Join us in the Ewing Room of Wood Library on Tuesday, February 25th at 1pm to help plan events for our 151st year. All are welcome. If you're unable to attend the meetings, please feel free to email ideas to us at canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com.
Canandaigua Botanical Society planning meeting minutes
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – Ewing room at Wood 1-3PM
Attending Francine Bremer, Bill Bross, Helen Ellis,
Kim Ferris, Bruce Gilman, Fred Haynes, Peggy Kane, Laura Ouimette, Tim Wilbur
Finances FLACE $ 985 Checking $ 4647.95
Memberships/donations:
Kettle Ridge Farm - $1000 additional
donations = $775
Recent
expenditures: FLACE- $1000 Herbarium; $473 Quick Print Vasculum issues; $70
Mobile Graphics tree posters CHECKING
- $150 Mertensia Lodge; $100 Noreen Riordan for Home Sweet Sanctuary; $100 OCHS
membership;
Herbarium
Bruce received the $1000 donation through the FLCC
Foundation. He spent about $750 to
purchase 1000 herbarium sheets and 3 specialized boxes for expanding the moss
collection
Vasculum
We have ten printed set copies from 2024 and plans to print
10 copies each quarter with funds from FLACE (~ $12 per issue; $120 per
quarter). 2024 issues have been
delivered to OCHS, Wood Library, Victor Farmington Library, Gorham Library,
FLCC library, and FL Herbarium. Laura
will meet with Sarah Jacoby Murphy at Cumming Nature Center to see how Vasculum
issues would be displayed/shared/stored. Naples, Clifton Springs, and Palmyra libraries
might be appropriate locations for remaining “subscriptions”. Laura will look to other printer options to
see if a better cost can be found for printing future Vasculum issues. Future issues will be hand delivered and past
issues could be collected if the libraries wish to discard them after a year or
two in circulation.
Laura and Fred received an email from Rosemarie Parker of
Finger Lakes Native Plant Society (FLNPS) that the New York Botanical Gardens
would be interested in Vasculum issues.
Laura sent an email to Marianne Block at NYBG but it was returned as
undelivered.
Fred is working to complete the Spring 2025 issue this
week. We’d like to include mention of
the dissecting microscope from Nan Seyfried and Kettle Ridge donation
Miscellaneous
Laura shared that Barb Manchee often submits our events to
the Genesee Valley Penny Saver. Wolf
Gull and Muller Field Station Paddle had most attendees from seeing these
events in the Penny Saver. Laura will
advise Barb to include (lesser celandine dig) or exclude (Zurich Bog) submitting
events depending on ideal participation numbers.
Peggy Kane inquired about CBS supporting the planting of
native species under/around solar panels in our community. She mentioned that Doug Merrill initiated
this process last year. We asked her to
keep us posted on Doug’s success and possibly take pictures and submit an
article in future Vasculum issues.
We have 10 heavy duty waterproof Sesquicentennial Tree
posters. Laura will post one at the
Lagoon Park kiosk. Other possible
locations might include: Amanda’s Garden, Butterfly Effect, Muller Field
Station, kiosks at Victor Trails?
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 20 from 1-3 PM in the
Ewing Room at Wood Library.
Calendar
-Wednesday,
February 12; 6 PM at Wood Library: Home Sweet Sanctuary with Noreen Riordan
-Saturday,
February 22, 1-3 PM: Winter Walk at Gosnell Big Woods in Webster
-Tuesday,
February 25, 1-3 PM: Planning meeting at Wood Library
March
22-23 and 29-30: Maple Weekends
Tuesday,
March 25: 12:45-1:45 PM Dr.
Stephen Tulowiecki (SUNY-Geneseo) at FLCC: Oak Forest talk
Thursday,
March 27: 2 PM: Lesser Celandine dig at Mertensia Park
Saturday,
April 5 at 10 AM: Spring Ephemeral walk at Domine Trail in Fishers, NY
Thursday,
April 24 at 7 PM at Wood Library: Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board presentations
on Urban Forest
Friday,
April 25 at 1 PM: City of Canandaigua Arbor Day tree planting at Kershaw Park
Friday,
May 2 at Mertensia Park: Bluebell/Mertensia walks, potluck dinner and annual
meeting – see flyer
Monday,
May 19 at 10 AM: Population census for American Columbo at FLCC East Hill
Campus
Tuesday,
May 20 1-3 pm: Planning meeting at Wood Library
Saturday,
May 31 at 10 AM: Zurich Bog walk – registration required
Saturday,
June 7 at 10 AM: National Trails Day Ontario Pathways – west from Stanley
parking lot
Friday,
June 27: Orchid talk and potluck at Burroughs Audubon Nature Club
OCHS is doing the garden tour on July 12 from 10:30-3:00.
We’ve been invited to do a small event in the week before. Laura will offer to
do a presentation about the history of the CBS at the OCHS
Looking forward:
Walton Point
–Lucy and Phil Sheils – July 2025
Highland
Park Arboretum with Monica Beck and Paul Brock??
Rob’s Trail
Nature Conservancy trail off 15A - Canadice
Wolf Gull
revisit
Lagoon Park
Canandaigua
Vista NP
Ontario
Pathways Wheat Road – Flint Creek loop trail
Trolley
Trail between School Street and Victor Municipal Park (elevated, late summer
horsetails)
Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation area: late
summer/mid-week
Bare Hill Unique Area – late Summer for meadow
fungi - Jason Garman??
Mendon Ponds – Devil’s Bathtub
Muller Field Station – Lingering Ash with Cody
Wilkes
?? White Brook Nature Preserve, Perinton; Kashong
Conservation Area; Hickory Ridge Preserve ??
