Botany
Advanced Ecological Design Workshop with Larry Weaner
OnlineThis design workshop will provide concrete, real-world guidance for selecting and arranging native plants in the landscape (gardens and restoration projects), as well as offering the opportunity to employ these techniques through an assignment between the first and second sessions.…
Ecological Plant Conference
OnlineFriday, December 3 @ 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. If you haven't yet enjoyed one of ELA's fall conferences, you have one more chance! Join us for the 6th annual Ecological Plant Conference as we delve into five plant-centric topics to educate,…
Advanced Ecological Design Workshop with Larry Weaner
OnlineThis design workshop will provide concrete, real-world guidance for selecting and arranging native plants in the landscape (gardens and restoration projects), as well as offering the opportunity to employ these techniques through an assignment between the first and second sessions.…
Hornwort Biology and Systematics
Online/ZoomSaturdays, February 19 & 26, March 5, 12, & 19 @ 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar Tuition Cost: $175 Hornworts represent the smallest phylum among land plants, with only 220 species. Despite the reduced species number,…
Hornwort Biology and Systematics
Online/ZoomSaturdays, February 19 & 26, March 5, 12, & 19 @ 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar Tuition Cost: $175 Hornworts represent the smallest phylum among land plants, with only 220 species. Despite the reduced species number,…
Hornwort Biology and Systematics
Online/ZoomSaturdays, February 19 & 26, March 5, 12, & 19 @ 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar Tuition Cost: $175 Hornworts represent the smallest phylum among land plants, with only 220 species. Despite the reduced species number,…
Hornwort Biology and Systematics
Online/ZoomSaturdays, February 19 & 26, March 5, 12, & 19 @ 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar Tuition Cost: $175 Hornworts represent the smallest phylum among land plants, with only 220 species. Despite the reduced species number,…
Hornwort Biology and Systematics
Online/ZoomSaturdays, February 19 & 26, March 5, 12, & 19 @ 1:00 — 3:00 p.m. Instructor: Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar Tuition Cost: $175 Hornworts represent the smallest phylum among land plants, with only 220 species. Despite the reduced species number,…
Farming Native Seed for the Future
OnlineFarming Native Seed for the Future: Agricultural seed production is needed to meet ambitious restoration goals, which will require more seeds than can be harvested from wild populations. However, there may be direct conflicts between traits that are favorable in…
Pittsfield Green Drinks – “Conserving Flowers and Their Pollinators”
Online/ZoomTuesday, May 17 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM on Zoom Join us for our May Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Joan Edwards, botanist and Professor of Biology at Williams College, talk about the rapidly decreasing biodiversity that is taking…
Berkshire Biodiversity Day (aka BioBlitz)
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18 Location: Brattlebrook Park, Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW - The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Celebrating local biodiversity during a time of unprecedented global biodiversity…
Berkshire Biodiversity Day (aka BioBlitz)
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18 Location: Brattlebrook Park, Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW - The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Celebrating local biodiversity during a time of unprecedented global biodiversity…
Springtime Wild Edibles in the Southern Berkshires
OnlineThe southern Berkshires are home to over 100 species of edible wild plants. Many of these species are more nutritious and/or flavorful than their cultivated counterparts. These include native species like Fiddleheads and Wild Leeks, non-native weeds like Burdock and…
Lenox Tree Crawl
Lenox Library 18 Main St., Lenox, MAJoin us for the Lenox Tree Crawl! We will meet in the Lenox Library Roche Reading Park and Lenox Land Trust members Bill Gop and Jeannie Schnackenberg will take us on a tour of the newly tagged trees on Main…
Wild Edibles Walkabout at The Clark
The Clark Art Institute 225 South St., Williamstown, MAJoin naturalist and wild edibles enthusiast Arianna Alexsandra Collins on a 1 hour walk to identify wild edibles and medicinals. Flora and fungi characteristics will be discussed for proper identification and meal and medicine preparation. Trailside nibbling will be encouraged.…
Wild Edibles Walkabout at The Clark
The Clark Art Institute 225 South St., Williamstown, MAJoin naturalist and wild edibles enthusiast Arianna Alexsandra Collins on a 1 hour walk to identify wild edibles and medicinals. Flora and fungi characteristics will be discussed for proper identification and meal and medicine preparation. Trailside nibbling will be encouraged.…
Frond by Frond: Finding and Identifying Ferns
Lake Mansfield Great BarringtonJoin the Great Barrington Land Conservancy and fern enthusiasts to search out and identify the fern species in the Lake Mansfield Conservation Forest! This program will begin in the beach area and include a forest ramble. We will use identification…