Canandaigua City Trees - April 25

Canandaigua City Tree Presentation

7 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Wood Library 

City of Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board

2 North Main Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Press Notice - For Immediate Release

Trees and the Urban Forest of the City of Canandaigua will be the subject of an informational presentation on Thursday April 25 at 7:00 pm at the Wood Library on North Main Street in Canandaigua. Dr. Elizabeth Hane, Professor at RIT, and Shawn Kenaley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Horticulture at FLCC, will talk about the place of trees in the ecosystem, the benefits of trees and the threats they face. The Tree Advisory Board (TAB) of the City of Canandaigua and the Wood Library are sponsoring the program which will also provide information for homeowners and tree lovers on how to honor special trees in our community and the City’s designation as a Tree City, USA. The program is free and open to everyone.

Canandaigua City National Arbor Day Tree Planting

Help the City of Canandaigua celebrate

 32 years as a Tree City USA with tree plantings!

Friday, April 26th at 1 PM one large tree and several smaller trees will be planted along Eastern Blvd on the 5/20 side of Lagoon Park.  It may be best to park in the east side of the Burger King parking lot. 

 

Invasive Walk, Naples: April 27th 2-4PM

Invasive Walk in Naples with Bruce Gilman

Saturday, April 27 from 2 to 4 pm

We will meet at the parking lot of the Environmental Conservation Office on NY-245 (Rushville Road) just east of Bob and Ruth's on route 21 in Naples, NY at 2 PM.  Bruce Gilman will direct us south along the Naples Creek to identify numerous invasive species. 

If you prefer to carpool from Canandaigua, please send an email to canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com by April 25th.  We can meet at the Sly Street parking lot behind the county courthouse at 9:15 AM.

VASCULUM SUBMISSIONS DUE IN APRIL

  

Articles, Images, and anything you wish to share in the next issue of the Canandaigua Botanical Society's newsletter: The VASCULUM are due late April.  The second issue will be published in May 2024.

Perhaps you would like to share a quick reason or two that you enjoy Canandaigua Botanical Society.

Submissions should be made to: 

Fred Haynes- fredmhaynes55@gmail.com

Wildflower walk with Burroughs Audubon Nature Club

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024 from 10AM to Noon

Burroughs Audubon Nature Club has invited us to a 

WILDFLOWER WALK at BREESE PARK, Henrietta

Join naturalists Carol and Dave Southby for a May Day wildflower walk in this relatively new park that is a hidden gem in the western part of Henrietta. Carol and Dave first visited this park last year and were amazed by the number of different wildflowers growing in the woodland here. Flowers included spring beauty and trillium, along with huge carpets of Virginia bluebells (Mertensia) alongside the trail.
The park features a scenic, accessible, level, packed gravel trail along the Genesee River. The total walking distance is about a mile on an out and back trail.
Enter the park at 108 Westcombe Park, Henrietta, NY 14467, via a housing tract. Ample parking is available, but no restrooms. Leaders: Carol and David Southby 

 

 

Not familiar with Burroughs Audubon Nature Club?  Perhaps a BANC membership is for you!

 

Sesquicentennial planning meeting

We will have another Sesquicentennial planning meeting on  

Thursday, May 2, 2024 beginning at 9:30 AM

 in the Wood Library Ewing room (third floor).  

Please join us as we pull together plans for our 150th year of the Canandaigua Botanical Society!

If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to share your thoughts and offer assistance by emailing canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com     

Plien Air at MERTENSIA PARK with the Bluebells

 PLEIN AIR at MERTENSIA PARK

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024

We'll be there from 10 AM to Noon with paints and brushes you can borrow to portray the bluebells on paper we provide for you to keep.  

You're welcome to bring something to sit on and an easel (cardboard box) in case we haven't enough of those to loan.

Wesley Hill walk with Jason Gorman

 THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2004 - 10 AM

Jason Gorman of the Finger Lakes Land Trust will lead us through the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve (6280 Gulick Rd, Naples, NY 14512).  Diverse stands of mature forest, a wide array of wildflowers, and sweeping views of the hills surrounding Honeoye Lake’s southern end make this site truly special. 

You may wish to bring a hiking pole.   

