When: Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9:15 AM to 4 PM
Where: Sassafras Room at the Bernheim Arboretum Visitor Center, 2075 Clermont Road, Clermont, KY.
Please join us for the KNPS Fall Meeting on October 27, 2018, from 9:15AM to 4PM, at the Bernheim Arboretum Visitor Center. If you want to learn more about your Society, if you want to meet other Kentucky native plant enthusiasts, if you want to provide your input to the future direction of the Society, or if you just want to spend some time outdoors in one of our state’s beautiful nature preserves, the KNPS Fall Meeting is for you.
From 9:15 AM to 9:45 AM, you can sign in, have coffee, and meet other KNPS members. During this time, you may also renew your KNPS membership for 2019 at a $5 discount. If you would like to bring a friend who is interested in joining the Society, they can become a member at the same discounted rate.
Starting at 9:45 AM, the KNPS leadership team will give a short overview of the Society’s activities in 2018. This should last no more then 30 minutes.
At 10:15AM we will have a couple of presentations. First, Andrew Berry, Bernheim Forest Manager, will present “Bernheim Plant Conservation Initiatives” Andrew will discuss Bernheim’s recent land acquisition projects to protect corridors for long term plant migrations and protection along with other recent plant conservation initiatives. He will also discuss his recent trip to Japan as a Bernheim representative and the relationship between Kentucky and Japan’s Flora.
Next, Dr. Alan Risk, Morehead State University professor, botanist, lichenologist, and herbarium curator will present “Lichen and Bryophyte Inventory Throughout Kentucky, With a Focus On the Parmotrema Genus”. Dr. Risk will discuss his recent projects inventorying lichens, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts across Kentucky in partnership with the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves. He will discuss in detail the lichen Genus Parmotrema.
Starting at around 11:00 AM, the group as a whole will discuss plans for the Society in 2019. We will discuss the 2019 Wildflower Weekend (scheduled for April 12 & 13, 2019 at Natural Bridge), the location of the 2020 Wildflower Weekend, 2019 Field Trips, and other topics.
After the meeting, around 11:45 AM, we will break for lunch. Attendees can prepay $10 for a lunch provided by Bernheim or do lunch on their own. The Bernheim lunch will be soup and chicken salad sandwiches with vegetarian options also available. We will contact registrants by email a couple of weeks before the meeting to get your lunch choices
After lunch we will drive the roughly 12 miles to Pine Creek Barrens Nature Preserve. Our hike leaders will take us on an approximately 1 mile, Easy hike. We will likely see the Great Plains ladies’ tresses orchid (Spiranthes magnicamporum), a rare species in KY, still in flower.
We are requesting that members pre-register for the meeting and hike. You can register online using the Registration Form at the KNPS website. From the form you can pay for your lunch using a credit or debit card.
If you have any questions, just send an email to info@knps.org.