in its Center House Leonhardt Galleries, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA. The exhibition is a retrospective collection of botanical art works presented in colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite, carbon dust and pastel.

A New Hampshire artist whose love of nature features the subjects she portrays, Carol Ann Morley was classically trained in England, graduating in 1963 from the Medway College of Art. Her art work has been represented in numerous private and public collections and museums including the Smithsonian Institute of Natural History, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, The Shirley Sherwood Collection, and the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in England.

Carol has taught basic drawing skills, drawing nature, and botanical drawing at Berkshire Botanical Garden since 1999. Her popular workshops focus on observation of the natural world and how to acquire the necessary drawing skills to create representational drawing.

The exhibit opens on Friday, April 5 with a gallery reception from 1-3 p.m. A Meet the Artist gallery presentation is scheduled for Sunday, May 26, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are weekdays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Sundays by appointment by calling 413 320-4794. Admission is free.

More information is available at berkshirebotanical.org or by calling the Garden at 413 320-4794.

Wednesday, April 3, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – More Than Just The Buzz: Finding Real Solutions to Native Pollinator Decline

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For almost two decades, pollinators have been declining in abundance, species richness, and geographic distribution at an unprecedented rate worldwide. While media attention has focused largely on the domesticated European honeybee, the decline of our native species poses a significant threat to global biodiversity due to the keystone role that pollinators play in terrestrial ecosystems. On April 3 at 7 pm at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway in Cambridge, biologist Robert Gegear, Assistant Professor of Biology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute will explain the beautifully complex interactions between plant species and the insects that pollinate them— intricate ecological systems that we humans are only beginning to understand. Join us to learn how Dr. Gegear’s research on pollination ‘networks’ can help develop truly effective conservation and restoration strategies, and come away with scientifically informed and practical actions you can take to support these vital insects.

Dr. Robert Gegear is the founder of the Bee-cology Project, an initiative that uses citizen science to collect much-needed ecological data on native pollinator species and pollinator habitat. The Grow Native Massachusetts talk is free and open to the public.

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