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Tag: Roland “Boot” Boutwell

  • Tuesday, June 25, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wetland Shrubs

    Explore varied wetland habitats, including a pond, a stream, and a bog, for excellent examples of shrubs that grow in and around wetlands. Come learn 15-20 New England shrubs as well as a handful of shrubs that grow in higher and drier habitats. The Native Plant Trust class with Roland “Boot” Boutwell takes place June 25 from 10 – 2 at Grassy Pond in Acton. Please bring lunch, a hand lens, and a field guide to shrubs, if you have them. Cosponsored with the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. $53 for Sponsor members, $64 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/wetland-shrubs/

  • Tuesday, May 14, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wetland Shrubs

    Explore varied wetland habitats, including a pond, a stream, and a bog, for excellent examples of shrubs that grow in and around wetlands, in this May 14 Native Plant Trust session at Grassy Pond in Acton, Massachusetts, from 10 – 2. Come learn 15-20 New England shrubs as well as a handful of shrubs that grow in higher and drier habitats. Please bring lunch, a hand lens, and a field guide to shrubs, if you have them. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, the walk is led by Roland “Boot” Boutwell. $53 for members of sponsoring organizations, $64 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/wetland-shrubs/

  • Saturday, January 19, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wetland Shrubs in Winter

    This January 19 New England Wild Flower Society class with Roland “Boot” Boutwell at Garden in the Woods in Framingham uses a combination of branching patterns, bud and bark characteristics, habitat, and further characteristics for the winter identification of wetland shrubs. With a pond, a stream, and a bog, Garden in the Woods provides an excellent field site. The program begins at 10 am with a short session indoors, then students move outside to take a close look at 15-20 shrubs. Bring lunch and a hand lens if able. $53 for NEWFS members, $64 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.newenglandwild.org/learn/our-programs/wetland-shrubs-in-winter-1

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  • Thursday, October 11, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – An Autumn Walk Through Meadow and Forest

    Diverse habitats mean diverse plants. This New England Wild Flower Society field study begins at the last working farm in Winchester, Massachusetts (Wright-Locke Farm), and explores meadows and meadow edges, ponds and pond edges, an upland forest, and the highest point in Lexington to encounter pitch pine, scrub oak, and bearberry. The walk, with Roland “Boot” Boutwell, focuses on plant identification and natural history. Bring lunch and a hand lens if able. $38 for NEWFS members, $46 for nonmembers. Register at www.newenglandwild.org.

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  • Tuesday, May 22, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wildflowers of Macomber Woods

    Macomber Woods in Framingham is a woodland oasis that encompasses an upland forest, a babbling brook, and wooded wetlands. There is evidence of human handiwork in the stonework, cattle guards, and century-old wisteria vines and rhododendrons, but clearly the property has been untouched for decades. New England Wild Flower Society will sponsor a walk with Roland “Boot” Boutwell on May 22 from 10 – 2. We expect to see a host of spring wildflowers in bloom, including Indian cucumber root (Medeola virginiana), pink lady’s-slippers (Cypripedium acaule – picture below from GoBotany!) and jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum). Bring lunch. $38 for NEWFS members, $46 for nonmembers. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/wildflowers-of-macomber-woods

  • Wednesday, July 26 and Friday, July 28, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Tree Identification

    “I think that I shall never see/A poem lovely as a tree.” The trees of New England are both beautiful and an essential part of our flora. This two-session course will introduce you to 25- 30 common New England trees, emphasizing tree identification as well as natural history. Bring a hand lens and a bag lunch. The first class, on Wednesday, July 26 from 10 – 2, will be held at Garden in the Woods in Framingham; the second, on Friday, July 28 from 10 – 2, at an off-site location. Roland “Boot” Boutwell will lead, and the New England Wild Flower Society class is $106 for NEWFS members, $128 for nonmembers. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions.  Photo from www.lockeheemstra.com. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/tree-identification

  • Wednesday, February 3, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wetland Shrubs in Winter

    Learn to identify wetland shrubs using branching patterns, bud and bark characteristics, habitat, persistent fruits, galls, and marcescent leaves with Roland “Boot” Boutwell on Wednesday, February 3 from 10 – 2. Garden in the Woods provides an excellent field site for study. We will begin with a short session indoors, then head into the Garden for a close look at almost twenty native New England shrubs that grow in and around wetlands. Bring a bag lunch and a hand lens if you have one, and dress for the weather. Cosponsored with the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. Sponsoring member price $53, nonmember $64. Register online at www.newfs.org. Image of red osier dogwood from www.watershedco.com.

  • Sunday, December 12, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Shrubs in Winter

    The leaves are nearly gone from most shrubs, but you can still learn to recognize them, in this Sunday, December 12 class co-sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The session will run from 10 – 2 at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham.

    In this class, instructor Roland “Boot” Boutwell focuses on a number of macro-characteristics such as branching patterns, growth habits, bark, persistent fruit, galls, and habitats to help us identify more than 20 native New England shrubs in late fall and winter. We also discuss the natural history of the shrubs we see.

    The program begins with a classroom session and then moves into the field. Look for such species as witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), and, of course, winterberry (Ilex verticillata, below) and wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens).

    The class will cost $48 for NEWFS and Mass Audubon members, $56 for non-members. Pre-registration is necessary. Contact the registrar at 508-877-7630, ext. 3303, or email registrar@newenglandwild.org.

  • Saturday, August 7, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Shrubs Revisited

    What is woody, short and multi-stemmed? …When it comes to knowledge, it’s use it or lose it. Here is a chance to review 20-25 of the shrubs covered in New England Wild Flower Society’s core course “Native New England Shrubs” during a different season of the year. You will also learn several shrubs not covered in the core course. Instructor Roland “Boot” Boutwell might even add in a few summer wildflowers. And, if you haven’t taken the shrubs core course, this class will provide a good introduction to our New England shrubs. Our field site, the Horn Pond Conservation Land in Woburn, Massachusetts, is an area both rich and diverse and is one of NEWFS research botanist Arthur Haines’ favorite field sites. As you stroll throughout the property, you will focus on a few of the key ID characteristics and learn a bit about the natural history of each shrub. Bring a hand lens and your shrub cards, if you have them, as well as a bag lunch. $44 for NEWFS members, $52 for nonmembers.  Register at www.newfs.org.

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  • Saturday, October 17, 10 am – 1:30 pm – Fall in the Bog

    A thick, floating mass of sphagnum moss, oxygen-poor water, and plants adapted to very low nutrient conditions characterize quaking bogs. The Philbrick-Cricenti Quaking Bog, one of the best examples of these unique peatlands, offers a chance to explore a trail about a mile in length, while staying high and dry atop a boardwalk. A host of bog plants are to be discovered as you transition from a red maple-sphagnum swamp, through a black spruce-larch swamp, to the Tundra Garden Loop where you find vegetation similar to that in more northern areas where boreal forest meets the open Arctic tundra. The walk will be led by Roland “Boot” Boutwell, and is sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society. Bring a bag lunch, water, and a hand lens if you have one.  Cost for NEWFS members is $28, $32 for nonmembers.  Limit 10 participants.  To register, and for directions, log on to www.newfs.org, or call 508-877-7630.

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