Friday, April 03, 2009

2009 Ohio Botanical Symposium

Today was the Ohio Botanical Symposium, a yearly event put on by ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, along with several partner organizations. Today's event held in north Columbus had over 400 people in the attendance. A slate of excellent speakers gave talks ranging from the best botanical finds in the state, to fungi, fern allies, and even bees. I got to meet several people that read the blog, and thanks for all of your kind comments. These are the types of things that keep me going here. I'm all geared up for a great field season, and yesterday, Megan and I introduced Weston to our yearly early spring wildflower hike at Highbanks Metropark. Although today was dreary, and tomorrow won't be much better, yesterday was one of those idyllic spring days where we hit the bloodroot just right, in full bloom. I'm working on those pictures from our hike and will have those here soon.

The symposium is over, we can now officially launch the botanical season. Go out and botanize!

Tom

6 comments:

  1. I'm glad your symposium went well. What a great turn out you had! I know you're looking forward to a great field season. Enjoy!
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  2. Look forward to the wildflower photos. Isn't it great having a new little person to teach the love of wildlife too? Weston will be really loving it all as he grows.

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  3. Tom: Neat show, I bet you have some great Spring flower photos.

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  4. That's way cool. I wish they had stuff like that around here.

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  5. Thanks Everyone.

    Mary- yes, it is fun. Like Lana said a few days ago, just getting him out into the woods allows him to start taking in the smells and sounds, hopefully, he'll like nature too.

    Tom- Thanks, today was such a great day it was hard to get any blogging in!

    Lana- The symposium is awesome. There were vendors there too, displaying original artwork, native plants, and other nature programs. We have quite a few cool workshops and conferences that are dedicated to natural history here in Ohio.

    Tom

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  6. That was the first Ohio Botanical Symposium I had gone to and it was very good. I learned a lot and hope to attend more in the future. Thanks to all who contributed to it.

    Tom, your blog is great. I enjoy seeing all your photos.

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