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Revised 02/27/08

2007-2008 Meetings

  • Sunday, October 7.  Annual Fall Meeting, 1pm. Kalamazoo Nature Center.

  • Saturday October 13, 10:00 am  "Big Tree" Field Trip to the Krossa Property.  In 2006, a residential property in Livonia came to the attention of Big Tree hunter and MBC member Woody Ehrle.  After two visits by Woody and some of the leading botanists in the state, 15 state champion trees have been located and measured on the property.  As you can see by the list most of these trees are very unusual.  We have been given permission to visit the property by the owners and neighbor Mark Derrick will lead us to them and give us the history of this interesting area.  The address of the property is 9390 Cardwell St., Livonia, MI 48150.  Go to
    http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=9390%20Cardwell%20St&city=Livonia&state=MI&zipcode=48150%2d4104&country=US&geodiff=1
    for a map to this address and park in the driveway.

  • Sunday October 14, 2:00 pm "Orchids of Michigan" by Don Drife at Heritage Park Visitor's Center, Farmington Hills.  The Orchid Family is the largest family of flowering plants.  They occur on every continent except Antarctica.  There are 55 species currently known from Michigan.  Come and learn what makes orchids unique among flowering plants and what habitats they can be found in.  This talk will highlight the diversity of orchid species that occur in Michigan.  Don grew up in an orchid hunting family and has been studying and photographing orchids in Michigan for many years.  He took his first orchid picture 35 years ago.  He spent much time in the field with people like Walter Nickel, Paul Thompson and George Thomson studying natural history.  Heritage Park is located on the west side of Farmington Rd. between 10 Mile and 11 Mile Roads in Farmington Hills. Go to www.fhgov.com/Community/ParksAndFacilities/Parks.asp and scroll down to the bottom for a map to the park.

  • Sunday, November 4, "Interaction of the Natural World" by MBC member Caryle Spence.  Many of you know Caryle as a terrific photographer and this time she has trained her camera lens on her own backyard.  She will explore the many interactions in the web of life including flowers, insects, butterflies, birds and animals.  Heritage Park is located on the west side of Farmington Road between 10 and 11 Mile Roads.  Follow the signs to the Visitor's Center.
     

  • Sunday December 2, 2007.  2:00 pm.  Our speaker will be Emily Johnson from Friends of the Rouge. She is the "Rouge Education Project Ass't Program Manager"  for that organization and a former MBC Foray Scholarship awardee from our chapter to the 2006 Foray.  She will be speaking on the subject of rain gardens.  Many of us have heard of  this concept and now we can find out what is the purpose of a rain garden and how to create one by using the one recently installed at the Environmental Interpretive Center at the Univ. of Michigan in Dearborn as an example. Heritage Park is located on the west side of Farmington Road between 10 and 11 Mile Roads.  Follow the signs to the Visitor's Center.

 

  • Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm.  Our traditional February Gourmet Dinner and Program will be held next Sunday, Feb. 3 at 1:00 pm (note the earlier time than our usual meetings) at the Birmingham Unitarian Church which is on the corner of Woodward and Lone Pine.  Enter the parking lot from Lone Pine (west of Woodward) and proceed to the Commons Room.  Watch for the signs.  Bring your own table service and a dish to share; recipes are welcome.  We will provide beverages, both hot and cold.  This is a great time to catch up with chapter friends and enjoy some great food as well. Our program will follow the dinner and will feature Ron Baloga.  He will be speaking on "The Process of Home Landscaping and Design" with before and after illustrations.  He is a certified Master Gardener and heads up a firm called Personalized Landscape Design LLC located in White Lake.  Have you wondered about what is involved in home landscaping and design work?  Now is your chance to hear about the process first hand.  Last summer Ron Baloga redesigned Kathleen Thomson's front yard and made some changes in the backyard plantings also so that it is easier for her to maintain. 

     

  • Sunday, March 2, at 2:00 pm Winter Tree Identification.  Don Drife will show slides that will teach us the characters used to identify common SE Michigan Trees in the winter, explain the botanical terms used, and then we will practice using our knowledge with some keys.  After our indoor program, if the weather cooperates, we'll go out on the trails and put our lessons into practice in the field.   If you wish to go outside, dress warmly, and bring a hand lens if you have one.  Refreshments will be served too.  We'll meet at the Heritage Park Visitor's Center in Farmington Hills, which is located on the west side of Farmington Road between 10 and 11 Mile Roads  

     

  • Sunday, April 6, at 2:00pm.  "Linnaeus, The Father of Taxonomy: His Life and Travels". In celebration of the tercentenary of Linnaeus' birth (1707 - 2007), Sarah Nooden will give a slide illustrated talk about the life of the father of taxonomy and the land that formed him. Sarah, her husband, Larry, and their son have spent considerable time in Sweden, and also with Larry's relatives who live near Linnaeus' birthplace in SmDland. They have followed in this Swedish hero's botanical footsteps through the landscapes of many of Sweden's provinces. It's an interesting story set in a beautiful land. A long time member of the Michigan Botanical Club - Huron Valley Chapter, Sarah has given a number of natural history talks, including talks on tropical rainforests.   We'll meet at the Heritage Park Visitor's Center in Farmington Hills, which is located on the west side of Farmington Road between 10 and 11 Mile Roads  

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  • Field Trip to Golden Preserve Prairie, Saturday, May 10, 2:00 pm.  Judy Kelly, Leader.  The 34.4-acre Golden Preserve is located in Springfield Township in Oakland County. It contains diverse and high quality native habitats with good connections to larger natural systems. Its streams and wetlands are part of the headwaters of the Shiawassee River. Protection of these headwaters has a positive impact on the water quality of the Shiawassee River and the Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay. Equally important is protection of the slopes, prairies and woodlands that surround the headwaters wetlands and drain into them. Because of the high species diversity and the quality of the ecosystems, the site is rated as Priority One in Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) 2004 Natural Areas Survey and in the 2001 Shiawassee-Huron Resource Protection Project.

     

General Information about Meetings

  • Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings. They are held on the first Sunday of the month,  October-April, unless otherwise noted.
  • Meetings start at 2:00 pm. 
  • Contact persons: M. Converse.  Phone 734-421-9340 or Emily Nietering  knietering@sbcglobal.net 

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