Botanical Programs at the Yale Peabody Museum

The Yale Peabody Museum, Yale’s Marsh Botanic Gardens, the New England Wild Flower Society and the White Memorial Conservation Center have entered into a unique partnership for shared programming.

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Programs are led by expert botanists and gifted educators. Look for upcoming field trips to outstanding local sites, as well as courses at the Museum. Yale Peabody Museum members are assured 7 slots in each program. CEUs available for teachers.

The New England Wild Flower Society, one of the oldest conservation organizations in the country, promotes the conservation of temperate North American plants through education, research, habitat preservation and advocacy.

Environmental Education Committee

The Yale Peabody Museum’s Environmental Education Committee (EEC) is a branch of the Peabody Museum Associates Council. The EEC is a group of volunteers and staff dedicated to enhancing the Museum’s mission by assisting Museum staff in communicating information to the public on our region’s current environmental issues, including threats to its biodiversity. Finally, the EEC promotes steps toward ecologically sustainable practices.

Courses and Field Trips

Choose a title below for a description. Registration and fee required for most courses and field trips. To register contact 203.432.3775 or peabody.adultprograms@yale.edu.

Courses take place at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut, unless otherwise noted.

Scheduled for 2008–2009

West Rock Flora Field Trip
Saturday, September 6, 2008 • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
At West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven, Connecticut
With Arthur Haines, author of The Flora of New England
Fee: $40 members, $45 nonmembers

Gardening for Life: Native Plantings to Encourage Biodiversity
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 • 7:00 pm
A talk by Doug Tallamy
Free admission

Identification and Control of Invasive Plants
Saturday, October 4, 2008 • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
With Bryan Connolly, Massachusetts State Botanist
Fee: $55 members, $65 nonmembers

Winter Twig Identification
Saturday, January 24, 2009 • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
With Bryan Connolly, Massachusetts State Botanist
Fee: $55 members, $65 nonmembers

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Past Programs

100 Native Plants for Your Home Landscape
Aster Identification Workshop
Boston Hollow Field Trip
The Ecological Home Landscape:
Making Your Property More Healthy and Livable
Enhancing Wildlife Habitat with Native Plants
Framework Trees of New England
Goldenrod Identification Workshop
Horse Island Field Trip
Horticultural Techniques
Native New England Shrubs
Planning Your Paradise:
How to Envision and Troubleshoot Your Garden
Pruning Fundamentals
Spring Wildflower Eco-tour
Wildflowers of New England
Winter Twig Identification
Why Study Native Plants?

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Jim Sirch
Education Coordinator
Office of Public Education
203.432.6919
Fax 203.432.9816
peabody.adultprograms@yale.edu


Photograph of Sanguinaria canadensis courtesy of New England Wild Flower Society/J. Lynch. Used with permission.

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