[PCA] Worldwide Interest in NYC Wildflowers

Marielle Anzelone beachplum at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 08:23:31 CDT 2009


The 2nd annual NYC Wildflower Week drew interest from around the world!
Since February 2009, the website has had over 9,500 visitors from every
continent and 46 U.S. states.

May 2-9, 2009 celebrated the hundreds of native flowers, trees, shrubs and
grasses in the Big Apple, giving New Yorkers numerous ways to connect with
and be inspired by their local environment.

A grassroots environmental event, NYCWW featured lectures by keynote
speakers, plant walks, educational salons, gardening giveaways, contests,
children’s hands-on activities, and tasting opportunities.  Over 40 partner
organizations provided programming throughout the five boroughs. Except for
the restaurants, all events were free and open to the public, thanks to the
generosity of Con Edison, support of Hudson River Foundation’s NYC
Environmental Fund, and time and talents of our partners and volunteers:
http://nycwildflowerweek.org/sponsors.htm

*Hosted by the Torrey Botanical Society, NYC Wildflower Week is dedicated to
creating a cultural framework to engage and connect people to their local
environments and aims to inspire and empower New Yorkers to create a
landscape that is sustainable, beautiful and ecologically sound. It is a
celebration of National Wildflower Week, an initiative begun by Lady Bird
Johnson.*

*What’s New*

   - Press included: The Daily Green, The New York Times, Elle and Brian
   Lehrer CUNY-TV:  http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm
   - Photos:   http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm
   - Virtual botanical walk of spring wildflowers in Corson’s Brook Woods:
   http://nycwildflowerweek.org/walks.htm
   - Video - “Creating Sustainable Landscapes: Policy Initiatives, Research
   Goals, and Design Strategies”:
   http://nycwildflowerweek.org/lectures.htm


*What You Can Do*

   - Visit wildflowers – next TBS field trip - 25 July at Liberty State
   Park, NJ:   http://www.torreybotanical.org/fieldtrips.html
   - Become our fan on Facebook:   http://tinyurl.com/l97g4x
   - Join our mailing list:   http://nycwildflowerweek.org
   - Learn more about local nature:
   http://nycwildflowerweek.org/resources.htm
   - Join Torrey Botanical Society:   http://torrey.allenmm.com


Botanically yours,

Marielle
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Marielle Anzelone
Botanist & Native Plant Landscape Designer
Drosera
T  646.244.9397
E  marielle at drosera-x.com
W  http://www.drosera-x.com

Founder
2nd Annual NYC Wildflower Week
May 2-9, 2009
http://www.nycwildflowerweek.org
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