Category Archives: Featured Talks

Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Annual General Meeting – Apr. 22 at the Museum

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Beaked Hazel Corylus cornuta and Eastern Leatherwood Dirca palustris – Photos Bob Kennedy Our 2024 AGM will take place at the Museum of Natural History at 1747 Summer Street on Apr 22 at 7:30pm. It will also be simultaneously streamed … Continue reading →

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Member’s Zoom Meeting March 25 7:00pm – Rebecca Parker Gets Us Up to Date with The Young Naturalists Club

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Rebecca (Becky) Parker is Executive Director at Nature Nova Scotia and helps run the Nova Scotia Young Naturalist’s Club. She will talk to us about their activities including the multi day expedition to SW NS in 2021 with the YNC’s … Continue reading →

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Member’s Meeting Feb 26, 7:30pm – Mike Lancaster shows us the new Island Lake Wilderness Area

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

The next members meeting will be on Monday Feb. 26 at 7:30 pm, both in person at the Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St. and by Zoom. If you are a member, you will be recieving a link to … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Members’ Photo Night Monday Jan 22, 2024

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

Our next member’s meeting will be on January 22 in the new year. As has been our tradition for many years, you are invited to share up to 20 of your favourite wild flora photos. Do you have a photo … Continue reading →

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Member’s Meeting Nov 27, 7:30pm – Nina Newington and the Save Our Old Forests campaign

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

The next member’s meeting will be at the Museum of Natural History, downstairs auditorium and via Zoom on Monday Nov 27, 7:30pm. Nina Newington and other citizen scientists are playing a key role in the effort to protect the proposed … Continue reading →

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Mon Oct 23 Member’s Meeting via Zoom: Fires, Conservation and Fire Management in the Halifax Backlands

Posted on October 7, 2023 by admin

Online presentation by David Patriquin to the NS Wild Flora Society, 7:30 p.m. Monday Oct 23, 2023. All welcome. The “Backlands”, located only a few kilometers from from peninsular Halifax, NS, are a Thompsonesque urban wilderness of approximately 1350 hectares … Continue reading →

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Sep 25 Member’s Meeting – The Laugavegur Trail of Iceland: A botanical journey

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

At 7:30pm on Monday Sep 25, we will have our first member’s meeting of the fall season at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History’s downstairs auditorium. Entry is via the downstairs south door by the parking lot. There will … Continue reading →

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May 22 Outdoor LIVE Member’s Meeting – Herring Cove, 5:30pm

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

We will have our first in-person meeting of the year on Victoria Day, May 22 at 5:30pm. We will meet in the parking lot near the Naval Firefighting School (Fleet School) at 31 Fire Rd near Herring Cove. Once everyone … Continue reading →

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Mar 27 Online Member’s Meeting – The Logic of Black Ash

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

Our next member’s meeting is on Monday March 27, 7:00pm via Zoom. If you are an NSWFS member, you should receive an email towards the end of the prior week with a Zoom link to the meeting. If you do … Continue reading →

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Feb 27 Online Member’s Meeting – Botanical Tales and Climate Change in Nova Scotia

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

Our next member’s meeting will be via Zoom at 7:00pm on Feb 27. Invitations will be emailed to members closer to the date. David Garbary is a Professor of Biology at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. He will be giving … Continue reading →

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