[PCA] DISCOVERING VIRGINIA 1607-2007: Bushwackers, Botanists and Pioneers March 3
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Virginia Native Plant Society 2007 WORKSHOP and EXHIBIT
DISCOVERING VIRGINIA
1607-2007: Bushwackers, Botanists and Pioneers
Saturday, March 3, 2007
9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
University of Richmond, Gottwald Center for the Sciences
Inspired by the quadricentennial of the Jamestown settlement, this workshop
looks back at 400 years of botanical exploration, cultivation and
colonization in our state. Considered by many to be the birthplace of botanical study in
the New World, Virginia has a long and fascinating history of pioneers and
explorers who have made significant contributions to science and to our
cultural heritage. In the 18th century, for example, pioneers who pushed through
the boundaries of the Blue Ridge Mountains created an entirely new cultural and
agrarian landscape in the Shenandoah Valley. On a broader scale, early
botanists like John Clayton laid the foundation for plant exploration that can be
traced from the publishing of Flora Virginica in 1743 up to present day
efforts to produce a new Flora of Virginia. Join us as we celebrate some of the
remarkable people who have contributed so much to our present day botanical
knowledge and to Virginia's history.
As an added attraction, workshop participants are invited to a special
viewing of
"Native Plants of Virginia: Selections from the University of Richmond
Herbarium" on exhibit in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. This
exhibit links line drawings by Lara Gastinger with herbarium specimens and
botanical photographs.
This VNPS Workshop will be held in the Gottwald Center for the Sciences on
the University of Richmond campus. If you need driving directions, check the
box on the registration form and they will be sent to you. Once you reach the
campus, there will be signs directing you to the Gottwald Center parking lot.
For online directions, go to: www.richmond.edu/about/directions
Please bring your own lunch. Students will be on spring break, campus
facilities will be closed and there will be nowhere to purchase lunch on campus.
VNPS thanks the Department of Biology, University of Richmond for hosting
this event.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
9:30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Welcome and introduction
Sally Anderson, President, Virginia Native Plant Society
Dr. Stanwyn Shetler, Botanist emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
10:15 Dr. John Hayden: Exhibit Overview
10:30 Terry Yemm: "Early Virginia Botanists"
This presentation examines a number of botanists from the 17th and 18th
centuries who made their mark in Virginia. John Clayton's work, in
particular, won acclaim from
Jefferson and Linnaeus.
11:30 Refreshment Break
11:45 Dr. Donna Ware: "Laying the Groundwork for a new Virginia Flora"
This discussion presents an overview of decades of botanical
exploration, largely during
the past century, which have provided the essentials for the production of a
new Flora.
12:45 Lunch and Gallery Visit to see "Native Plants of Virginia:
Selections from the
University of Richmond Herbarium"
2:15 Dr. Warren Hofstra:
"A Strange New Land: Settlement and Environment in the Shenandoah Valley "
This talk examines the natural environment of the Shenandoah Valley during
the 18th
Century and looks at the changes wrought by pioneers in one of the most
significant
frontier areas in America.
3:15 Closing remarks
THE SPEAKERS:
Dr. John Hayden is the botany chair for the Virginia Native Plant Society. A
professor in the Biology Department at the University of Richmond, he is also
the curator of the University's herbarium.
Dr. Warren Hofstra is Stewart Bell Professor of History at Shenandoah
University in Winchester, where he teaches in the fields of American social and
cultural history and directs the Community History Project of the university.
He has written or edited five books on various aspects of American regional
history, including The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in
the Shenandoah Valley, which has been described as "the definitive work on the
development of the Shenandoah Valley landscape."
Dr. Donna Ware is a Research Associate Professor of Biology at the College
of William and Mary. She was the college's Herbarium Curator from 1969 to
2000, and is now Curator Emeritus. A founding member of the John Clayton Chapter
of VNPS, she is Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Flora of Virginia
Project, past Chairman of the Virginia Academy of Science's Flora Committee,
and a member of the Virginia Botanical Associates, which has produced three
editions of the Atlas of the Virginia Flora. She was also the biological
consultant for With Paintbrush and Shovel: Preserving Virginia's Wildflowers, by
Nancy Kober.
Terry Yemm is a highly regarded professional gardener who has worked in this
field for more than thirty years. His academic studies in botany,
horticulture, history, and art history support his contributions as a garden historian
for "American Lives: History Brought to Life", an educational project which
serves both students and teachers nationwide. For over twenty years, he has
applied this background to his activities on behalf of the Interpretation and
Landscape Departments of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
REGISTRATION FORM
Name________________________________
Title_________________________________
Organization___________________________
Address_______________________________
City__________________________________
State/Zip Code_________________________
Phone________________________________
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______Please mail Directions.
Workshop fee $35
Full time student fee $5
Registration is due by February 26th.
Please make checks payable to VNPS.
Mail registration form and payment to: VNPS Workshop
400 Blandy Farm Lane #2
Boyce, VA 22620
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