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  • Tuesday, January 12, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – University of Connecticut George Safford Torrey Herbarium Virtual Tour

    Native Plant Trust has partnered with staff at university herbaria throughout New England to offer a special inside look at the region’s most impressive plant specimen collections. All programs will be conducted virtually. On Tuesday, January 12, from 1 – 2 pm, Sarah Taylor will lead you, on line, through the University of Connecticut’s George Safford Torrey Herbarium. $12 for NPT members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/university-connecticut-george-safford-torrey-herbarium/

  • Tuesdays, September 23 – November 18, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Introduction to Botany

    Learn botany from dedicated instructor and plant nomenclature specialist Kanchi Gandhi, of the Harvard University Herbaria, on Divinity Avenue in Cambridge, where the eight week course will be held. Among the topics to be explored: plant cells and tissues, anatomy and morphology, reproduction, nutrition, growth and development, plant diversity, evolution, classification, and nomenclature. This course, offering both lecture and laboratory activities, introduces botany to new students or serves as a refresher course. Classes begin Tuesday September 23, from 6:30 – 8:00, and are offered in collaboration with the New England Wild Flower Society. Required text: Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon.  Fee $225 sponsor member, $270 nonmember. Register online at https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=1.

  • Wednesday, April 24, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Plants of New England: A History in Deep Time

    Andrew Knoll,Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, and Curator of Paleobotanical Collections, Harvard University Herbaria, will speak in the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday, April 24, from 7 – 8:30, on Plants of New England: A History in Deep Time. Celebrated as a land of marble and granite, the bedrock of New England also includes patches of sedimentary rock that document ancient landscapes and vegetation. From Earth’s deep Precambrian past dominated by bacterial photosynthesis, through the early history of land plants and tropical coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period, and on to warm temperate forests of 25 million years ago and conifer forests established as ice age glaciers melted, New England rocks and fossils shed light on our region’s deep photosynthetic past. Free for Arboretum members, $10 nonmembers.  Register on line at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Tuesdays, beginning April 3, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Plant Kingdom Diversity: Bacteria to Flowering Plants

    Through lectures and work in the laboratory, Dr. Gandhi will provide a deeper understanding of the plant kingdom, from the simple plants to those that are highly evolved. He will outline the structure and reproduction of bacteria, cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, mosses, ferns, pines, and flowering plants, in this 6 session course taking place Tuesdays beginning April 3 (excluding April 17) at the Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue in Cambridge.

    You will learn about the fundamental differences in the plant structure of these groups and also their capabilities in reproducing both sexually and asexually. The role of xylem, phloem, fruits, and seeds in the success of flowering plants will be discussed. Cost: $145 for Arnold Arboretum members, $180 for nonmembers. To register, call 617-524-1418, or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu.

  • Tuesdays, September 20 – November 29, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Introduction to Botany

    Register now for the fall semester of Introduction to Botany with K.N. Gandhi, Botanist with the Harvard University Herbaria.  The ten session course will take place at the Herbaria in Cambridge on September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15, and 29 from 6:30 – 8:30. Among the topics to be explored: plant cells and tissues, anatomy and morphology, reproduction, nutrition, growth and development, plant diversity, evolution, classification, and nomenclature.  Fee $280 Arboretum and NEWFS members, $372 nonmembers. Offered with the New England Wild Flower Society.  Register at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

  • Friday, May 7, 6:30 pm – Seventy Years of Change in the Flora of One New England County

    Dr. Robert Bertin, Professor and Department Chair, Biology Department, College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, will address the May 7 meeting of the New England Botanical Club at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts, beginning at 6:30 pm. His lecture is entitled Seventy Years of Change in the Flora of One New England County. For specific directions log on to www.newfs.org.

    The sponsor, The New England Botanical Club, which originated in 1895, is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of plants of North America, especially the flora of New England and adjacent areas.  The Club publishes the journal Rhodora, holds monthly meetings during the academic year, maintains an herbarium of more than 253,000 sheets, has a small library, and annually grants a graduate student research award.  An office for the Club is maintained at the Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, and you may reach the office at 617-308-3656 for membership information, or log on to www.rhodora.org.  Regular member dues are $50 annually, and a family rate, including a copy of Rhodora, is $60.  Student membership costs $25.

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  • Friday, April 2, 6:30 pm – Complexities of American Rose Species: Their Taxonomy to DNA

    Dr. Walter H. Lewis, Emeritus and University Research Ethnobotanist, Washington University in St. Louis and Missouri Botanical Garden, and the 2010 New England Botanical Club Distinguished Speaker, will give a talk on the Complexities of American Rose Species: Their Taxonomy to DNA on Friday, April 2, in the Lecture Hall (Room 102) of the Fairchild Biochemistry Building at 7 Divinity Avenue in Cambridge.  The Fairchild Biochemistry Building is part of the main campus near Harvard Square and is between Busch Hall and the Peabody Museum.  For specific directions log on to www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html.

    The sponsor, The New England Botanical Club, which originated in 1895, is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of plants of North America, especially the flora of New England and adjacent areas.  The Club publishes the journal Rhodora, holds monthly meetings during the academic year, maintains an herbarium of more than 253,000 sheets, has a small library, and annually grants a graduate student research award.  An office for the Club is maintained at the Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, and you may reach the office at 617-308-3656 for membership information, or log on to www.rhodora.org.  Regular member dues are $50 annually, and a family rate, including a copy of Rhodora, is $60.  Student membership costs $25.

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  • Tuesdays, March 2 – April 6, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – The Plant Kingdom: An Overview

    Join K.N. Gandhi, Botanist at the Harvard University Herbaria, for this six session introductory course in botany, beginning March 2 at 6:30 pm.  Through lectures and work in the laboratory, Dr. Gandhi will provide a deeper understanding of the plant kingdom, from the simple plants to those that are highly evolved. He will outline the structure and reproduction of bacteria, cyano-bacteria, algae (fresh water and marine), fungi, moss, ferns, pines, and flowering plants. You will learn about the fundamental differences in the plant structure of these groups and also their capabilities in reproducing both sexually and asexually. The role of xylem, phloem, fruits, and seeds in the success of flowering plants will be discussed.
    Fee $165 Arnold Arboretum member, $200 nonmember.  For additional information, and to register, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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