Kettle Ridge Farm

 PANCAKE SUNDAYS 

at Kettle Ridge Farm

Maple season is upon us! Kettle Ridge Farm is running Pancake Sundays every Sunday from January 12th through March 9th. Joe Hurley invites us to walk up, place our order, grab a seat in the heated barn or hang outside by the fire. They do not take reservations for barn seating - only for optional igloo dining.  For more information go to: https://www.kettleridgefarm.com/ 

Click the image below for more information about celebrating 

Maple Weekends with Kettle Ridge Farm, 

** Canandaigua Botanical Society's Newsletter: The Vasculum **

Beginning in 2024 Fred Haynes offered to edit a Canandaigua Botanical Society newsletter.  The Vasculum is planned to be a quarterly newsletter distributed digitally.  We will publish it here on our weblog and members will also receive it as a pdf file via email. 

Fred would love to receive input for future issues from any member who would like to contribute either a full article, a short text item, or simply an image or two.  The success of any club newsletter is in the diversity of its content and that is best accomplished with multiple contributors.

 The current "Fall 2024" issue is

now available here!

 

 You are encouraged to submit material to fredmhaynes55@gmail.com. 

Future submissions should be to Fred by Feb. 24.  

Be sure to take a guess at our mystery plant!

 

We have printed copies of the 2024 Vasculum newsletters now available at Wood Library and coming soon to the FLCC and Gorham libraries. Please let us know what libraries we should ask to hold them.

Here is a chronological listing of archived issues:

                       Winter 2024; Volume 1, Number 1          

                       Spring 2024: Volume 1, Number 2        

                       Summer 2024: Volume 1, Number 3

                        Fall 2024: Volume 1, Number 4

 

** Saturday, February 22: 1-3 PM GLT walk **

 Genesee Land Trust Winter Walk at Gosnell Big Woods in Webster

 

 Both Drs. Bruce Gilman and Fred Haynes will be leading us through one of their favorite old growth forest at Gosnell Big Woods on Saturday, February 22 from 1-3 PM.   We would appreciate if you can send us an email to let us know you're joining us (canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com).  A carpool will leave at 11:55 AM from the Sly Street parking lot behind the Ontario County Courthouse.  If you prefer, you may meet us at the Big Meadow parking lot to begin our adventure.

We encourage you to check out the Genesee Land Trust website where you will find a wonderful assortment of community events (both theirs and other free events in the greater Rochester area). 

**Due to popularity if this event we are asking to register through GLT.  If you are on the wait list, please identify yourself as a Canandaigua Botanical Society member.  Laura hopes to confirm planned attendance the week of February 17.

** Planning Meeting: Tuesday, February 25; 1-3 PM at Wood Library **

  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.  

Thursday, April 24: The importance of Urban Trees

7 PM, Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Wood Library.  

Trees and the Urban Forest of the City of Canandaigua will be the subject of an informational presentation on Thursday April 24 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.

** FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025: Annual Meeting **

 Our annual meeting will be on Friday, May 2 at Mertensia Lodge in Farmington, NY.

 

** SAVE THIS DATE!!!   FRIDAY, May 2: Mertensia Park wanders, Annual meeting and potluck meal.     We have the Mertensia Lodge reserved from 8 AM – 10 PM.  Perhaps a potluck meal at 5:30 or 6 PM with a brief annual meeting afterwards.  People could bring a dish to pass and place settings for each person.  We encourage walks along Mud Creek to enjoy the Mertensia Bluebells and other spring flowers before the meeting.  Members could also be encouraged to bring “items to share” before or after the meal (photos, poems, stories, nature discoveries, music, books, etc). 

 

** Saturday, May 31, 10 AM - Guided walk at Zurich Bog **

This will be a MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

 

A National Natural Landmark with a Sphagnum bog and floating bog cradled by glacial drumlins, Zurich Bog covers 650 acres in Arcadia, NY.  Anytime is a great time to enjoy this Bergen Swamp Preservation property.  Based on past visits to Zurich Bog we are likely to see: Pitcher Plants, Lady Slippers, Cucumber Root, Trillium, Foam Flowers, Mayapple, Blood Root, several varieties of fern, Partridge Berry, Gold Thread, Ginseng, Solomon Seal, Sundew, tulip trees, Marsh Marigolds, and more.  

We would like to have a count of who to expect.  Please let us know you're joining us by sending an email to canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com by Wednesday, May 28.  A carpool will leave the Sly Street parking lot by 9 AM.  

** Orchid Talk and Potluck at Burroughs Audubon Nature Club **

 Friday, June 27 at Burroughs Audubon Nature Club

301 Railroad Mills Road, Pittsford, NY

 Wild orchids of Western New York State  by Fred Haynes

 Spotting an orchid in the wild can be a thrill.  Some are eye-catching and spectacularly colorful.  Others are small and harder to find and identify. In this presentation, I will discuss the wild orchids I have seen and photographed in western New York State and the parks, preserves, and habitats where they were found. We will learn their identifying features and the unique parasitic and symbiotic relationships some species have with other plants and fungi in the woodlands and wetlands.

More information to follow

** Membership Donations **

 

The Canandaigua Botanical Society remains dedicated to advancing knowledge and enjoyment of plants found in the Finger Lakes Region and beyond. 

Renew or become a Canandaigua Botanical Society member: 

Benefits including:

Membership emails

Our Vasculum newsletters

Field trips and indoor presentations 

       (some for members only)

Learning about regional plants

Supporting the Finger Lakes Herbarium, 

         NYS FLORA Atlas and 

         local conservation projects

Enjoying the outdoors

Meeting people with similar interests

Payments of $10 per individual or $15 per family can be made in three ways:

1.     By check to Canandaigua Botanical Society (send to our treasurer: Bill Bross, 31 Alpine Way, Victor, NY 14564)

2.     By cash or check at Canandaigua Botanical Society events

3.     Through the Canandaigua Botanical Society FLACE account at Canandaigua National Bank

You can expect an email receipt when funds are received and we update our membership list. 

