Herbaria

Despite my disgust at the way the New York Times is leading the charge to dismiss President Biden, I haven't dropped my subscription.  That's because sometimes they do right.  This time it's a guest opinion piece on the value of herbaria.  

At the Botanic Garden, we host a handful of herbarium workshops every summer to high school students involved in Camp BioPark.  Typically, a workshop runs 2-3 hours and has a small group of interested students learn about pressing plants, mounting specimens, and labeling the collection.  

As the number of specimens in our collection grows, we are way behind in digitization.  We had lined up Jerry Goffe's studio for use in doing a mass digitization day, but unfortunately he passed away unexpectedly before we could begin the work.  

Also, it's time we held another herbarium workshop for the other docents.  With my upcoming travel in September, that will likely have to wait until October.

Sheila Conneen and herbarium students