Boston Flora

Tag: macrophotography

  • Sunday, May 19, 2:00 pm – Pollinator Art Show

    The Massachusetts Pollinator Network, with the Erving Public Library, as part of the Popular Pollinators Series, presents the Pollinator Art Show at the Library, 2 Care Drive, Off Route 63, Erving, Massachusetts 01344. The opening reception will take place Sunday, May 19, at 2. The show itself will be on display during library open hours in May and June.

    One artist, Daisy Hebb, works with native plant and pollinator experts to design brilliant watercolor paintings, laced with notes and fun facts about our ecosystems. Artist John Barnett aims to capture natural beauty that we overlook because of its small scale. He uses macrophotography to explore local biodiversity, particularly of bees and other pollinators.

  • Friday, September 10 – Sunday, September 12 – New England Botanical Club Field Trip to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Boothbay Region

    Reserve a space now (no later than July 1) for the NEBC Field Trip to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Boothbay Region, Friday, September 10 – Sunday, September 12.

    Highlights of this fabulous trip include a visit to the Kate Furbish “Flora of Maine” art collection at Bowdoin College with Special Collections Curator Richard Lindemann, a trip to the scenic salt marsh at Popham Beach with Arthur Haines, a lobster picnic at Robinson’s Wharf on Southport Island, a ferry ride for an all day excursion to botanize the beaches and coastal headlands of Monhegan Island with Melissa Dow Cullina, a catered pool-side barbeque (with vegetarian option), an evening workshop on digital macrophotography with Bill Cullina, and early bird hike along stunning Ocean Point in Boothbay, and a guided tour of the new Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (pictured below – photograph copyright Karl Gercens).  The first scheduled activity is at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, at 10 am on Friday September 10.  The final scheduled activity will be lunch on Sunday, September 12 at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, though participants may stay at the Gardens as long as they wish until closing.  Participants may choose to stay with the group at the Coburn House Inn in Boothbay at a reasonable group rate.

    Registration fee is $75, to be sent to the trip coordinator Melissa Dow Cullina, 250 Hendricks Hill Road, Southport Island, ME 04576.  Please make check out to Melissa, who will be coordinating all aspects of the trip.  The fee includes one bag lunch, ferry ticket, barbeque, CMBG ticket, and all scheduled events.  For more information, email Melissa at mcullina@gmail.com, or call 207-633-4546.  You may also find links to lodging options, and may download a pdf file with registration form, at www.rhodora.org.