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Winter Lecture Series: Invigorating Ideas
You Can Use
The theme of the 2004 Winter Lecture Series is Stewardship
Starts At Home. We are essentially the stewards of the little
piece of nature that is our property. As development continues
to engulf open space, our own yards become vital to the health
and overall diversity of the ecosystem. We can enhance these
personal nature preserves through the use of native plants
and an understanding of plant communities and plant and animal
interdependence. You'll learn about the importance of native
pollinators, how to make a water feature, create a naturalistic
forest, restore a stream, garden under mature trees, landscape
for wildlife you want and transform turf into a sustainable
planting. We invite you to join us and discover how you can
be a steward of nature at home.
The Winter Lecture Series features a slide presentation by
a regionally renowned expert every Sunday afternoon from 2
-3 p.m., January 11 - February 29. We accept pre-registration,
please call (215) 862-2924. Walk-ins welcome as space permits.
Fee: Preserve members and fulltime students: $8.00 per lecture;
Non-members, $10.00 per lecture. Special February 8 lecture
FREE, made possible by the generosity of Marion Kyde. Educational
program fees include admission to the Preserve. Memberships
can be purchased on the day of any lecture and daily at the
Preserve.
All lectures are held at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Visitor Center, on 1635 River Road (PA Rt. 32), 2.5 miles
south of New Hope, Pennsylvania and convenient to I-95. For
further directions, check our website www.bhwp.org or call
the Preserve (215) 862-2924.
Before or after the lecture, enjoy a walk on trails through
our woods, meadows, along Pidcock Creek and a pond. In the
Visitor Center, pick up free trail maps, watch birds from
the comfort of indoors, enjoy exhibits, get free information
about gardening with native plants, and peruse books in our
library. The Visitor Center also is home to the Platt Museum
of mounted birds, nests and eggs, and the Twinleaf Shop, where
nature-themed books and t-shirts can be purchased.
For information about other programs at the Preserve, see
the Calendar of
Events or contact the Preserve at (215) 862-2924 or by
e-mail at bhwp@bhwp.org.
Contact: Nancy Beaubaire, Director
of Communications
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
P.O. Box 685
New Hope, PA 18938
Phone: (215) 862-2924
Fax: (215) 862-1846
E-mail: communications@bhwp.org
www.bhwp.org
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve is managed by the Bowman's
Hill Wildflower Preserve Association Inc., in cooperation
with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
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