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 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 TreesTRACK 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.