[BSW] Meeting on the 17th - Laurie Eyde - New Book - USBG tours - Schoolyard Gardens

[Kathy Bilton]

Reminder:   The next BSW meeting is this coming Tuesday, January 17 at 
7PM.
Speaker: Dr. Susan Pell, United States Botanic Garden
Topic: U.S. Botanic Garden Exhibits
Location and pre-meeting dinner details on the webpage: http://botsoc.org
2017 dues: Please bring to meeting or send a check to Paul (see below)
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Long time BSW member Laurie Eyde had a bad fall the day after Christmas 
and is still at home recovering.  If you would like to send her some get 
well wishes, here is her address.
2400 S Arlington Ridge Rd
Arlington VA 22202
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Our January speaker has a "Marvelous Morphology" tour coming up on January 
27 at the USBG.
  https://www.usbg.gov/events/2017/01/05/new-date-tour-marvelous-morphology

And Melanie Choukas-Bradley is giving a Winter Tree Tour of the Capitol 
Grounds on March 1.
  https://www.usbg.gov/events/2017/01/07/winter-tree-tour-capitol-grounds
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A BSW member would like to call to your attention this article about 
"Language Making Nature: A Handbook for Writers, Artists and Thinkers"
How to name a rose: A recent book provides a road map to finding 
literature in nature.
  http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-names-of-the-rose
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Schoolyard Native Gardens and What Home Gardeners Can Learn From Them
A Talk by Matt Bright on Thursday, February 9 - 7:30 - 9:00 pm
at Green Spring Gardens
  http://vnps.org/potowmack/events/schoolyard-native-gardens-and-what-home-gardeners-can-learn-from-them-a-talk-by-matt-bright/
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Dues are due if you have not already paid them.  Bring them to the meeting
or send a check ($10 for 1 person or $15 for 2 people at the same address) 
to :

Paul Peterson, Treasurer
Botany Dept., MRC 166
National Museum of Natural History
P.B. 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012