<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p style="word-break:break-word;margin:0px;line-height:28px">Our next meeting (hybrid) will be on Tuesday, April 1 at 7pm with Zoom doors opening by 6:45pm. <br><br>The speaker will be Tim Makepeace, the orchardist at Peirce Mill.  He will<br>share the history of the Peirce family with a special focus on Joshua<br>Peirce and his Linnean Hill Nursery and orchard. For nearly a decade,<br>Tim has worked to reestablish the orchard that occupied what is now the<br>grounds of Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park and neighboring Hillwood Estate,<br>Museum, and Gardens. <a href="https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/">https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/</a><br><br>In-person location: W405/406 in the Botany Department in the National Museum of Natural History<br><br>*Pre-meeting dinner:* 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant and Castle Pub and<br>Restaurant, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Phone 202-347-7707. The<br>restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th<br>and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the<br>nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.<br><a href="http://www.elephantcastle.com/dc_penn">http://www.elephantcastle.com/dc_penn</a><br><br>*NOTE:* Contact Rob Soreng sorengr at <a href="http://si.edu">si.edu</a> if you plan to go to the pre-meeting dinner<br><br>Flier: <a href="http://botsoc.org/apr25.pdf">http://botsoc.org/apr25.pdf</a><br>Zoom: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87422656467?pwd=T8oyOVFKXfyJFwHCSMKaFca7QjvVQt.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87422656467?pwd=T8oyOVFKXfyJFwHCSMKaFca7QjvVQt.1</a><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Next field trip is scheduled for Saturday, April 5 at 9.a.m. Location: Turkey Run Park<br>Map to meeting spot can be found on the field trips page: <br><a href="http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html">http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html</a><br><br>If anyone is interested in a field trip to Shannondale Springs on the afternoon of Sunday, April 6, contact Kathy for details. kathy at-the-domain <a href="http://fred.net">fred.net</a>. (It's a little over an hour from McLean.)<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Wednesday, April 2 - 5pm - Extreme Botany and the Study of Botanical Oddities<br><a href="https://www.nybg.org/event/extreme-botany-si/">https://www.nybg.org/event/extreme-botany-si/</a><br><br>Wednesday, April 16 - 12 noon - Poisons & Remedies - Webinar<br><a href="https://www.nybg.org/event/2025-plant-humanities-conversations-poisons-remedies/">https://www.nybg.org/event/2025-plant-humanities-conversations-poisons-remedies/</a></p><p style="word-break:break-word;margin:0px;line-height:28px"><br></p><p style="word-break:break-word;margin:0px;line-height:28px">NOVA Parks Raises Concerns Over Tree Clearing on W&OD Trail <br><a href="https://www.loudounnow.com/news/nova-parks-raises-concerns-over-tree-clearing-on-w-od-trail/article_c88c586e-6527-43d0-8b75-7423f3ac4788.html">https://www.loudounnow.com/news/nova-parks-raises-concerns-over-tree-clearing-on-w-od-trail/article_c88c586e-6527-43d0-8b75-7423f3ac4788.html</a><br></p><div><br></div><div><div>Researchers May Finally Be Able to Forecast Dangerous Red Algae  Blooms</div><div><a href="https://www.aol.com/sea-turning-red-researchers-breakthrough-191757392.html">https://www.aol.com/sea-turning-red-researchers-breakthrough-191757392.html</a></div></div><p style="word-break:break-word;margin:0px;line-height:28px"><br><font style="word-break:break-word;font-family:"times new roman";font-size:22px"><b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></font></p><br></div><div>Out in Shepherdstown... the NCTC Eagles' Nest has 3 Eaglets<div><a href="https://www.outdoorchannel.com/live/eaglecam/326707/0">https://www.outdoorchannel.com/live/eaglecam/326707/0</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>