Category Archives: walks

Hike to See the Barrens Vegetation of West Head June 28

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

Jeremy Lundholm will be leading a nature hike to West Head on Saturday June 28. Nature Conservancy of Canada secured West Head for conservation in 2024. A headland just south of Lockeport, it is a coastal barrens and birding hotspot. … Continue reading →

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Outdoor Member’s Meeting Monday May 26, 6:00pm – Kidston Lake

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

The next member’s meeting will include a hike at Kidston lake, near Spryfield. Please meet at 6:00pm so we get the maximum amount of daylight. The difficulty level should be easy. From Herring Cove Road – take the Old Sambro … Continue reading →

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Trips to Yarmouth to see blooming Lyonia ligustrina – July 18-19 and Coreopsis rosea moved to Aug 15-17

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

Lyonia ligustrina is commonly known as Maleberry or, on iNaturalist as He-Huckleberry. It is related to blueberries and huckleberries, but is extremely rare in Canada. In fact there is only one know site which is about 40 minutes outside Yarmouth. … Continue reading →

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Hike to see Western Skunk Cabbage, Friday May 9

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Bob Kennedy

These are some pictures taken on the hike by Steven McGrath : Near Uisge Bàn Falls Provincial Park there is a large colony (over 400 plants) of Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus). No one knows how it got there, though … Continue reading →

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Revised Field trip to Blanche Penninsula Sat Sept 14, weather day Sunday Sep 15

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Note the directions below have been updated. The NSWFS is planning a field trip to the Blanche Peninsula ( Cape Negro island included). This is a potential new purchase for Nature Trust NS. A Burrowing owl has been reported in … Continue reading →

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Nature Trust Hike, Acaciaville June 17

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Nature Trust is conducting a hike on Sat. June 17 at their new Acaciaville properties: 2 field trips one at 10:00 hrs and a second at 14:00hrs. Registration required. About 2.5 hrs from Halifax. Upcoming Events

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Member’s Meeting Outdoors Point Pleasant May 27, 6:30pm

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

The next and final meeting (until next fall) for the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society will be outdoors, rain or shine, at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax on Monday May 27 at 6:30pm. Please meet us at the Prince of … Continue reading →

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Field trip to see Ram’s Heads May 20

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Charles Cron will be leading a field trip to see a colony of Ram’s Head Lady’s Slippers near Windsor on Monday May 20 at 10:00AM. Exit the 101 at Highway 14 to head east towards Brooklyn. Just after exiting the … 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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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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