Daily Archives: May 19, 2023

Saturday, June 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Preserving Plant Diversity

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Join The Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge, on June 3 from 10 – noon for an exploration of plant diversity and an introduction to methods of plant preservation. Using plant cuttings brought from home and some collected near the museum, participants will employ the powerful art of observation to identify and compare morphological characteristics of plants and discuss why they may have been favored over evolutionary time. They will learn how herbarium specimens are prepared, and prepare their own pressed specimens using these techniques. Instructor: Andrea Appleton, Harvard PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. $54 for Museum members, $60 for nonmembers. Registration required at https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/preserving-plant-diversity

vintage herbarium background on old paper

Wednesday, May 24, 8:00 pm – Lighting at The William Lloyd Garrison and Domingo Sarmiento Statues

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Please join the Friends of the Public Garden as we flip the switch and celebrate the installation of permanent lighting at the William Lloyd Garrison and Domingo Sarmiento statues on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. On Wednesday, May 24 at 8 pm, gather near the Garrison statue on the Dartmouth-Exeter block. The ceremony will take place near the Garrison, and attendees will then be welcome to travel up to the Gloucester-Hereford block to view the newly lit Sarmiento, as well. The lighting and landscape improvement work was made possible by the generosity of Back Bay neighbors during the Friends’ 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign. To learn more about the May 24 celebration or the Friends’ work in your three parks, please visit friendsofthepublicgarden.org or call (617) 723-8144.

Friday, May 26, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Berkshire Botanical Garden Annual Meeting: The Benefits of Time in Nature

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Berkshire Botanical Garden will hold its annual meeting on May 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. The public is invited. The meeting will feature a talk by Don Rakow, who teaches in Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Science.

Formerly the director of Cornell Botanic Garden, Rakow is a highly engaging speaker who runs Cornell’s NatureRX program. Members attending the brief business portion of the meeting will have the opportunity to vote in the election of BBG’s officers. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is recommended.

Register here.

NOTE: The annual meeting will also include the ribbon cutting for our new Farm in the Garden Camp building. Hooray!