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SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
This is where you will find Canandaigua Botanical Society sponsored events for 2024. Check back often to see the latest updates and links to past events.
March: Check out our SESQUICENTENNIAL DISPLAY in the lobby of Wood Library
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 7 PM at Wood Library: Canandaigua Botanical Society Presentation Laura Ouimette will share our history, recent events, and future plans. This event is free and open to all. Membership dues and sesquicentennial sponsorships will be accepted at this event.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 7 PM at HWS: Gardening with Native Plants to Deter Invasive Species; Matt Gallo of Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FLPRISM)
Thursday, March 21, 10 AM at Wood Library: Sesquicentennial Planning meeting. All are welcome!
Tuesday, March 26, 2024: Lesser Celandine Dig at Mertensia Park 11 AM - 1 PM. We will return to Mertensia Park when the invasive lesser celandine is
blooming BEFORE it has an opportunity to crowd out the bluebells due to
bloom in early May along Mud Creek. Please come the entire time or just for the time your schedule allows.
Saturday, March 30, 10 AM Spring Ephemeral Walk on Domine Trail, Fishers: Walk the Domine Trails with Bruce Gilman to see early spring wildflowers. We will meet in the parking lot behind the fire hall in Fishers at 10 AM. If you prefer, we will also carpool from the Sly Street parking lot (behind the Ontario County Court House) at 9:30 AM
Monday, April 8, 3 PM: Solar Eclipse watch party at Sonnenberg PARK, Howell Street, Canandaigua. We have 30 pairs of CE and ISO approved solar eclipse glasses to distribute.
Saturday, April 13, 10 AM: Clark Gully walk, Naples, with Emily Debolt and Bruce Gilman.
BONUS! Spring Ephemeral walks from April 15, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 10 AM: Wildflower Walk along Ontario Pathways in Orleans (park by railway water tower)
Thursday, April 25, 7 PM: Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board Presentation at Wood Library
Friday, April 26, 1 PM: National Arbor Day Tree planting
Saturday, April 27, 2-4 PM: Invasive Walk with Bruce Gilman in Naples, NY
Wednesday, May 1, 10AM: Breese Park in Henrietta with Carol & David Southby of BANC
Thursday, May 2, 10 AM at Wood Library: Sesquicentennial Planning meeting.
Saturday, May 4, 10 AM: Plein Air at Mertensia Park
Thursday, May 9, 10 AM: Wesley Hill walk with Jason Gorman of FLLT
Saturday, May 11, Ontario County Master Gardeners Plant Sale
Saturday, May 18, Muddy Walk on Victor Monkey Trails with Dawn Carter
Thursday, May 30, 9AM - 4 PM Huckleberry Bog Hike
Saturday, June 1, 10 AM - Ontario Pathways Ontario Arts Trail Walk to celebrate National Trails Day.
June 3-7, 2024: FLPRISM Invasive Species Awareness week
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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024, 3-8PM: SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION at ONANDA PARK, Gorham Lodge. Meet at 3 PM to explore Barnes Gully with Bruce Gilman and Fred Haynes. Gorham Lodge will be open at 4 with displays and gathering. Wraps from The Talk of The Town will be served for a light dinner at 6pm. Near 7 pm we will have Pam Tichenor and Kim Ferris present a brief review of our past, followed by Bruce Gilman's keynote and a look forward by Laura Ouimette. Special treasures of a printed program and commemorative Sesquicentennial mugs will be available to all attendees. PLEASE BE SURE TO RSVP: canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com
Saturday, June 8, 11 AM - Ontario Pathways Ontario Arts Trail Walk. Second installment at CR 46.
Monday, June 10, 10 AM: Canandaigua Lake House Planting tour with John Faerber
Saturday, June 15, 11 AM - Ontario Pathways Ontario Arts Trail Walk. Third installment in Stanley.
Saturday, June 22, 1 PM: Tour of White Oak Nursery with Jim Engel
Wednesday, June 26, 6-7:15 PM: Burroughs Audubon Nature Club Orientation
Saturday, July 13, 2 PM: Bentley Woods with Bruce Gilman
Wednesday, July 17, 10AM: Grimes Glen walk with Anthony Robarge
Wednesday, July 24, 10 AM: Ganondagan summer walk with Charles Ippolito
Saturday, July 27, 10 AM: FLCC Arboretum tour with Bruce Gilman
Sunday, July 28, 2-4 PM: Casey Park, Ontario Center with Fred Haynes (wildflowers and geology)
Friday, August 16, 10 AM - Noon: Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve with Genesee Land Trust
Saturday, August 24, 10 AM: Deblase Open Space in Pittsford with BANC
Saturday, September 7, 10 AM: Wolf Gull with Bruce Gilman
Sunday, September 15, 2-5 PM: Muller Field Station Paddle with Maura Sullivan
Saturday, September 28, 10 AM: Ontario County Park
Sunday, October 27: Fungi Walk with Fred Haynes
Saturday, November 2, 10 AM: Finger Lakes Herbarium Tour at FLCC
Events in the planning stages:
Lagoon Park - interpretive signage
Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area with Fred Haynes (Autumn)
Burroughs Audubon Nature Club
Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve
Bare Hill Unique Area - Finger Lakes Land Trust
Don't Get Ticked New York
This is a free presentation given at Muller Field Station on Wednesday, November 15th at 6 PM.
