From kathy at fred.net Thu Dec 10 11:29:37 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:29:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Tuesday, January 5 - Speaker: Tony Avent - Crevice Gardening Message-ID: We have a special treat next month. Tony Avent will be speaking on the topic "High and Dry - The Wonderful, Wild, World of Crevice Gardening?. This meeting will take place on Zoom starting at 7pm. An illustrated flier for this meeting can be found here: http://botsoc.org/jan21.pdf Tony Avent is a renowned horticulturist, plant-explorer, and leader in the propagation and hybridization of spring ephemerals and Hostas. He is also proprietor of the Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanical Garden, both in North Carolina. Mr. Avent?s extensive horticultural experience is enhanced with his multiple national and international trips with other renowned plantsmen, where he has obtained important plant material to develop unique horticultural varieties and contributed to our knowledge of numerous species. His gardens and nurseryhave propagated more than 10,000 different plants over the years. Besides his garden work, he has authored several books, book chapters, and articles in horticulture that have been featured in "Heroes of Horticulture? by Barbara Robinson, and media including "Almanac Gardener" with Mike Gray, "Martha Stewart Living", "In the Garden? with Bryce Lane, and The Secret Garden Series. In addition, he was a contributing editor to ?Horticulture Magazine" from 2002 to 2008, and has been a contributing editor to ?Fine Gardening Magazine? since 2017. The outstanding horticultural work done for decades by Mr. Avent has been recognized by numerous institutions and organizations, such as two awards from the North American Rock Garden Society, three awards from the Men?s Garden Club of America, the Eunice Fisher Distinguished HostaHybridizer Merit Award from the American Hosta Society, and the Don Shadow Award of Excellence from the Southern Nursery Association. Here is the Zoom link: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/8687584555?pwd=WllwQ1ZCMEhkZWZvem1jQURDeHh3UT09 If, for some reason, you cannot use this link, the Meeting ID is 868 758 4555 with the Passcode: 945124. By phone, 301.715.8592. The room will be open at 6:45pm if you wish to come a bit early for socializing. Also, please note that there will be a waiting room, so you may need to wait a moment or two for one of the co-hosts to admit you. Try to ensure that your device uses your full name rather than something like Bob's iPad so that we can discern who is coming to the meeting. An article from 2019 in the Post about Tony is here: This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the challenge to preserve it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/2019/09/11/11399d5c-af08-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html Happy Holidays! Best wishes for a better 2021! _\/_ /\ /\ / \ /~~\o /o \ /~~*~~~\ o/ o \ /~~~~~~~~\~` /__*_______\ || \====/ \__/ From kathy at fred.net Sat Dec 12 17:03:16 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:03:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Biologists say a wider American Legion Bridge would destroy critical research site Message-ID: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/plummers-island-beltway-bridge/2020/12/10/ccae16e6-398e-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html Including: Tucked below the American Legion Bridge on the Maryland side of the Potomac River lies little-known Plummers Island, dubbed ?the most thoroughly studied island in North America.? For nearly 120 years, the 12-acre patch of rock and woods has been home to the Washington Biologists? Field Club. Its 85 botanists, entomologists, ornithologists and other scientists have spent decades scrutinizing the island?s thousands of species of plants, insects and wildlife. If you don't have a subscription to the post and have used up your allotment of free articles, you can see some of the article here: https://www.pehalnews.in/biologists-say-a-wider-american-legion-bridge-would-destroy-critical-research-site/362410/ And remember, coming up on Tuesday, January 5th, Tony Avent will speak about Crevice Gardening: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2020-December/000400.html From kathy at fred.net Tue Dec 15 21:10:47 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:10:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Dues - Endangered Ecosystems - Turtle smuggling Message-ID: 2021 Dues are due. There are now two ways to pay your Botanical Society of Washington dues, $10 or $15 for two at one address. 1) Pay using Venmo: Paul Peterson: @BotSoc-Wash? 2) Mail check payable to Botanical Society of Washington to: Paul Peterson, 4520 Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda MD 20814 -------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 7:30 -9:30 pm Rod Simmons will be speaking about Maryland?s Endangered Ecosystems This workgroup of the Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee focuses on protecting endangered species through education and advocacy. This month ecologist Rod Simmons will discuss what we can do to help endangered ecosystems. This will be a virtual Zoom meeting. All are welcome to attend. Sign up at https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000001kWmwAAE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese national held in global $2.2 million turtle smuggling scheme