WAITLIST Beginner Mushroom Identification with Maria Pinto
Oct
14
10:00 AM10:00

WAITLIST Beginner Mushroom Identification with Maria Pinto

Cost of Admission: Members free, suggested donation of $10 for non-members

This is an in-person event.

Come take a walk in the woods where we'll learn about the habits and jobs of the fungi we find! We'll discuss what mushrooms are, learn how to target hunts to find specific species, go over best practices for collection, work with dichotomous keys, and more! Come prepared to explore slowly and do some close looking. 
Maria Pinto is a Boston-area writer, mycophile, and educator. She teaches for the literary nonprofit GrubStreet, is a contributor at the publication Thali Global, reads fiction for Harvard’s Peripheries Journal, and has been awarded fellowships by the Vermont Studio Center, The Writers' Room of Boston, The Mastheads, and Garret on the Green. She has given talks about mushrooms for the New York Mycological Society, the Central Texas Mycological Society, and the Wisconsin Mycological Society, among others. She’s currently at work on a book of nonfiction inspired by mushrooms.

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Yoga for Gardening with Pamela Martin
Aug
2
3:15 PM15:15

Yoga for Gardening with Pamela Martin

Cost of Admission: Suggested donation of $10.

Join us for outdoor* yoga classes led by Pamela Martin and other local yoga teachers. Learn tips and tricks to avoid injury, and to help support the body during gardening and yard work. A stretch and strength class appropriate for multiple levels. Please bring a mat, water, sunscreen and bugspray. Wear comfortable clothing you can move in. 

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DATE CHANGE--Lichens of Mountain Top Arboretum with John Franklin
Jul
30
10:00 AM10:00

DATE CHANGE--Lichens of Mountain Top Arboretum with John Franklin

Cost of Admission: Members Free, suggested donation of $10 for non-members.

This is an in-person, outdoor event. Due to the storms in the forecast, the date of the program has been changed to Sunday, July 30 at 10:00 AM

Come for a leisurely stroll along the many paths throughout the lands of  Mountain Top Arboretum while we search for Lichens. They are the intrepid little organisms that we see growing on the trees, soil and rocks, and many are found here. We will discuss how Lichens are not a single organism, but a complex symbiotic relationship made up of two or more independent parts, a fungus and an algae and/or a cyanobacterium. Using only available air, water and sunlight, these organisms can create life-sustaining nutrients by photosynthesis and can grow where no other organism can survive. They come in many forms, sizes, and in many colors.  We will discuss the types of lichens, where they are found, why they are here, and what they do for the forest. 


John Franklin is a lichen photographer and NYS DEC Steward working with Lichens as part of the Catskill Preserve Old Growth Forest Group. He has spent the last 6 years identifying lichens in the Catskills and other regions of Southern New York. He has done lichen walks at Minnewaska State Park, Sam's Point Preserve, and John Burrough's Slabsides Nature Sanctuary.

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