The  Botanical  Society of  Washington

   

Next Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 5th 7:00 PM Speaker: Tom Mirenda Topic: Orchids down under: a week in a biodiversity hotspot Flyer for Posting: not yet available

Meeting location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted up. All are welcome. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and after the presentation.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

Upcoming Meetings for 2012

• May 1 - Cavan Allen - Aquatic Plants
• June 5 - Tom Mirenda - Orchids of Western Australia
• September 4 - Members' Night
• October
• November 6 - Amanda Treher-- speaking on her research on the genus Rhynchospora
• December - Annual Banquet
• January 2013 --Dail Laughinghouse - freshwater algae

2012 Field Trip Calendar:

• March 31 - Billy Goat Trail Area (Maryland)
• April 7 - Billy Goat Trail Area (Maryland)
• April 14 - Turkey Run (Virginia)
• June 9 - Ice Mountain (West Virinia)