Re: Art from Alien Weeds--P CLARK IS EXC SPEAKER

[Laura Mol]

I've heard Patterson Clark twice making this (or similar) presentation.  His work is fascinating and his presentation is entertaining and illuminating.  Congrats to Montgomery County naturalists for scoring a terrific program.

PS.  New teachers are appearing in the Field Studies program, did you notice?   Myself, I was happy to Cathy Strager's name and Carl Taylor's in summer session and am thinking of taking Ferns with the latter.  Others interested in this? 

Laura Mol  | phone (301) 681-9686 
Sligo Creek, Anacostia & Potomac River watersheds
1013 Robin Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Brady Hartley <bradyh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Field Studies Students,

Meadowside Nature Center hosts a "Nature Matters" evening lecture series, and the talk next week looks especially interesting. I have seen an art exhibit of Patterson Clark's invasive work, and it's amazing what he can do with garlic mustard!

Brady 

Wednesday, March 12

Patterson Clark: The Invasive Plant Harvest - art from alien weeds

 

6:45 – 8:00pm

Meadowside Nature Center
5100 Meadowside Lane
Rockville, MD 20855

www.meadowsidenature.org

 

Restoring native plant communities often begins with the removal of exotic invasive vegetation, which yields an abundance of material that can be processed into paper, pigments, cordage, lumber, fuel, food, chemicals and medicines. Patterson Clark, well-known for writing and illustrating the Washington Post’s natural history column Urban Jungle, describes how he taps this bounty and reassembles it into art that refers to its botanical origins.

Ages 14 and up; FREE. Check-in and refreshments are at 6:45. The lecture starts at 7:00pm. We ask that participants register at ParkPASS.org or by calling 301-258-4034.

 

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