CANANDAIGUA BOTANICAL SOCIETY . . . . Celebrating 151 years in 2025

Dedicated to advancing knowledge & enjoyment of plants found in the Finger Lakes Region since 1874

2025 EVENTS: ours and others you may be interested in

  • Check here for our 151st year of events

THE VASCULUM

  • The Vasculum newsletters
  • The Current Issue

Trails to discover

  • click here for local trails

Membership

  • Your support is appreciated!

Member shared images

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Lagoon Park Posts

  • Find Lagoon Park posts here

Our History:

Click HERE to see an online version of a power-point presentation put together for the Canandaigua Rotary.

CONTACT

You may contact Canandaigua Botanical Society via Email at: CanandaiguaBotanical@gmail.com

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We have a page and a group-both as Canandaigua Botanical Society

Links to Canandaigua area sites

  • * Amanda's Garden
  • * Birdsong Landscape Design
  • * Bristol Hills Historical Society
  • * Burroughs Audubon Nature Club Sanctuary
  • * Butterfly Effect
  • * Canandaigua Lake Watershed
  • * Canandaigua Magazine
  • * Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board
  • * Chamber of Commerce
  • * City of Canandaigua
  • * Cumming Nature Center
  • * Eaton Birding Society
  • * Fellenz Family Farm
  • * Finger Lakes Land Trust
  • * Finger Lakes PRISM
  • * Finger Lakes Trail
  • * FingerLakes1.com
  • * FLCC - Environmental Conservation & Horticulture
  • * Fruition Seeds
  • * Ganondagan
  • * Genesee Land Trust
  • * Granger Homestead
  • * Hungry Bear Farms
  • * Kettle Ridge Farm
  • * Life In The Finger Lakes Magazine
  • * Muller Field Station
  • * Odonata Sanctuary
  • * Ontario County Historical Society
  • * Ontario County Master Gardener
  • * Ontario County Soil and Water District
  • * Ontario Pathways
  • * Our Green Neighbors BLOG
  • * Rochester Permaculture Center
  • * Silver Thread Vineyard
  • * Sonnenberg Gardens
  • * Upstate Gardeners' Journal
  • * Victor Farmington Library
  • * White Oak Nursery
  • * Wood Library

Other links of interest

  • ** Adirondack Botanical Society
  • ** Arbor Day Foundation
  • ** Bergen Swamp Preservation Society
  • ** Biota of North America Program
  • ** Birdsong Landscae Design
  • ** Birdwatching guide and apps
  • ** BONAP range maps
  • ** Botanical Society of America
  • ** Connecticut Botanical Society
  • ** Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • ** Finger Lakes Native Plant Society
  • ** Genesee Land Trust
  • ** GoBotany Identification link
  • ** Habitat Gardening in Central NY (WildOnes chapter)
  • ** Homegrown National Park
  • ** Keystone PLants by Ecoregion
  • ** Lilac Nature Connection
  • ** National Wildlife Federation Plantfinder
  • ** Nature Conservancy
  • ** New York Flora Atlas
  • ** Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
  • ** Niagara Frontier Botanical Society
  • ** NY Flora Association
  • ** NY Natural Heritage Program
  • ** Prohibited Invasive Plants
  • ** RAS Herbarium
  • ** Seneca Meadows Wetlands Preserve
  • ** Smithsonian Botanical Collection
  • ** Torrey Botanical Society
  • ** Upstate Gardeners' Journal
  • ** Wild Ones
  • ** Wild Ones Central NY chapter

2024 EVENTS

  • click here for Sesquicentennial events and to VIEW LINKS from PAST EVENTS

Sesquicentennial Program

Sesquicentennial Program

Published articles

  • Democrat and Chronicle
  • FLNPS Soildago
  • NYFA Mitchelliana - page 7
  • OCHS Chronicles (on our June 7 post)
  • Ontario Pathways (on our June 7 post)
  • Upstate Gardener's Journal

2023 EVENTS

  • Click here for updates on our 149th year

Pandemic Posts 2020-2022

  • Arbor Day 2022
  • BANC Slater property
  • Bluebells at Mertensia
  • Boughton Park June
  • Boughton Park May
  • Burroughs Audubon June
  • Burroughs Audubon May
  • Clark Reservation
  • Conkling Gully
  • Devil's Bathtub
  • Dodge's Daffodils
  • FLCC Trails
  • From members and friends
  • Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve
  • Garrett Chapel
  • GO NATURE!
  • Gully Walk
  • Huckleberry Bog
  • Huckleberry Bog - August
  • Hurley Woods tour
  • Lagoon Park
  • Lagoon Park Restoration 2022
  • Manchester Gateway June
  • Manchester Gateway May
  • Mertensia/Bluebells
  • Miller Park
  • Moody Trail
  • Moonflower blooming
  • More Mertensia
  • NYS Parks Plant Material Program
  • Odonata with BANC
  • OH Pooh!
  • Old Forge
  • Onanda Gully
  • Ontario Pathways April 2022
  • Ontario Pathways Trainwreck
  • Secret Garden - April
  • Secret Garden July
  • Secret Garden June
  • Secret Garden May
  • Shared Images
  • Spring Ephemerals
  • Spring walk with Victor Hiking Trails
  • Sundew article by Bruce Gilman
  • Wesley Hill