We look forward to seeing you in our 151st year!

** 2025 Canandaigua Botanical Society Events **

 This is where you will find Canandaigua Botanical Society *sponsored events* for 2025 as well as community events we think you might appreciate.  Check back often to see the latest updates and links to past events.  Underlined events have links on our weblog or another community site.

 

iNaturalist online event: January 22 - recording available

Kettle Ridge Farm Pancake Sundays: 9am - 1pm; January 12-March 9 

Plant Native - Getting Started: 9:30 - 12:00, Saturday, February 1 at Fairport Library

Winter Plant ID Series: February 2 and 9; Muller Field Station and Cumming Nature Center

Finger Lakes PRISM Hemlock Woolly Adelgid training session - Feb 5 

Fruition Seeds Events including a Seed Swap at Wood Library on February 6 

* Home Sweet Sanctuary*: Wednesday, February 12; 6 PM at Wood Library

* Winter Walk at Gosnell Big Woods*: Saturday, February 22, 1-3 PM

* Planning meeting at Wood Library*: Tuesday, February 25 at 1 PM

*Lesser celandine dig at Mertensia Park*: mid March

*Spring Ephemeral walk at Domine Trail* in Fishers, NY: mid April

Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board presentation: Thursday, April 24 at 7 PM - Wood Library

*Annual Meeting, Potluck and Bluebell wanders*: Friday, May 2, 2025

*Population census for American Columbo at the FLCC East Hill Campus* mid May

*Zurich Bog walk*: Saturday, May 31 at 10 AM

*Orchid talk and potluck at BANC*: June 27, 2025

*Visit to Walton Point native landscaped property on Canandaigua Lake*: TBD

 

 PAST EVENTS:

** HOME SWEET SANCTUARY **

 Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6 PM in Wood Library, Canandaigua, NY

Third floor Ewing Room

Noreen Riordan of Birdsong Landscape Design is an ecological landscape designer, professional gardener and ISA Certified Arborist looking for opportunities to reach out to the gardening community to spread the word about home gardening for and with nature. Her presentation titled Home Sweet Sanctuary makes the case for keeping some of the plants you may already have as well as how and why to carefully select natives to improve the ecology of the property.  This event is free and open  all.

Monday, February 10; 6:30 PM - Muller Field Station

From Hoots to Habitat - Unraveling the Natural History and Ecology of Owls 

In this evening lecture, you will get the opportunity to learn from Professor John Bateman about the wildlife ecology of this unique group of raptors.

Guests are welcome to join John for an optional, post-talk, brief owl survey around the field station.

Winter Plant ID Series

 Winter Plant ID Series at Muller Field Station and Cumming Nature Center

Sundays February 2 and 9 from 1 -3 PM

Join Maura Sullivan, FLCC Conservation Professor, and Cody Wilkes, Muller Field Station Manager, for a deep dive into the world of winter plant identification! This two-part workshop will focus on winter tree identification, but will also explore winter weed identification (and we won’t say no to identifying tracks, if the opportunity arises).

The first session will primarily be based indoors in the classroom at Muller Field Station, with a brief foray outside; the second session will take place at Cumming Nature Center and will take place mostly outdoors.

Find more information and register here.

 

Fruition Seeds events

 Thursday, February 6; 5:30 - 8 PM

A Celebratory Seed Swap for a New Seed Library!

Click here for more information about Fruition Seeds events 

 

Finger Lakes PRISM Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Volunteer Survey

Winter weather means the return of one of our tiniest and most destructive invasive species: the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). HWA is threatening eastern hemlocks, one of the most important tree species in the Finger Lakes. You can help us combat it! Finger Lakes PRISM offers a virtual training session February 5 via zoom.

Finger Lakes PRISM VOLUNTEER EVENTS: information and  REGISTRATION

Saturday, February 1 - Fairport Library

 PLANT NATIVE - Getting Started with Local and Easy to Grow Plants

This event is sponsored by Color Fairport Green

 Saturday, February 1, 2025 9:30 AM - Noon

Check here for more information and registration

iNaturalist online event: Januray 22, 2025

 One of our members mentioned this online event.... 

 Did you know that every plant observation on iNaturalist helps us understand the timing of seasonal cycles? Join us to learn more about plant phenology and easy ways to get involved!

You may be able to watch the recorded program here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57teTK5V5t0

Planning meeting for our 151st Year!

 Thursday, November 14, 2024 

from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM 

in the Ewing Room of Wood Library.

All are invited to plan events for our 151st year in 2025.  Bring your ideas and offer to lead a walk.  We will also vote to help fund the Finger Lakes Herbarium.

If you are unable to attend but have suggestions please send them to canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com so we can include them on the agenda. 

The Finger Lakes Herbarium tour with Dr. Bruce Gilman

 Join us on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 10 AM when we tour the Finger Lakes Herbarium at FLCC with curator, Dr. Bruce Gilman.

We had 16 members attend the Finger Lakes Herbarium tour on Saturday, November 2.  Bruce gave us the history of the Finger Lakes Herbarium while he demonstrated the process of preserving, recording and storing all of the species. 

Bruce explains the VASCULUM

Bruce demonstrating the use and importance of the plant press (which he made)

Preparing specimen for pressing (with Albert's assistance)

getting a snug press

Examples of pressed specimens

It's quite an art to mount specimens

Let's not forget the documenting and recording

Welcome to the Herbarium storage area

Sylvia with a specimen Maya Hobday pressed