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21JanNative Plant Ambassador Program 2023
Go from native plant novice to expert with this multi-part program. You’ll learn all about Pennsylvania’s native plants, their ecosystem importance, and a variety of ways to…
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19MayKnowing Native Plants: Flowering Shrubs
The Mid-Atlantic region has a stunning display of spring flowering native shrubs, filling the Preserve and surrounding natural areas with color and fragrance every spring. Join Naturalist Mary Anne…
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12MayKnowing Native Plants: Focus on Ferns
Some native plants, such as ferns, don’t flower at all. In this popular program, Ed Lignowski, Ph.D., will teach you to identify many native ferns. He will highlight their…
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19JunKnowing Native Plants: Invasive Species Identification and Management (Virtual Program, June 19)
What is an invasive plant? What problems do invasive plants cause? Join Mary Anne Borge to learn the answers to these questions, as well as how to identify the…
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16SepKnowing Native Plants: Amazing Asters
Fall is peak bloom time for members of the aster family. Explore our woods and meadows with naturalist Mary Anne Borge to discover asters, goldenrods, bonesets, coneflowers, tickseeds and…
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04NovKnowing Native Plants: From Flowers to Seeds
How do angiosperms reproduce sexually? Naturalist Ed Lignowski will answer this question by discussing the life cycle of flowering plants from pollination to fruit/seed dispersal. General anatomy of flowers…
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05MayKnowing Native Plants: Late Spring Lovelies
A lot happens at the Preserve between the burst of spring ephemerals and the peak of flowering shrubs. Join Naturalist Mary Anne Borge to learn about the wildlife and…
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29JulKnowing Native Plants: Meadow Magic
Come discover the Preserve’s 5-acre meadow with naturalist Mary Anne Borge. See native meadow plant species, including wildflowers and grasses, and learn about meadow successional stages and some of…
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20JanKnowing Native Plants: Plant Identification
This indoor class will introduce you to the basics of identifying conifers and flowering herbaceous and woody plants using dichotomous keys. Ed Lignowski, Ph.D., former botany/plant physiology college instructor,…
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24MarKnowing Native Plants: Signs of Spring
The promise of spring is just around the corner. Meet early flowering plants and learn how they have adapted to this potentially harsh time of year. This program will…
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21AprKnowing Native Plants: Spring Ephemerals
Spring wildflowers such as Dutchman’s breeches, bloodroot, bluebell, spring beauty, twinleaf and several species of trillium color the forest floor for a fleeting moment this time of year. Join…
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20AprKnowing Native Plants: Spring Ephemerals
Spring wildflowers such as Dutchman’s breeches, bloodroot, bluebell, spring beauty, twinleaf and several species of trillium color the forest floor for a fleeting moment this time of year. Join…