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  • 2017 May 21

    The 2017 Clara Cummings Walk

    8:45am to 2:15pm

    Location: 

    Appleton Farms and Grass Rides [857 Highland Street, South Hamilton MA 01982]

    Please join us on Sunday, May 21st for the 2017 Clara Cummings Walk at Appleton Farms Grass Rides! Beginning from the Highland parking lot, we will stroll among the hardwood lined trails of the Grass Rides Loop, to the Long Causeway Brook to the pinnacle on Pigeon Hill; after taking in the spectacular panoramic views of the Great Pasture, we will continue down the Plains Trail.   There are four pinnacles located throughout the property which were salvaged from Harvard’s Gore Hall and bequeathed to the Appleton's for their long association with Harvard University. The...

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  • 2016 Nov 05

    FoF Annual Meeting

    4:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard University Herbaria

    Speaker - Sarah Watkinson, Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University

    Talk Title - "Plumbing the Forest Floor"

    3:30 - Business Meeting
    4:00 - Public Lecture
    Refreshments to follow

    Everyone is welcome!

  • 2016 Oct 21

    Lichens Weekend Workshop

    Fri Oct 21 (All day) to Sun Oct 23 (All day)

    Location: 

    Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine

    Lichens Weekend Workshop in Eastern Maine
    October 21st-23rd, 2016 at the Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine

    This introductory workshop is designed for undergraduates in the biological sciences, people involved in natural history inventory work and interpretation, and for teachers or anyone whose appreciation of the outdoors has ever excited their curiosity about these attractive and intriguing organisms. The seminar will also provide a solid foundation for those contemplating...

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  • 2016 Oct 07

    Cryptogamic Botany Workshop

    Fri Oct 7 (All day) to Sun Oct 9 (All day)

    Location: 

    Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine

    Fall Weekend Cryptogamic Botany Workshop on the Eastern Maine Coast

    Mosses and Liverworts
    October 7th-9th, 2016 at the Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine

    This introductory workshop is designed for anyone who appreciates the outdoors and has ever been excited or curious about these attractive and often overlooked plants, whether in their backyards, gardens, or while hiking some remote forest trail. The workshop will also provide a solid...

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  • 2016 Jun 12

    2016 Clara Cummings Walk

    9:30am to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Noanet Woodlands, Dover, MA

    Join the Friends of the Farlow for a walk in the 175-acre Trustees of the Reservations Noanet Woodlands with its 17 miles of trails for us to follow, the dam at the site of the former Dover Union Iron mill to explore, 4 ponds with turtles, rock outcrops covered with umbilicate lichens, the Noanet Brook to cross, and Noanet Peak to climb to catch a glimpse of the Boston skyline while we lunch.

    Be sure to bring your hand lens for field determinations and pack a picnic lunch! Trail maps will be distributed onsite.

    ** Please note that collecting permits have not been granted...

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  • 2015 Nov 07

    FoF Annual Meeting

    3:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard University Herbaria

    Speaker - Gregory Mueller, Chicago Botanical Garden

    Talk Title - "Challenges and Opportunities for Fungal Conservation"

    Greg has studied agaricoid fungi, particularly the genus Laccaria. He has traveled widely and recently has been an advocate for fungal conservation. 

    3:30 - Business Meeting
    4:00 - Lecture
    Refreshments to follow

    Everyone is welcome!

  • 2014 Nov 15

    FoF Annual Meeting

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Harvard University Herbaria

    On Saturday November 15th the Farlow will be hosting a special day of working with collections and learn how citizen scientists can help with the work of collections. This will be instead of our regular annual meeting.

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  • 2014 Nov 13

    MUMMIES, MILDEWS, MANNA, AND MOSSES: Four Kingdoms under One Roof

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Friends of the Farlow will be featured at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
    to celebrate 90 years of the Farlow Herbarium.

    MUMMIES, MILDEWS, MANNA, AND MOSSES:
    Four Kingdoms under One Roof

    Lecture by Donald Pfister
    Reception to immediately follow

    Register at https://reservations.hmsc.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=17

    Free event parking available at the...

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