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Gentiana crinita, fringed gentian. Photo by Lincoln Nutting. Flowering Plants of Western New York, Eckert Herbarium, Buffalo State College.
All General Meetings and Field trips are open to the public and free of charge.
General meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, September through November, January through May at the Harlem Road Community Center, 4225 Harlem Road,
General meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, September through November, January through May at the Harlem Road Community Center, 4225 Harlem Road,
one block south of Main Street in Snyder (except December and April meetings).
one block south of Main Street in Snyder (except December and April meetings).
Please, all field trip attendees, remember to let the trip leader know you are coming!! Mishaps have occasionally happened when plans were changed at the last minute. Guests are always welcome!
Please note: Meetings are listed first, then field trips and other events.
Due to Covid considerations we will be meeting in the auditorium where there is more space.
Past programs are listed in Events Past and on the calendar.
Meetings
GENERAL MEETINGS General meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, September through May.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
“Best Native Plants for Western New York”
“Best Native Plants for Western New York”
Our speaker Ken Parker is a NYS Certified Landscape Professional and a member of the Seneca Nation. He has spent much of his life growing, planting, and promoting the indigenous plants of N. A. He has given presentations locally, as well as to the Mohawks of St. Regis, N.Y.; the Seminoles of FLA., the Pueblo tribes of N.M.; and the Navajos of AZ.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
“Native American Land Use and Paleoecological Restoration.”
“Native American Land Use and Paleoecological Restoration.”
Speaker Niyat Berhe has been researching a Native American site in West Seneca. She is currently a graduate student in Sustainability Leadership at U.B. In 2022 She completed her undergraduate degree at U.B. in Environmental Studies and has completed internships at Tifft Nature Preserve, Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, and at the Buffalo Museum of Science in the botany section.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
“Botanical Outlaws: Thieves, Parasites, and Carnivores.”
“Botanical Outlaws: Thieves, Parasites, and Carnivores.”
Speaker will be Wayne Gall, current NFBS president. Wayne has previously been Curator of Entomology at the Buffalo Museum of Science and Regional Entomologist for NYS Dept. of Health. He is also an avid botanist and has been a leader at Allegany Pilgrimage for many years. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING IS THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
NO MEETING.
NO MEETING.
Field Trips – 2024
Field Trips – 2024
Please remember to let the trip leader know in advance that you are coming. Mishaps have occasionally happened when plans were changed at the last minute. Guests are always welcome. Field trip chairman is Joanne Schlegel, 716-835-6042.
Friday, September 12, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, September 12, 4:30 p.m.
North Tonawanda Botanical Garden
North Tonawanda Botanical Garden
1825 Sweeney Street (off Robinson Road, just west of Niagara Falls Blvd.) Located at edge of Tonawanda Creek, includes wetland area with native plantings. We are told to expect lots of goldenrods, asters, and grasses.
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