Index to Postings pre-2020


** 2014 Powerpoint Presentation
** ABCs of Plants and Trees
** Annual Meeting 2012: Viticulture
** Annual Meeting 2013:Bees
** Arbor Day 2012
** Arbor Day 2013
** Arbor Day 2017
** Bench Dedication
** Bentley Woods 2016
** BioChar 2012
** Bird Walk 2014
** Botanical printing
** Bowerman Farm Bluebells 2010
** Burroughs Audubon 2013
** Burroughs Audubon 2017
** Canandaigua Botanical Society Herbarium
** Canandaigua City Tree Tour 2011
** Canandaigua Streetscape 2014
** Dandelion-leaved Sundrops video
** Fellenz Family Farm 2010
** Fellenz Family Farm 2014
** FLCC Arboretum 2009A
** FLCC Arboretum 2009B
** FLCC Arboretum Waymarking 2012
** FLCC Arboretum 2014
** FLCC Arboretum 2018
** FLCC Herbarium 2014
** FLCC Viticulture Center Tour 2015
** Finger Lakes Land Trust 2014
** Fungi with a Fun Guy 2014
** Fungi with a Fun Guy 2016
** Gannett Hill Spring 2016
** Ganondagan 2014
** Ganondagan 2015
** Garden Path-ology 2010
** Geneva Field Station 2009A
** Geneva Field Station 2009B
** George Eastman House Gardens
** Grace Gardens
** Grimes Glen 2015
** Grimes Glen 2017
** Harris Whalen Park 2018
** Horticulture Therapy 2012
** Lagoon Park Species List 2004
** Lagoon Park 2009A
** Lagoon Park 2009B
** Lagoon Park 2009 C
** Lagoon Park Plant List 2009
** Lagoon Park Tour 2010
** Lagoon Park Restoration 2012
** Lagoon Park Update 2013
** Lagoon Park Funding Appeal
** Lagoon Park Workday 2013
** Lagoon Park Restoration 2013
** Lagoon Park Species 2013
** Lagoon Park June 2014
** Lagoon Park Kiosk prep.
** Lagoon Park Kiosk 2015
** Lagoon Park 2016
** Lagoon Park 2017
** Marty Dodge Autumn Hike 2013
** Mertensia Park Bluebells 2011
** Mertensia Park ID Quiz 2011
** Mertensia Park April 2013
** Mertensia Park May 2014
** Mertensia Plein Air 2015
** Mertensia Plein Air 2016
** Mertensia 2017
** Muller Field Station 2012
** Muller Field Station 2014
** Naked Tree ID 2015
** Native Ecosystem Restoration 11-2013
** Nazareth College Greenhouse 2013
** Odonata Sanctuary 2012
** Ontario Pathways 2011
** Ontario Pathways 2013 Mystery Tour
** Ontario Pathways -Gifford Road 2014
** Ontario Pathways Photo Walk 2015
** Ontario Pathways Orleans 2017
** Pal-Mac Spring Wildflowers 2014
** Plants with an Attitude 2009
** Presentation on Bluebirds 2010
** Preserving our Natural Heritage 2011
** RAC Herbarium Tour 2010
** Rochester Academy of Science Herbarium 2011
** Rochester Permaculture Center 2011
** Rogers' Woods 2009 A
** Rogers' Woods 2009 B
** Rogers' Woods Bluebells 2013
** Seneca Breeze Berries 2011
** Sonnenberg FF Thompson 2017
** Tree Pruning 2016
** Unique Gardens 2013
** Unique Spring Gardens 2014
** Unique Autumn Gardens 2015
** Wegmans Organic Farm
** Wesley Hill Nature Preserve
** Wild Edibles at Thousand Acre Swamp
** Wild Wings 2015
** Woodland Gardens of Lou Bliss
** Worm Power 2016
** Zurich Bog Part 1
** Zurich Bog Part 2

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Canandaigua Botanical Society - a disclaimer

I was invited to many Canandaigua Botanical Society events by Maya Hobday since I first moved to Canandaigua in 1999. I enjoy the walks, the presentations, the meals, and the socializing with other folks I meet at the Botanical events, yet I was often uncomfortable getting to every event. At first, I found the wealth of information to be overwhelming and intimidating. Eventually, I decided to not worry about learning EVERY bit of information that was shared by the presenter or other knowledgeable members. Instead, I just enjoy the gatherings of Botanical Society folk and try to hold onto just one or two bits of information that I find particularly helpful or interesting from each event. I now look forward to getting together with the Canandaigua Botanical Society. I always learn useful information about the botanical world around us and also enjoy getting to know a bit more about other Canandaigua Botanical Society members. There’s never been a “test” of information learned at a Canandaigua Botanical Society event, yet there’s always a wealth of knowledge to gain. Please come join and enjoy us! Please also know that the notes written here on our Blog offer just a glimpse of what is shared and experienced at the actual Canandaigua Botanical Society events.

- Laura Ouimette




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