https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-national-held-in-global-dollar22-million-turtle-smuggling-scheme/ar-BB1bRbg1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- And remember, coming up on Tuesday, January 5th, Tony Avent will speak about Crevice Gardening: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2020-December/000400.html From kathy at fred.net Mon Dec 21 13:32:07 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:32:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] New species - Grasses - Eagle Hill Seminars - Frank Cabot +more Message-ID: Holiday greetings to all and best wishes for a much better New Year! ------------------------------------------ Top 10 Species New to Science in 2020 Including the "Ugliest Orchid in the World" https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/top-10-species-named-2020 ------------------------------------------- Grasses, Sedges, Rushes: An Identification Guide https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300236774/grasses-sedges-rushes (I just ordered this recent book a few days ago after learning about it in the MNPS video: Grass ID for Dummies Like Us: How to Get Started Figuring Out Grasses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP_LFfQ2fSA --KB) "No one will be able to claim that the identification of grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are of fundamental importance both environmentally and economically, are simply ?too difficult? after they have learned to use this excellent guide.? ?Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden ------------------------------------------- Upcoming Eagle Hill Online Mini-Seminar, Jan. 20-29 - COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY AND CULTURE: An Evolutionary Perspective Instructor: Dr. Gregorio Dauphin https://www.eaglehill.us/programs/sems-online/flyers-online-pdfs/2021-Dauphin.pdf Full Calendar of Eagle Hill Online Seminars https://www.eaglehill.us/programs/sems-online/calendar-online.shtml ------------------------------------------ Plant Press - October-December 2020 https://nmnh.typepad.com/files/vol23no4.pdf ------------------------------------------- Since 1995 - The Botanical Electronic News https://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ ------------------------------------------- "The Gardener," a film about Frank Cabot (Included in Prime Video) https://www.gardenconservancy.org/news/the-gardener-us-release ------------------------------------------- Some 200 varieties of Togarashi peppers are cultivated in Japan, most of which are dried and used as spices. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2054121/ ------------------------------------------- Follow Your Heart: The Green-haired Gardener https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/5003156/ ------------------------------------------- Remember, coming up on Tuesday, January 5th, Tony Avent will speak about Crevice Gardening: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2020-December/000400.html ------------------------------------------- Somebody pushes somebody into a pond... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_tL5R8lIL0 ------------------------------------------- Two ways to pay Botanical Society of Washington 2021 Dues ($10 for individual or $15 for two at one address)?to the Treasurer. 1) Mail check payable to Botanical Society of Washington to: Paul Peterson, 4520 Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda MD 20814 2) Pay using Venmo: Paul Peterson: @BotSoc-Wash? Instructions for those new to Venmo: 1. Set up Venmo app on your phone 2. Link to method of payment, such as a bank account or credit card 3. Select pay 4. Enter? @BotSoc-Wash on the Add Recipients line 5. Enter dollar amount, such as $10 or $15 6. Enter? Dues? on the What's it for line 7. Select ?Pay and follow instructions, if you have more than one bank listed you are prompted to select one or the other You actually do not need to use Paul's name. All you need is the Venmo name? @BotSoc-Wash. If you search Paul Peterson in Venmo you will see the Botanical Society of Washington logo taken from the coffee mug and the Venmo name?@BotSoc-Wash. There are no fees if you use your bank account; there is a 3% fee if you use a credit card. From kathy at fred.net Sat Dec 26 11:05:17 2020 From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:05:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BSW] Public input sought WRT American Legion Bridge Message-ID: Virginia, Maryland want public input on American Legion Bridge http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/transit/major-initiatives/i-495american-legion-bridge-transit-and-tdm-study/ Note: There is a problem on the page above with the link given for the Online Form. Upon inspection, I saw that there was an error in the link. I've removed the part that should not have been there to get this which works: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScr7jgazDxzLSkMT52k9-MqKStd-kD4EYSQZJSeWkyrhgzIZA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7628 (The original link was: http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/umbraco/%E2%80%A2https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScr7jgazDxzLSkMT52k9-MqKStd-kD4EYSQZJSeWkyrhgzIZA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&gxids=7628 ) See this link for a previous message about the impact that widening the bridge would have on Plummers Island: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2020-December/000401.html