Immortality Bearded Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Week Runs April 20-28
Flower and Plant Links
New York Times has Scientists Question Impact as Vineyards Turn Up in New Places and How a Leafy Folk Remedy Stopped Bedbugs in Their Tracks
Wildlife Links
New York Times has Florida Algae Bloom Leads to Record Manatee Deaths
The Washington Post has Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake’s balance
Mother Jones has The Worst Wildlife Disease Outbreak Ever in North America Just Got Way Worse
Environmental Issues Links
BBC News has Particles from fossil fuels ‘affect the growth of corals’
Beautiful Wildlife Gardens has Turning Farms into Wildlife Habitat
Photography and Art Links
Hyperallergic has Woman Arrested for Instagramming Street Art
Dan Williams Bird Photography has The Last Gift of Winter
Guy Tal Photography Journal has No New Label Necessary
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th at Winterthur in Wilmington, DE.
Plan at this point for May 11 is to head to Winterthur in Wilmington, DE. Winterthur has gardens and a museum. Like Longwood Gardens – it’s an old duPont estate.
INformation about Winterthur is at http://www.winterthur.org/
Looks to be about a 2 hour drive from Bethesda to Winterthur. Let’s plan on carpooling from Grosvenor Metro Station. We’ll leave the Metro station at 7:30.
Admission to Winterthur is $ 18, which includes a tour of the mansion. For $ 30 you can reserve a place on a tour of the mansion at a specific time. If you belong to a botanical garden that participates in the American Horticultural Societies Recipricol Admission programs – your membership will get you into Winterthur for free.
