Monthly Archives: April 2024

City Nature Challenge begins Apr 26 (today) & runs to Mon Apr 29, 2024

Posted on April 26, 2024 by admin

Halifax is participating in the iNaturalist-based City Nature Challenge again, this year over the days Friday Apr 26 to Monday Apr 29 It’s pretty simple to contribute to Halifax’s effort to document our natural world and illustrate citizen’s love of … Continue reading →

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Trip to Smiley’s Provincial Park – Sat. Apr. 27

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Charlie will be leading a trip to Smiley’s Provincial Park. This is a focused walk to see a Nature Trust property with Hazelnut in bloom and leatherwood shrub in Smiley’s Park as well as the general destruction caused by last … Continue reading →

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NSWFS City Nature Challenge Hike – Long Lake Fri. Apr. 26 12:00pm

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Charles Cron will be leading a nature hike to support the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge on Friday April 26. It will be along a little used trail on Long Lake Provincial Park.   Meet 12:00 Noon; Dunbrack street. Part of … Continue reading →

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Additional Hikes for City Nature Challenge Apr 27

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Saturday, 27 April, 2024, 9:00AM:  Halifax Field Naturalists City Nature Challenge Walk (CNC) (iNaturalist) Dr. Sean Haughian, Curator of Botany and interdisciplinary ecologist at the Nova Scotia Museum, has graciously offered to lead a HFN CNC walk on Saturday, April, … Continue reading →

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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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Acadia University’s 2024 Native Plants Sale – June 1

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

One of the best sources of ethically grown native plants is the Native Plant Sale at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens at Acadia University in Wolfville. This year it is on Saturday June 1  between 9:00AM and 12:00PM – and … Continue reading →

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