Muller Field Station is at 6455 County Rd 36 Honeoye NY 14471
Deer and rodents and ticks oh my! Join us to learn more about the ticks in our area, their biology, identification and how to protect yourself while enjoying the great outdoors! Participants will receive a free Don’t get Ticked NY tick removal kit.
Register here: https://flcc.formstack.com/forms/mfsevents
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Muller Field Station Open House
Muller Field Station Open House Oct. 21
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Muller Field Station will host an open house on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Visitors can paddle the channels at the base of Honeoye Lake or enjoy a nature walk. Families with children are welcome to participate in activities including pumpkin painting and aquatic insect exploration.
Online registration is encouraged.
NATIVE PLANT SALE, September 30, 2023
NATIVE PLANT SALE - GENEVA, NY
The City of Geneva
Green Committee, partnering with the Town of Geneva Sustainability
Committee, and the Geneva High School Green Club, are sponsoring a
Native Plant Sale on Saturday
September 30th from 8 am to 1 pm at the Finger Lakes Visitor Center.
The native plant nurseries will be available for consultation about
planning your native plant gardens and will offer native perennials,
shrubs and trees for sale. There will be information
about the Lake Friendly Living campaign and an opportunity to learn
about helping with the city gardens at the lakefront.
CLOUD FOREST FARM
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Cloud Forest Farm
Cloud Forest Farm – Perennials, fruit and nut trees, and berry bushes to grow your own perennial food forest!
You may know Ramana, who sells edible plants at Canandaigua Farmers' Market (Saturdays 9-12).
Cloud Forest Farm is a plant nursery located south of Canandaigua, NY. They grow fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, and native perennials. Their plants are grown outdoors without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. They have a variety of raspberry, blueberry, elderberry, cranberry, and strawberry cultivars selected for the Great Lakes Region. Hybrid hazelnuts and chestnuts as well. They also offer well-behaved non-natives such as Chicago hardy fig and honeyberry. Native perennials include cardinal flower, columbine, phlox, blue flag iris, beebalm, hyssop, and blue lobelia.
We will be meeting at the Sly Street parking lot behind the Ontario County Courthouse at 12 noon and carpooling to Cloud Forest Farm in Middlesex where Ramana will give us a tour and answer questions and concerns. Some plants will be available for purchase.
Gracious thanks to Ramana for having us visit and tour Cloud Forest Farm on a misty afternoon.
Cloud Forest Farm is a new adventure for Ramana hoping to bring edible trees and shrubs to people in the Finger Lakes region. She shared her successes and challenges (broken wrist while she was establishing her business) and ideas for the future.
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| direct sow garden in front of lawn that was not mowed for two years |
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| Ramana |
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| more direct sow gardens |
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| Aster that grew when lawn remained unmowed |
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| Peppers for her personal use |
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| cranberry |
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| Ramana describes various plant in her nursery |
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Cloud Forest Farm – Perennials, Fruit and nut trees, Berry bushes
PO Box 128,
Middlesex, NY 14507
Email: cloudforestfarmny@
Cloudforestfarmny.square.site
Grow your own perennial food forest! Cloud Forest Farm is a plant nursery located south of Canandaigua, NY. We grow fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, and native perennials. Our plants are grown outdoors without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. We have a variety of raspberry, blueberry, elderberry, cranberry, and strawberry cultivars selected for the Great Lakes Region. Hybrid hazelnuts and chestnuts as well. We also offer well-behaved non-natives such as Chicago hardy fig and honeyberry. Native perennials include cardinal flower, columbine, phlox, blue flag iris, beebalm, hyssop, and blue lobelia.
Ramana Callan
Instructor, AIP
Biology/Project Dragonfly
Miami Universit
A visit to the Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve
These are images from a walk around the Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve on Monday morning, September 18, 2023. Taking walks throughout the year can be great inspirations for what you might want to plant in your own property.
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| Brown hooded owlet caterpillar |
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| Mapleleaf viburnum |
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| White pine sapling |
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| white wood aster |
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| buckthorn :( |
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| shagbark hickory |
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| Joe pie weed |
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| forest is carpeted with Pennsylvania sedge |
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| Culver's root past bloom |
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| Bracken fern |
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| blue stem goldenrod |
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| Calico aster? |
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| Red Osier dogwood with goldenrod and asters |
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| New England Aster |
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