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  • Saturday, September 15, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm – Blue Hills Ferns Walk

    This New England Wild Flower Society field study on September 15 from noon – 4 explores a particularly biodiverse area in Milton, near Blue Hills Reservation, inhabited by more than a third of the fern species native to Massachusetts. In addition to ferns, participants encounter and learn about several club-mosses, horsetails, and hybrids. This easy/moderate hike will be led by Don Lubin, and is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. $38 for members of sponsoring organizations, $46 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newenglandwild.org.

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  • Thursday, September 6, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Discovering Native Ferns

    New England contains a rich and unusual diversity of ferns. In this September 6 New England Wild Flower Society class at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, students discuss their significance and how to identify those most common to the region. A lecture includes slides, laminated specimens, and microscopic details. Afterward, participants explore the Garden’s extensive collection of ferns. Bring any ferns for identification. The lecture, by Don Lubin, takes place from 10 – 1, and is $40 for NEWFS members, $48 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newenglandwild.org.

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  • Wednesday, November 9, 10:00 am – Introduction to Ferns

    Wednesday, November 9, 10:00 am – Introduction to Ferns

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay continues its 2016/2017 investigation into The Prehistoric Garden with a meeting and lecture on Wednesday, November 9 on Introduction to Ferns, at 10 am at The College Club of Boston, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. Beautiful and flowerless, ferns are among the most ancient plants in the world. Learn to distinguish among the most common ferns of New England through lecture and examination of fresh plant material. Don Lubin will be our featured lecturer. Don has been growing ferns since 1980, and doing field identification since 1991. He reset the fern labels at the Garden In The Woods in Framingham, and has led workshops and field trips since 1998 for the New England Wild Flower Society and others, previously with co-teacher Ray Abair of Middleboro MA. Don has found uncommon ferns and donated more than 100 specimens to herbaria, including a few state and many county records, mainly to the New England Botanical Club collection at the Asa Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. Don assisted Cheryl Lowe and Elizabeth Farnsworth in their revision of Boughton Cobb’s Field Guide to Ferns.  Club members will receive notification of the meeting. If you are not a Club member but wish to attend, please email info@bostonflora.com.

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  • Saturday, July 16, 11:00 am – 3:30 pm – Introduction to Native Ferns

    Beautiful and flowerless, ferns are among the most ancient plants in the world. Learn to distinguish among the most common ferns of New England through lecture, microscopic examination of fresh plant material, and field study. By the end of this New England Wild Flower Society class, you will be familiar with most of the ferns you encounter in the woods. Bring lunch and a hand lens if you have one. The class will be led by Don Lubin at Garden in the Woods on Saturday, July 16 from 11 – 3:30, and is $60 for NEWFS members, $72 for nonmembers. (Garden Club of the Back Bay members note that Mr. Lubin will speak to our Club in November, 2016, on the topic of ferns, as part of our “Prehistoric Garden” year of programming.) Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/introduction-to-native-ferns.

  • Saturday, September 20, 11:30 am – 3:00 pm – The Ferns of Horn Pond Mountain

    Ferns have been around for more than 300 million years, and in that time the diversification of their form has been phenomenal. Join Don Lubin and the New England Wild Flower Society on Saturday, September 20 at 11:30 am as Don investigates the ferns of Horn Pond Reservation in Woburn, MA. Horn Pond is crossed by rocks such as diorite and gabbro, making it a great home for ferns that prefer a “sweeter” habitat. We hope to see two Asplenium species, two Woodsias, and a Selaginella, as well as numerous more common ferns. Expect some climbing and off-trail hiking. Bring a hand lens if you have one, and any fern fronds you would like Don to identify. $33 for NEWFS members, $40 for nonmembers.  Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/ferns-of-horn-pond-mountain.

  • Saturday, June 14, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm – Fabulous Ferns of the Blue Hills

    Just minutes from downtown Boston, the Blue Hills Reservation is the largest conserved tract in the greater Boston area. It contains many wild treasures—from coyotes to copperheads, dogwoods to lady’s-slippers, and turkey vultures to dragonflies—and, of course, a wealth of fern species. Hiking along the northern Border Path, you will see more than a third of all the fern species native to Massachusetts as well as some hybrid ferns, several club-mosses, and a horsetail. Wear long pants (there is poison ivy on the trail) and suitable footwear; bring a hand lens if you have one, and plenty of water. The hike is sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society on Saturday, June 14, from 12-4, and the fee is $23 for NEWFS members, $28 for nonmembers. Led by Don Lubin. You may register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/catalog/fdt1032.

  • Sunday, August 18, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Ponkapoag Marsh

    In a boggy corner of the Blue Hills is a lovely diversity of ferns.  It is the site where Massachusetts Fern was discovered, and an excellent location for netted chain fern.  On Sunday, August 18, from 1 – 4, discover two different wood fern hybrids as well, and see how they compare with their parent species.  The New England Wild Flower Society sponsored walk will be led by Don Lubin and Ray Abair, and the fee is $28 for NEWFS members, $35 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.  Wear long pants and bring insect repellent and a hand lens.

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  • Saturday, August 3, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm – Discovering Native Ferns

    Learn to identify and distinguish between the 21 or so of the most common ferns of New England.  Through lecture, slides, drawings, and microscopic examination of fresh material, become familiar with around 95% of the ferns you will see in the woods.  End this New England Wild Flower Society tour with a walk through Garden in the Woods in Framingham with Don Lubin and Ray Abair.  The class will take place Saturday, August 3, from 10 – 2:30, and the fee is $60 for NEWFS members, $72 for nonmembers.  Bring lunch and a hand lens.  Register at www.newfs.org.

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  • Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Pteridophytes in Vermont

    The New England Wild Flower Society and the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont co-sponsor a program on Saturday, July 27, from 10 – 2, on Pteridophytes in Vermont.  The Montshire Museum, which abuts the Connecticut River, has extensive grounds with a limey geology that enhances plant biodiversity.  You will visit the extensive variety of ferns, club-mosses, and horsetails, and will hear how to identify each of them.  Class will begin with indoor instruction using slides of drawings and photographs.  Wear long pants and bring bug spray, a hand lens, and lunch.  Instructors are Don Lubin and Ray Abair, identified as “fern enthusiasts.”  $46 for NEWFS members, $56 for non members.  Visit www.newfs.org for complete information.

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  • Wednesday, August 3, 7:00 am – 8:30 pm – Native Ferns of New England

    Learn about the life cycle of ferns and their evolutionary history, spanning 400 million years, from noted fern expert, collector and educator Don Lubin. From among New England’s 68 native species, we will examine twenty of those most commonly found. This survey will include detailed photographs, techniques for field identification, and a look at the adaptive niche that each species occupies. Don Lubin has been teaching about ferns for over a decade and he grows 44 species in his small yard in Allston. He has collected more than 50 herbarium specimens and has identified previously unrecorded taxa at several locales in Massachusetts.  Location : Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit  http://www.grownativemass.org/programs/eveningswithexperts.