Southern Blue Flag Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants and Wildlife Garden has Five Native Plants That Can Save the Earth
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Acadia National Park Rangers Looking For Visitors Who Cut Down Trees, TRACK Trails Program Expanding To Catoctin Mountain Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Needs Help Monitoring Elk And Visitors
Wildlife Links
See You Behind The Lens has In My Own Words: Baby Tatanka, Part I
Decoded Science has Plants, Pollinators, and the Price of Almonds
New York Times has Malicious but Delicious
Environmental Issues Links
Slate has Seven Spectacular Places Saved by the Environmental Movement
Christian Science Monitor has On Earth Day 2013, a planetary report card on global warming and Climate change sends India’s apple farmers up the Himalayas
Photography and Art Links
Red Dot Blog has The Art World’s Glass Ceiling | Does the Art Market Still Discriminate Against Women Artists?
PPA has Law Breaking Locations: Why You Should Avoid Utilizing Railways for Backdrops – PPA Today
Scientific American has Facebook’s “I F*cking Love Science” does not f*cking love artists
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.