Hi, SCIART members 5/20/2009
I'm forwarding some information about a botanical illustration day at
Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia, as well as other programs that
might be of interest. http://www.bartramsgarden.org/
The garden is an urban oasis!
Karen
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Bartram's Garden
EXPLORATIONS
News for our Members, Friends and Volunteers
54th St. and Lindbergh Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
TEL: (215) 729-5281
FAX: (215) 729-1047
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Bartram in Bloom
Bartram's Garden has been bustling this May! We welcomed 500 guests,
many coming for the first time, to our Spring Plant Sale weekend and
another 500 guests on Mother's Day. It was great to see the Garden
so alive with activity and full of delighted visitors.
It is still just the beginning of the season and we hope to see you
soon. Whether you come to enjoy the magnificence of our 210 year-old
Yellowwood in bloom, or sit under the wisteria in the same spot that
shaded Benjamin Franklin, you will enjoy the seasons at Bartram's
Garden.
New Jersey Pine Barrens
Saturday, May 30, 9 am to 3 pm
Discover native plants and habitats, and follow the route of John
Bartram into the "sandy barren desarts" of New Jersey in the early
1740's. Bartram curator Joel Fry, Bill Cahill, and Allen Crawford
will lead you through the Pine Barrens, with stops at Ong's Hat,
Whitesbog, Webb's Mill bog, and the Plains. This year's tour will
highlight a Bartram favorite, carnivorous plants, in honor of the
Darwin bicentennial.
Provide your own transportation and lunch; directions will be
provided. We will gather at the Bishop's Farm visitor's center of
the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, 17 Pemberton Road, Southampton,
NJ.
Tickets are $40 for the public, $32 for members or with
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Program Pass. Register at
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Little Explorers
Wednesday, June 3, 10 to 11:30 am
Encourage your child's curiosity about the natural world through
hands-on experiences with gardening, birds, and insects. Directed
towards children ages 2-4 with at least one adult chaperone for every
two children.
Admission is $5 for public, $4 for members or free with a Bartram
Program Pass Register with
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Botanical Illustrators Meet-Up
Saturday, June 6, 10 am to 1 pm
Enjoy drawing from nature and share ideas with fellow artists for
creative mornings of observation and practice. Bring your own
supplies. We provide the specimens.
Admission is $5 for public, $4 for members or free with a Bartram
Program Pass Register with
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Second Saturday Volunteer Day
Saturday, June 13, 9 am to noon
Volunteers help to beautify Bartram's Garden and enrich our uniquely
historic landscape, while learning skills from professional
horticulturists to take home.
To register, please contact Todd Greenberg at
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--
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Guest Curator, Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, 2007
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ , 2088
http://www.americanswedish.org/, http://www.americanswedish.org/linnaeus.htm
Exhibition guide available from
http://www.dianepublishing.net/category_s/490.htm (p.4)
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609--279-9420
Recently published:
Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550
Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds, Alain Touwaide, eds.
Series: AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science
and Art (Ashgate, 2006)
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754652960
http://orgs.uww.edu/avista/medicine.htm
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