 

Let us know if you prefer to carpool from Canandaigua (canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com).  Being a weekday, we may need to find and alternate meeting spot. 

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024

 The Ontario County Master Gardener Plant Sale is happening at the Cornell Cooperative Extension front lawn at 480 North Main Street in Canandaigua on Saturday, May 11. Many of our members are MAster Gardeners.  This is a great place to get plants for your own property.

Muddy Walk on Monkey Trails in Victor

 SATURDAY, MAY 18, 10 AM to NOON 

Dawn Carter has invited us to join her on a muddy walk along the Monkey Run Trails of the Victor Hiking Trails.  We will meet in the parking area off Victor Egypt Road on Springdale Court (just south of Valentown Road).

 If you'd like to carpool from Canandaigua, please meet in the Sly Street parking lot behind the County Court House by 9:15 AM.

Thursday, May 30: 10 AM to 4 PM: HUCKLEBERRY BOG

HUCKLEBERRY BOG: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Meet on Bean Station Road, Prattsburg at 10 AM

A great time of year to see: Gaywings, Tupelo tree, Mayapples, Pink Lady Slippers, Indian Cucumber root, star flower, Solomon seal, jack in the pulpit, Squawroot, wild geranium, Canada Mayflower, ferns, moss, trillium, club moss, Sarsparilla and MORE!  

      

This field trip is not a gentle walk, but HUCKLEBERRY BOG is well worth the time and effort of hiking almost 5 miles.  There is a "good 1/2 mile hill" which we will go up to the bog then back down again to finish.

Huckleberry Bog is part of the Finger Lakes Trail system.  We will enter from Bean Station Road just about three miles east of route 53, which is over ten miles south from the village of Naples (just past Prattsburg).  Parking is available on the north side of Bean Station Road just past the entrance of the trail on the south side of the road. (see carpool note below)

There are new editions of the Nature Trail Guidebook for us to borrow as we walk around the bog.  Feel free to acquaint yourself with one here: 2023 Nature Trail Guidebook

 Please bring plenty of water and food.  Hiking poles and insect repellent might also be appreciated on this hike. 

CARPOOL INFORMATION:  Please send us an email if you are interested in carpooling.  The Sly Street parking lot will be full on a weekday so anyone interested in carpooling should meet in the far southeast corner of the parking lot between Ontario and Pleasant Street at 8:45 AM.  We will depart no later than 9 AM.

National Trails Day and Ontario Art Trails Debute - Saturday, June 1, 10 AM

 We will meet at 10 AM in the Ontario County Fairgrounds parking area and walk west along Ontario Pathways to discover the installation of Ontario County Arts Council's Ontario Art Trails. 

SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Artwork by Colleen Travis

 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024, 3-8PM: 

SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 

at ONANDA PARK, Gorham Lodge.  

3 PM: adventures include a Barnes Gully botany/geology walk and a watershed presentation on the Onanda grounds.

4 PM: Check out displays and gather with friends inside the Gorham Lodge.  There will be Canandaigua Botanical Society displays as well as many organizations with information to share.

6 PM: Enjoy a light catered meal and beverages in your very own Canandaigua Botanical Society Sesquicentennial commemorative mug

7 PM: Pam Tichenor and Kim Ferris will present a brief review of our past, followed by Bruce Gilman's keynote and a look forward by Laura Ouimette.  

The catered meal, and special treasures including printed programs and commemorative Sesquicentennial mugs will be available to all attendees. Parking is free at the upper lots of Onanda.  Guests may drop off at Gorham Lodge before parking in upper lots or pay to park on the lakeside lots.

PLEASE REGISTER to let us know you plan to attend: canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com

 

JUNE 7, 2024 GORHAM LODGE 

TABLE DISPLAYS AND GIVE AWAYS

During the Canandaigua Botanical Society Sesquicentennial Celebration on Friday, June 7, 2024, we will have table space open to groups and organizations for event attendees to appreciate as we gather in Gorham Lodge at Onanda Park from 4 to 8 PM.  Please consider reserving table space or providing literature or material for us to set out to share.  We need to know what size space you would like and the number of people in your group who will attend (so we can be sure to have food and beverage for you).  Please send an email to canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com by May 3, 2024 to confirm.