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** 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 "Winter 2025" issue is
You are encouraged to submit material to fredmhaynes55@gmail.com.
Spring 2026 submissions should be to Fred by February 15, 2026.
Be sure to take a guess at our mystery plants!
We have printed copies of the Vasculum newsletters now available at the Wood (Canandaigua), FLCC, Geneva, Gorham, Naples, and Victor-Farmington libraries.
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
Spring 2025: Volume 2, Number 1
Summer 2025: Volume 2, Number 2
Winter 2025: Volume 2, Number 4
Friday Morning Wonder and Wander Walks at Muller Field Station
"Wander & Wonder" walks take place at Muller Field Station at the south end of Honeoye Lake every Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. during FLCC's semesters. Free to attend. No registration required.
Every Friday during FLCC’s semesters, everyone is welcome to Muller Field Station for a Friday morning Wander & Wonder walk. Each week, MFS staff and friends take the same channel trail loop, noting seasonal changes with a fresh perspective of an ever-changing special guest.
The walk begins at 9 a.m. and departs from the Muller Field Station parking lot. We head south along the channel trail, up through old fields, and around back to our main driveway- measuring just under 1 mile. This walk takes 1-1.5 hours, depending on the observations made, both big and small.
No registration needed.
Kettle Ridge Farm Events
Aprés-Ski at Kettle Ridge Farm
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-1:00pm (Thru 3/15)
Maple Weekends
March 21, 22, 28 and 29
(click on headings for more information)
Our Plantman presents Plants With an Attitude
Thursday, February 19 from 6-7:15 PM at the Victor-Farmington Library
Plants With an Attitude
Learn about the carnivorous plants that can be found in our area. Join
Bruce Gilman for this fascinating look into our local fauna! Register here: https://victorfarmingtonlibrary.libcal.com/event/16013455 Winter Wonderland Walk at Zurich Bog
Saturday, February 21 at 10 AM
Have you ever wondered how plants and animals survive the winter?
Join the Bergen Swamp Preservation Society for their first event of the year- a guided winter walk through Zurich Bog, where you’ll explore the remarkable adaptations—and other fascinating winter phenomena—that allow life to persist in cold, snowy conditions in a bog! Along the way, you’ll look beyond trees and mammals to discover winter-active insects, birds, fungi, mosses, liverworts, and other often-overlooked signs of life in this fascinating habitat.This experience offers a deeper look into winter ecology and a chance to uncover the mystery and quiet resilience of nature.
Date: 2/21/26 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Zurich Bog, 3809 Arcadia Zurich Norris Rd, Lyons, NY 14489
Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa on your walk!
Registration is being handled through the Bergen Swamp Preservation Society facebook page. If you wish to attend, but don't use facebook, please let us know at canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 online via zoom
CANANDAIGUA LAKE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
Native Alternatives to
Invasive Plants
Zoom Presentation
Join Emily DeBolt, Executive Director of the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association, for a discussion on native alternatives to invasive plants for this zoom presentation. Emily will explain what makes a plant invasive, outline New York State regulations on invasive plant sales, and highlight beautiful, easy-to-grow native plants you can use instead.
Register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pYXkjUshTzOU3NSaDOQ2oQ
* Lesser Celandine Dig at Mertensia Park *
We are hoping the weather will cooperate on Thursday, March 26 from 1-3 PM for our annual Lesser Celandine Dig at Mertensia Park. Everyone is welcome.
All are welcome to join us to dig out the invasive lesser celandine before the blue bells bloom. We will flag the invasive plants and provide the black bags and wheelbarrow to remove the lesser celandine. Please bring garden/work gloves and hand tools (garden trowel, hori hori knife). Small buckets or bins are also handy to collect the lesser celandine to transport to the black bags. Community service credit certificates will also be available for students/scouts/etc.
* Our Potluck dinner, 152nd Annual Meeting and Presentation: Friday, May 1, 2026
Details are still in the works but we hope to meet at the Notre Dame Retreat House on Foster Road on Friday, May 2026. We are welcome to arrive early to enjoy the nature trails on the property. Our potluck dinner will be in the dining room (no need to bring your own place settings this year!). We are hoping to have Shelly Walker as our presenter after a brief annual meeting.
Here's the timeline we are hoping for:
3-5 PM – enjoy the trails and grounds
5-5:30 PM – meet in the dining area with pot luck meal items; membership dues can be collected here
5:30 PM – meal
~ 6 or 6:15 PM – annual meeting
6:30 – 7:30 PM – Presentation by Shelley Walker (open to public and those who can’t arrive earlier)
** 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 152nd year!
** 2026 Canandaigua Botanical Society Events **
This is where you will find Canandaigua Botanical Society *sponsored events* for 2026 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.
Thursday, January 8 at 7:30 PM: Fun Western NY History - online
Saturday, January 10 at 10:30 AM: Invasive Plants in Your Back Yard - Wood Library
Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 PM: The Making of Flower City - online
* Tuesday, February 10, 2026 from 10 AM to noon: PLANNING MEETING to firm up 2026 plans. Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings. Please help us plan our 152nd year!
Friday Morning Wander and Wonder Walks at Muller Field Station
Thursday, February 19; 6-7:15 PM: Plants with an Attitude by Bruce Gilman
Saturday, February 21; 10 AM: Winter Wonderland Walk at Zurich Bog
Tuesday, February 24 at 6:30 PM: CLWA Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
* Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 1-3 PM: Lesser Celandine Dig at Mertensia Park (weather permitting)
***SPRING EPHEMERAL OPPORTUNITIES***
*Crowfield Farm Sanctuary: Saturday, April 25 at 10 AM;
*Breeze Park in Henrietta Trillium and Mertensia: Sunday, April 26, 2 PM with VHT;
*Domine Trail in Fishers, NY: Tuesday, April 28 from 10 AM - Noon
* Friday, May 1, 2026: Annual Potluck, Meeting and Presentation
*Bluebells at Mertensia Park:
Tuesday, May 5 at 5:30 PM we will have a brief planning meeting in the Hamlin Room B of Wood Library. We will ask for Summer Vasculum submissions to be sent to Fred by May 5.
Tuesday, May 5th at 7 PM: Sophie Pedzich to speak on Jumping Worms at Wood Library, Hamlin Room B.
Huckleberry Bog: Saturday, May 30, 2026- 10 AM
Ontario Pathways – National Trails Walk on June 6: Park at Orleans and walk south to Hemlock Grove loop trial.
EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO (information will be added as it is confirmed):
American Columbo – TBD mid June
Wesley Hill NP – June to see Platanthera orchids –
Zurich Bog – mid to late June for orchids (will request registrations to limit group size to 25)
Lehigh Crossing Park – Summer
Canandaigua Lake Kayak into West River with CLWA – Woodville/Naples – possibly late July.
Highland Park
Letchworth Park
USDA open house tour in Geneva mid September
Wolf Gull revisit
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