What's New
Committee Volunteers Sought
NEBC is seeking additional volunteers for the following committees for 2018-2019. Please see Committee Descriptions for more details and contact info.
- Elizabeth Jean Farnsworth Recognition Committee
- Fernald Award Committee
- Field Trip Committee
- Investments & Finance Committee
- Refreshment Committee
- Website and Social Media Committee
APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED FOR MANAGING EDITOR OF RHODORA
EAGLE HILL INSTITUTE DISCOUNTS: Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, ME, is offering NEBC members a 20% discount for the 2018 Workshops and Seminars. Also, NEBC will give a stipend of $150 towards costs for the first ten NEBC members who register for a summer botany course. Contact John Burns at nebc@rhodora.org for details. Eagle Hill calendar.
Elizabeth Jean Farnsworth
(8 December 1962 – 27 October 2017)
Three Editors-In-Chief of Rhodora
Janet Sullivan, Elizabeth Farnsworth,
and
Nishi Rajakaruna
The New England Botanical Club mourns the sudden loss of Elizabeth Farnsworth, a former Editor-In-Chief of Rhodora and the organizer of NEBC's 120th Anniversary Research Conference in 2015.
A celebration of Elizabeth's life was held Saturday, December 9, 2017. "Celebration of Life" video is here. Memorial Program
Google Drive with Memorial Music, photographs, and Elizabeth's art and singing.
Elizabeth Farnsworth with
120th Anniversary cake
To learn more about Elizabeth and her amazing life:
Obituary in Boston Globe 5 Nov 2017.
News Obituary in Boston Globe 9 January 2018.
New England Wild Flower Society tribute with four pictures
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - "Remembering Elizabeth Farnsworth" and links to all 29 Earth Matters columns written by Elizabeth 2009-2017
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Earth Matters – "In memoriam, Elizabeth Farnsworth, writer, illustrator, scientist, naturalist"
Schedule for Nonvascular Herbarium Work Sessions: January-June 2018
We welcome volunteers to help us with curatorial work in the nonvascular herbarium of the NEBC. Listed below are the scheduled work sessions. If you would like to join us or have questions, please email Elizabeth Kneiper (Ekneiper@aol.com) or call 781-801-2734. We look forward to hearing from you! Weather and various other circumstances can force the sessions to be canceled or rescheduled, but volunteers will be notified.
Type of work: Curatorial - replacing old packets, data basing, and inserting collections. A great chance to work with historic collections of New England lichens, bryophytes, algae, and fungi.
Location: Farlow Herbarium, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Dates:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, May 5, 2018 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, June 9 or 16, 2018 - TBD
- Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
