<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">The first field trip of the season is tomorrow, Saturday, March 29, meeting at the parking area across from the Old Angler's Inn at 8 a.m. Details can be found here: </font></div><div><font size="4"><a href="http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html">http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html</a></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">---------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><p>
Next Meeting: Tuesday, 1 April, 2025 at 7pm with Zoom "doors" opening by 6:45.
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Speaker: Tim Makepeace
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Topic: The Linnean Hill Nursery and Orchard
at Peirce Mill <br></p><p>
In-Person Location: The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, W405/406 (Botany
Dept). <br></p><p>Zoom Link: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87422656467pwd=T8oyOVFKXfyJFwHCSMKaFca7QjvVQt.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87422656467pwd=T8oyOVFKXfyJFwHCSMKaFca7QjvVQt.1</a></p></font><pre><font size="4">*Pre-meeting dinner:* 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant and Castle Pub and Restaurant, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Phone 202-347-7707. The restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.
<a href="http://www.elephantcastle.com/dc_penn">http://www.elephantcastle.com/dc_penn</a>
*NOTE:* Contact Rob Soreng at sorengr at <a href="http://si.edu">si.edu</a> if you plan to go to the pre-meeting dinner so he can include you in the reservation.</font></pre><font face="Comic Sans MS"><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p></font><pre>Our speaker for May 6th will be Amy Highland. Amy is the curator at the US Botanic Garden. Her topic will be ‘Curation at Botanic Gardens to Prevent
Extinction.'</pre><font face="Comic Sans MS"><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></font><br></div></div>