[Botsocwash] (BSW) 🎄🌲 January 2 meeting + MISC. 🌲🎄

[Kathy BILTON]

The New Year is not far off, and with it we will have our first 2024
meeting on Tuesday, January 2. The meeting will start at 7pm with "doors"
opening by 6:45.

Speaking will be Harlan Svoboda, Ph.D., the curator of the Herbaria at the
U.S. National Arboretum. His topic: "The Enduring Legacy of the USDA's
Botanical Explorations"

Flyer: http://www.botsoc.org/jan24.pdf

The meeting will be on Zoom and here is the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88263702830?pwd=d3lWendTcVVyVGNJdUh1MTZvdjhmZz09
Meeting ID: 882 6370 2830   Passcode: 196891
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‘Botany of the Holidays’ event celebrates festive flora at UCLA botanical
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A Wisconsin Christmas Tree Farm is Being Turned Into an Ecological Preserve
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218386139/a-wisconsin-christmas-tree-farm-is-being-turned-into-an-ecological-preserve

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botanist
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1562050319

UK Bans Giant Rhubarb after Study Finds Popular Garden Plant is Invasive
Species
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/08/uk-bans-popular-garden-plant-gunnera-after-study-finds-it-an-invasive-species

Take a Break from Your Screen and Look at Plants − Botanizing is a Great
Way to Engage with Life around You
https://theconversation.com/take-a-break-from-your-screen-and-look-at-plants-botanizing-is-a-great-way-to-engage-with-life-around-you-210616
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