Articles, Images, and anything you wish to share in the next issue of the Canandaigua Botanical Society's newsletter: The VASCULUM are due late April. The second issue will be published in May 2024.
Perhaps you would like to share a quick reason or two that you enjoy Canandaigua Botanical Society.
Submissions should be made to:
Fred Haynes- fredmhaynes55@gmail.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024 from 10AM to Noon
Burroughs Audubon Nature Club has invited us to a
WILDFLOWER WALK at BREESE PARK, Henrietta
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – noon
Wildflower Walk
Breese Park, Henrietta
Join naturalists Carol and Dave Southby for a May Day wildflower walk in
this relatively new park that is a hidden gem in the western part of
Henrietta. Carol and Dave first visited this park last year and were
amazed by the number of different wildflowers growing in the woodland
here. Flowers included spring beauty and trillium, along with huge
carpets of Virginia bluebells (Mertensia) alongside the trail.
The park features a scenic, accessible, level, packed gravel trail along
the Genesee River. The total walking distance is about a mile on an
out-and-back trail.
Enter the park at 108 Westcombe Park, Henrietta, NY 14467, via a housing
tract. Ample parking is available, but there are no restrooms.
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We will have another Sesquicentennial planning meeting on
Thursday, May 2, 2024 beginning at 9:30 AM
in the Wood Library Ewing room (third floor).
Please join us as we pull together plans for our 150th year of the Canandaigua Botanical Society!
If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to share your thoughts and offer assistance by emailing canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com
PLEIN AIR at MERTENSIA PARK
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024
We'll be there from 10 to 11 AM with paints and brushes you can borrow to portray the bluebells on paper we provide for you to keep.
A walk to identify the bluebells and other wildflowers may begin at 11:30.
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2004 - 10 AM
Jason Gorman of the Finger Lakes Land Trust will lead us through the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve (6280 Gulick Rd, Naples, NY 14512). Diverse stands of mature forest, a wide array of wildflowers, and sweeping views of the hills surrounding Honeoye Lake’s southern end make this site truly special.
You may wish to bring a hiking pole.
Let us know if you prefer to carpool from Canandaigua (canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com). Being a weekday, we will meet at the southeast corner of the large parking lot near the railroad tracks south of Ontario Street and east of Pleasant Street. Carpool will meet at 9 AM and leave by 9:15 AM.