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Nature journaling workshop

***** CANCELLED *****

Regrettably, due to a low number of registration we will be cancelling this event. We strive to create events that cater to the wants and needs of our community in Prince Edward County... but it looks like we missed the mark on this one. If you have any feedback, please email us at countyflora@gmail.com as we reconsider and rework this activity.

***** CANCELLED *****

Keeping a nature journal is an enduring way to creatively engage with the environment and collect a record of your own observations. Many notable thinkers - from Charles Darwin to Henry David Thoreau - developed a personal catalogue of their discoveries alongside their musings. Keeping a nature journal will enhance your observational skills, enable you to discover the diversity in the world around you, and explore your excitement, passion and interest in nature. Nature journaling is a personal experience - you may chose to focus on flora or fauna, you may choose to include sketches, maps or notes.

In this workshop, you will be introduced to nature journaling guidelines, get help goal setting, start your practice on a hike, and end with a group discussion. Depending on the reception to this event, we hope to host a series of nature journaling events throughout the summer.
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Saturday June 1, 8-11 am - https://www.facebook.com/events/300651540601551/

Suggested donation $40. Coffee and homemade snacks provided.​

Members can attend for $25. Join the County Flora Club now.

Materials are not included. We don't want to impose some format or medium, so please bring a fresh journal and writing/drawing materials of your choosing.
*** On hold until weather improves. ***

The trail used for this hike is relatively flat to enable individuals with accessibility concerns participate in our hikes. Unfortunately it is flat and also low, with all the rain that means it is a muddy mess and neither suitable nor safe at this time.

*** On hold until weather improves. ***

Mid-week hike suitable for individuals with reduced mobility. This will be a shorter stroll at a more leisurely pace on a less hilly terrain, followed by a discussion and meditation. We will be leaving from the main parking lot at Macaulay Mountain Conservation Area.

All summer, almost every week, 6-7 pm.

​​Suggested donation $10. Free to members, join the County Flora Club now.

Get in touch to let us know you're coming!
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What's blooming: April wildflowers

  • Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
  • Yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
  • Spring beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
  • Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
  • Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum giganteum)
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Can you tell them apart?
  • Round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)
  • Sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)

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  • Monday mindfulness and Friday frivolity hikes free
  • half price on events?
  • checklist (April, May, June, July, August, September) > top wildflowers (photos, plant + habitat info)
  • nature book club, with monthly meet-up
  • speaker series? (i.e., seasonal, four times a year)
  • members only event (July) > hike + open house (wine + snacks)
  • weekly members only blog > talk about what?
  • contest (surprise, end of season, photography)

April wildflowers

  • Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
  • Yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
  • Spring beauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
  • Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
  • Large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
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Can you tell them apart?
  • Round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)
  • Sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)

June wildflowers

  • Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
  • Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
  • Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
  • Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
  • Blue flag (Iris versicolor)

Can you tell them apart?
  • Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
  • Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

July wildflowers

  • Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
  • Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
  • Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
  • Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
  • Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa)

Can you tell them apart?
  • Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  • Pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys)

August wildflowers

  • Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
  • Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
  • Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
  • Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
  • Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

​Can you tell them apart?
  • New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
  • Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

September wildflowers

  • Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
  • Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
  • Tall ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
  • Tall rattlesnakeroot (Nabalus altissimus)
  • Wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

Can you tell them apart?
  • Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
  • Grass leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
  • Zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
 
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