An Evening with the Plant Hunter & Emory Herbarium
14th August 2024, Wednesday 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Place: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA 30075
Come join the Emory Herbarium at the Chattahoochee Nature Center to make your own herbarium specimen, extract leaf pigments, and participate in lots of interactive games with kids.
Ever taken an aspirin? Thank a willow tree for that. Have a loved one who has fought cancer? Many of our most important cancer medicines originated in the yew tree, mayapple, and Madagascar periwinkle. Plants are the basis for a vast array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all now take for granted. Ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra L. Quave shows us how important studying plants is while sharing her own incredible journey as told in her memoir The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines. She’ll be joined by the team from the Emory University Herbarium, which this year is celebrating 75 years of botanical research and education! We’ll have plant specimens on display and copies of The Plant Hunter available for sale and signings.
Additional Information:
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Doors open at 6:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served and the Author will be present to mingle with attendees.
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Getting Here: Bike racks are located on the side of the building (near the silo in the Picnic Patio). We are approximately 1 mile from the Oakland City and West End MARTA train stations (Red and Gold Lines). Limited number of parking spaces are available at our location, in addition to limited street parking.
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Registration Required. This event is free. Register to receive updates or reminders for this event. Please consider adding a donation when registering for a free ticket.
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Safety and Cancellation Policy: Learn more about our current Safety Protocols for In-Person Education Events.
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Questions: If you have any questions or comments regarding this event, please email education [at] treesatlanta [dot] org
Family fun day at Chattahoochee Nature Center
12th March 2024, Tuesday, 5:30PM – 8:45PM
The Plant Hunter ASF event at the Carter Center
12th March 2024, Tuesday, 5:30PM – 8:45PM
Place: The Carter Center (453 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30307)
Join leading medical ethnobotanist and explorer, Dr. Cassandra Quave, as she shares the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. Blend your own tea and create a DIY herbarium keepsake to take home!
Master garden workshop for Dekalb School teachers
22nd March 2024, Friday, 10:00AM- 12:00PM
Place: Oak Grove Elementary School1857 Oak Grove Rd, Atlanta, GA 30345
Come join the Emory Herbarium at Fernbank Museum and learn all about the collection, mounting, and preservation of herbarium specimens. More information contact Emory herbarium
Herbarium booth at the Atlanta Science Festival Expo
23rd March 2024, Saturday, 10:00AM-4:00PM
Place: Piedmont Park, 10th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309
Come join the Emory Herbarium at the Atlanta Science Festival to make your own miniature herbarium specimen and participate in lots of interactive games with kids. More info
A Lichen Adventure with Sean Beeching at Arabia Mountain National Heritage
30th March 2024, aturday, 10:00AM-12:00PM
A Lichen Adventure with Sean Beeching at Arabia Mountain National Heritage
Arabia Mountain National Heritage is home to dozens of rare and vibrant species, including some plant species found almost nowhere else on earth. Lichens are pioneers in the ecosystem that thrive in very harsh environmental conditions. The granite outcrop is a perfect place to observe nature’s succession into a forest. Come and join us to see the diversity of lichens with Sean Beeching, Emory’s very own Lichenologist, who contributed to the Georgia Lichen checklist. Register
Spring flower Pilgrimage with Robby Astrov at Arabia Mountain National Heritage
13th, April 2024, Saturday, 10:00AM-12:00PM
Arabia Mountain National Heritage is home for dozens of rare and vibrant species including some plant species found almost nowhere else on earth. Join Emory Herbarium spring flower pilgrimage to see wild spring flowers including rare plants like Diamorpha smallii, that appear once each year. Register
Mushroom walk with Sam Landens at Lullwater Park
20th, April 2024, Saturday, 10:00AM-12:00PM
Join with Sam Landes (Georgia Mushroom club) at the Lullwater nature preserve for a morning of fungi foraging as we explore the diversity of fungi and collect edible fungi on 154 acres of hidden treasure of land. Register
