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<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #407f00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Virginia
Native Plant Society 2007 WORKSHOP and EXHIBIT<BR><BR>DISCOVERING VIRGINIA
<BR>1607-2007: Bushwackers, Botanists and Pioneers<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday, March 3,
2007<BR>9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.<BR>University of Richmond, Gottwald Center for
the Sciences <BR><BR>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, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State> 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 <st1:place w:st="on">Shenandoah
Valley</st1:place>. 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 <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>'s
history.<BR> <BR>As an added attraction, workshop participants
are invited to a special viewing of <BR><B>"Native Plants of <st1:State
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State>: Selections from the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Richmond Herbarium</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>"</B> 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.<BR><BR>This
VNPS Workshop will be held in the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Gottwald</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for the Sciences on the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Richmond</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> 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 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gottwald</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> parking lot. For online directions,
go to: www.richmond.edu/about/directions<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>VNPS thanks the Department
of Biology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Richmond</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for hosting this
event.<BR><BR><B>WORKSHOP PROGRAM</B><BR><BR>9:30 Registration
and coffee<BR><BR>10:00 Welcome and
introduction<BR> Sally Anderson, President, Virginia Native
Plant Society<BR> Dr. Stanwyn Shetler, Botanist emeritus,
Smithsonian Institution<BR><BR>10:15 Dr. John Hayden:
Exhibit Overview<BR><BR>10:30 Terry Yemm: "Early
Virginia Botanists"<BR> This presentation examines a number of
botanists from the 17th and 18th centuries who
made their mark in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>. John Clayton's work, in particular,
won acclaim from<BR> Jefferson and
Linnaeus.<BR><BR>11:30 Refreshment
Break<BR><BR>11:45 Dr. Donna Ware: "Laying the
Groundwork for a new Virginia Flora"<BR> This discussion
presents an overview of decades of botanical
exploration, largely during<BR> the past century, which have
provided the essentials for the production of a new
Flora.<BR><BR>12:45 Lunch and Gallery Visit to see "Native
Plants of Virginia: Selections from the <BR> University of
Richmond Herbarium"<BR><BR>2:15 Dr. Warren Hofstra:
<BR> "A Strange New Land: Settlement and Environment in the
Shenandoah Valley " <BR> This talk
examines the natural environment of the Shenandoah Valley during the 18th
<BR> Century and looks at the changes wrought by pioneers in
one of the most significant <BR> frontier areas in
America.<BR><BR>3:15 Closing remarks<BR><BR><B>THE
SPEAKERS:</B><BR><BR>Dr. John Hayden is the botany chair for the Virginia Native
Plant Society. A professor in the Biology Department at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Richmond</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, he is also the curator of the
University's herbarium. <BR><BR>Dr. Warren Hofstra is Stewart Bell
Professor of History at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shenandoah</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Winchester</st1:City></st1:place>, 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 <st1:place
w:st="on">Shenandoah Valley</st1:place> landscape."<BR><BR>Dr. Donna Ware is a
Research Associate Professor of Biology at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">William</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> 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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR><BR><B>REGISTRATION
FORM</B><BR><BR><BR>Name________________________________<BR><BR>Title_________________________________<BR><BR>Organization___________________________<BR><BR>Address_______________________________<BR><BR>City__________________________________<BR><BR>State/Zip
Code_________________________<BR><BR>Phone________________________________<BR><BR>E-Mail_______________________________<BR><BR>______Please
mail Directions.<BR><BR>Workshop fee $35<BR>Full time student fee
$5<BR>Registration is due by February 26th. <BR>Please make checks payable to
VNPS.<BR><BR>Mail registration form and payment to:
VNPS Workshop<BR>
400 Blandy Farm
Lane #2<BR>
Boyce, VA 22620
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