Calling all nature novices! It's summer wildflower season!!! Merge your enthusiasm for science and nature through the fascinating and abstract world of plants. Join Kris Garnier, your passionate plant guide and herbarium artist, for the second of a series of monthly wildflower walks, followed by a mini-plant lab as we build our first year’s collection of White Feather Farm herbarium specimens!
Our session will start with a demonstration of plant pressing, learn plant collecting ethics and the importance of building a herbarium. On our walk, we will explore the native, naturalized, and invasive plants growing on the beautifully diverse White Feather Farm property and learn plant identification basics. After our stroll, we will study the intricacy and beauty of our focus plants under microscopes and loupes. Our diverse botanical library will also be available for more detailed information on our collected plants.
The walk is approximately an hour-long followed by the open-ended mini-plant lab.
Bryana Shevlin, our staff forager and wildcrafter, will join Kris this session!
Suggested materials: bring a shoulder bag or backpack with your favorite plant ID book (not required), notebook or sketchbook, pen or pencil, insect/tick repellant, water, brimmed hat, sun protection, sensible shoes, and a passion for plants! Cameras are definitely welcome!
*Suggested Donation $25*