Category Archives: Featured Talks

Members Meeting in Two Parts Mon. Nov. 24 & Mon. Dec. 1: Iconic Flora of Australia – Sheila Pugsley

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

Explore some of Australia’s most iconic plant families, whose species grow in fertile, biodiverse rainforest, the arid outback and along the dry, sandy seacoast. Discover modern day trees whose ancestors lived in the Dinosaur Age (Araucariaceae). Discover why 80-85% of … Continue reading →

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“ReWild: The Art & Science” Nov 1-22, 2025 in Annapolis Royal

Posted on October 30, 2025 by admin

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, Nova Scotia (October 14, 2025) – ARTSPLACE Gallery presents “ReWild: The Art & Science” , a multidisciplinary exhibition by naturalist and artist Bev Wigney. This project chronicles a fifteen-year journey of ecological restoration and creative observation on a … Continue reading →

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Member’s Zoom Meeting, Monday Oct 27, 7:30pm: Mi’kma’ki; A Living Map – Mary Macaulay

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

There will be a member’s meeting, by Zoom only, on Monday Oct. 27 at 7:30pm. Invitations including the Zoom link will be emailed to registered members beforehand. Mary Macaulay is a longstanding member and researcher who will present a continuation … Continue reading →

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Member’s Meeting Monday Sep 22, Museum of Natural History – Heritage Apples of Nova Scotia

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

The next Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society member’s meeting will be at The Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer St. Halifax, and by Zoom, at 7:30 pm. What started as an anecdote about an old apple became a years-long research … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Annual General Meeting – Monday, Apr. 28 at the Museum

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

  Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis and Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower Epigaea repens Our 2025 AGM will take place at the Museum of Natural History at 1747 Summer Street on Monday Apr 28 at 7:30pm. It will also be simultaneously streamed on Zoom. … Continue reading →

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Member’s Zoom Meeting Monday March 24, 7:30pm: Jeremy Lundholm – Nova Scotia Barrens Vegetation: Classification, Dynamics and Comparisons with Other Regions.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

Pictures Jeremy Lundholm. Close up is of Kalmia procumbens Jeremy will go through the recent updates to the barrens classification that was published in 2020 and discuss some of the new types that are now recognized. Then he will talk … Continue reading →

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Program for Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Members’ Photo Night Monday Jan 27, 2025

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

Our next member’s meeting will be on January 27 and will offer a variety of our members favourite photos. The schedule is as follows: Presenter Title Description David McCorquodale Ferns of Cape Breton Suzanne Gautier April Gardens in London, UK … Continue reading →

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NSWFS Live & Zoom Meeting: Mon Nov 25, 7:30 – Research on using Marsh Elder (Iva Fructans) to help protect our coastlines

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

The next Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society meeting is Monday Nov. 25, 7:30pm in the downstairs auditorium of the Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer St, Halifax. It will also be broadcast via Zoom. Allison MacNeil is a Masters student … Continue reading →

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Monday Oct 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm: The Natural and Not-so-Natural History of Sandy Lake (Bedford, NS)

Posted on October 20, 2024 by admin

Each one of the 1000 or so lakes in HRM is physically unique but they share common threats to their ongoing integrity associated with climate change and urbanization. In this presentation, NSWFS member David Patriquin will take us on a … Continue reading →

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NSWFS Zoom Meeting: Mon Sep 23, 2024 Restoring Land Through Nature-Based Strategies

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

The Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society invites you to our next members’ meeting, online on Monday Sept 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm.This is a zoom only meeting. If you are an current NSWFS member, or guest, you will receive a … Continue reading →

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