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BEN # 214 - BOTANY BC + BotWA MEETING 1999
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No. 214 February 13, 1999
aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Victoria, B.C.
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Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2
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JOINT MEETING BOTANY BC + BOTANY WA - APRIL 29 TO MAY 2, 1999
From: Andy MacKinnon <andy.mackinnon@gems1.gov.bc.ca>
This year's BOTANY BC takes place from Thursday, April 29 to
Sunday, May 2 in the southern Gulf Islands. This year for the
first time we are hosting a joint session with our southern
neighbor, BOTANY WASHINGTON (BotWA). Gulf Islands and the ad-
jacent San Juan Islands are part of the same archipelago, and
are botanically and historically related in fascinating ways.
Our dates are early this year to catch some of the islands'
early blooming coastal species. We have booked the entire Cedar
Beach Resort on St. Mary Lake on Salt Spring Island. This
beautiful lakefront resort comes complete with beach house,
fireplaces, sauna and boats! Children are welcome!
Join us as we explore the Gulf Islands' rich spring flora with a
group of expert botanists by day (including a boat trip through
the Gulf Islands to Saturna Island), followed by BOTANY BC's
always entertaining and interesting talks, workshops, music and
general debauchery by night.
Our speakers include:
* Dr. Art Kruckeberg, Professor Emeritus, University of
Washington, plant ecologist and geobotanist, author of
numerous botanical publications including Gardening with
Native Plants
* Dr. Linda Ann Vorobik - botanist and botanical illustrator;
illustrator for the new Jepson's Manual of California Flora
* Dr. Fred Ganders, Professor of Botany and Curator of the UBC
Herbarium,. Has worked on flower and pollination biology and
genetics of B.C's. native plants, co-authored Wildflower
Genetics
* Harvey Janszen, Saturna island resident and botanist, has done
extensive research on Gulf Islands flora
* Dr. Adolf Ceska, Community Ecologist, Conservation Data
Centre, BC Ministry of Environment
* Jenifer Penny, Conservation Data Centre, Botany Section
Agenda
Thursday, April 29 6:30-9:00 BYOB and Cheese Social. (Soft goat
cheeses, blue cheese, camembert and more will be supplied by
Salt Spring's renowned Weston Lake Farms).
* Welcoming Remarks
* Briony Penn, Introduction to Salt Spring Island
* Harvey Janszen, Salt Spring Flora
* Jenifer Penny, Rare Plants of the Gulf Islands
Friday, April 20
* 8:00 Breakfast at Cedar Beach
* 9:00-5:00 Field Trip on Salt Spring, bagged lunch
* 6:00 Dinner at Cedar Beach
* 7:00 Dr. Fred Ganders, UBC, Ecological Genetics
of Plants in the Gulf Islands
* 7:30 Dr. Linda Vorobik Sketching without Fear:
Recording of Visual Data
* 8:30 Harvey Janszen, Flora of the Gulf Islands
Saturday, May 1
* 8:00 Breakfast at Cedar Beach
* 9:00-5:00 Boat Trip to Saturna Island, bagged lunch
* 6:00 Dinner at Cedar Beach
* 7:00 Dr. Adolf Ceska, Island Geography: Local Names
and Forgotten Heroes of the Pig War
* 7:30 Dr. Art Kruckeberg, Edaphic Islands
Sunday, May 2
* 8:00 Breakfast at Cedar Beach
* Last Words and Checkout
* Field Trip to Vancouver island via Vesuvius Bay Ferry
from Salt Spring Island to Crofton on Vancouver Island
to visit Mt. Tzuhalem
Registration fee
The registration fee for this year's Botany BC is $45, and
covers the cost of guest speakers, local cheeses for
Thursday's Social, and a boat trip to Saturna Island on
Saturday.
Accommodations
Cedar Beach offers the following accommodation options:
Nine 1-bedroom cabins, sleep up to 4 (queen-sized bed in
bedroom plus 2 twins and a sofabed in main room). $100/night
for the cabin, or $25/night/person.
Eight 2-bedroom cabins, sleep up to 7 (queen-sized bed, plus
a 2nd bedroom with bunkbeds and a hideabed). $120/night for
the cabin, or $15/night/person.
Camping is available for $10 per night, which includes access
to all resort facilities.
What to bring
Don't forget to bring clothing to keep you warm and dry, a
swimsuit (for beautiful St. Mary Lake), musical instruments
for evening singalongs, between-meal beverages, etc.
Meals
Meals will be provided at Cedar Beach Resort by INTERLUDE
(Interesting Edibles Rendered Lovingly Under Demented
Environments), a Salt Spring Island catering company with a
reputation for preparing beautiful meals using good quality,
local and where possible organic ingredients. "Everything is
served with a sense of humour", they promise.
Breakfasts are buffet-style: granola, yogurt, fresh-baked
breakfasty things, great condiments (local honey, blackberry
jam, etc.), breakfast souffle (an egg concoction), coffee,
tea, juice.
Lunches are bagged: sandwiches and/or wraps (tortillas),
fruit, baked goodies, some kind of drink.
Dinners are: (Friday), something along the lines of lasagna,
fresh bread, mixed locally-grown organic green salad, coffee,
teas, great dessert; (Saturday), cashew carrot loaf, chicken
phyllo, green bean caesar salad, coffee, teas, wonderful
dessert.
For more information about Botany B.C./Botany Washington 1999,
please contact:
Andy MacKinnon
(250-) 387-6536
andy.mackinnon@gems1.gov.bc.ca
Jan Kirkby
(250-) 387-0732
jkirkby@FWHDEPT.ENV.GOV.BC.CA
ALL PRICES ARE IN CANADIAN $$$ !
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BOTANY BC REGISTRATION FORM
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Please indicate below which accommodations you prefer:
_ I want to book a 1-bedroom cabin ($100/night) for ___ night(s)
_ I want to book a 2-bedroom cabin ($120/night) for ___ night(s)
_ I want to book a bed in a 1-bedroom cabin ($25/night)
for ___ night(s)
(organizers will ensure that cabins are all-male or all-female).
Preferred cabin-mate(s): ____________________
__ I want to book a bed in a 2-bedroom cabin ($15/night)
for __ night(s)
(organizers will ensure that cabins are all-male or all-female).
Preferred cabin-mate(s): ____________________
__ I want to camp ($10/night) for ___ night(s)
ACCOMMODATION FEE ENCLOSED: $ _____
MEALS: Please check the meals you want:
ALL MEALS ___ $78.00
or
Breakfast April 30 ___ $9.50
Bag Lunch April 30 ___ $7.50
Dinner April 30 ___ $18.00
Breakfast May 1 ___ $9.50
Bag Lunch May 1 ___ $7.50
Dinner May 1 ___ $18.00
Breakfast May 2 ___ $8.00
MEAL FEE ENCLOSED $________
REGISTRATION FEE ENCLOSED $ 45.00
TOTAL FEES ENCLOSED $_______
Please make checks payable to BOTANY BC and
mail with registration form to :
Botany B.C. 1999, c/o Elizabeth Easton
B.C. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch
3rd Floor, 712 Yates Street,
Victoria, B.C. V8L 1W4 CANADA
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