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/
Keep watch for more information about the Maple weekends in March.
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.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6 PM in Wood Library, Canandaigua, NY
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).
INTRODUCING: The Vasculum!
What a way to kick off our Sesquicentennial...
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 plan to publish it here on our weblog and members will also receive it as a pdf file via email.
The current "Fall 2024" issue is
You are encouraged to submit material to fredmhaynes55@gmail.com.
Future submissions should be to Fred by Feb. 15.
Be sure to take a guess at our mystery plant!
Here is a chronological listing of archived issues:
Winter 2024; Volume 1, Number 1
Spring 2024: Volume 1, Number 2
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!
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.
Kettle Ridge Farm Pancake Sundays: 9am - 1pm; January 12-March 9
Winter Plant ID Series: February 2 and 9; Muller Field Station and Cumming Nature Center
Fruition Seeds Events including a Seed Swap at Wood Library on February 6
*Home Sweet Sanctuary*: Wednesday, February 12; 6 PM at Wood Library
*Lesser celandine dig at Mertensia Park* - mid March
*Spring Ephemeral walk at Domine Trail* in Fishers, NY - mid April
*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
*Visit to Walton Point native landscaped property on Canandaigua Lake - TBD
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.
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 will meet at the main FLCC campus building in Canandaigua. There will be signs from the main entrance leading you upstairs and around to room 2640 in the Seneca wing. You may also enter from the loading dock off Laker Lane. Everyone should park in the general parking lot A.
We had 16 members attned the Finger Lakes Herbarium tour on Saturday, November 2.
