Richard Mandelbaum, RH (AHG)
Winter Botany
So much of winter botany, like winter as a whole, asks us to slow down. We’ll spend the day paying attention to the subtleties of winter botany – bark, buds, twigs, and the evergreen plants that persist throughout the winter (pines and other conifers, evergreen herbaceous plants, mosses). Between the botanizing we’ll delve into winter ecology. During our time indoors, as needed, we can continue to look closely at plant parts – twigs, buds, etc. – that I have collected, using loupes but also potentially my microscopes.
Sunday January 12, 2025; 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
$65 (with scholarships available for those who need it)
To reserve a space you can send payment through venmo (@Richard-Mandelbaum-1) or paypal (nyherbalist@gmail.com) or get in touch with me about other options (or if you want to request a scholarship / reduced class fee).
Location: Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro NY.
MEEC is a wonderful place from which to walk and explore the biodiverse Basha Kill area, a local ecological treasure, and a comfortable warm place to move into as needed if it is a very cold day, and to have lunch.
This is primarily an outdoor class, with the indoor space to warm up, but over lunch or perhaps at the end of the day when the sun is setting, I will also share a slideshow I have of my own detailed photographs of twigs and buds of many of our local woody plants, which can also serve as a winter tree and shrub field guide of sorts.
More details and handouts will be sent to folks who register.