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Allen Native Ventures is an organization offering books, seeds, ecological & botanical services, and more dealing with natural and native topics. NewsWoody Plant Walk and Identification Workshop. This is your chance to walk around with the author of Trees, shrubs, and Woody Vines of Louisiana (Dr. Charles M. Allen) and see and learn woody plants firsthand. Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac will be seen plus many other trees, shrubs, and woody vines. Tables full of labeled plants will also be spread out for you to look at, photograph, learn the best recognizing features, crush and smell, test your id skills, etc. There will also be plant samples that you may take with you. You will be exposed to more than 100 species of woody plants. All are welcome including children. Pre-registration requested. Allen Acres Bed & Breakfast now open! Do you or your group or club want to learn more about plants, how to identify them, or which ones you can eat? Check out Dr. Allen's Plant Identification Classes and Workshops. Get up to speed with hands-on field-oriented workshops and field trips. Check out the Seeds section where you can now buy seeds. Many more varieties are now available! EventsJune 20, 2009 Edible Plant Talk/Tour/Teas at Allen Acres, Saturday June 20 at 8 am. This is your chance to walk around with the author of "Edible Plants of the Gulf South" (Dr. Charles M. Allen) and see and learn edible plants firsthand. Tables full of plants will also be spread out for you to look at, learn about, taste test, etc. There will also be tea tasting with at least 10 different homemade wild collected plant teas for you to sip including blackberry tip, New Jersey, red clover, and yaupon. Pre-registration requested. >> MORE INFO June 23-26, 2009 Native Plant Identification workshop. The Louisiana State University Herbarium is offering a native, vascular plant identification workshop on June 23-26, 2009. It will consist of an intensive, hands-on approach with two days of classroom work and two days of field study. Deadline for registration is June 15. >> details (PDF) August 1, 2009 Woody Plant Walk and Identification Workshop. This is your chance to walk around with the author of Trees, shrubs, and Woody Vines of Louisiana (Dr. Charles M. Allen) and see and learn woody plants firsthand. Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac will be seen plus many other trees, shrubs, and woody vines. Tables full of labeled plants will also be spread out for you to look at, photograph, learn the best recognizing features, crush and smell, test your id skills, etc. There will also be plant samples that you may take with you. You will be exposed to more than 100 species of woody plants. All are welcome including children. Pre-registration requested. >> MORE INFO August 13-16, 2009 Lily Orchid Days. Fort Polk, Louisiana area >> details (MS Word) August 22, 2009 Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society Meeting, Eunice September 12, 2009 Haynesville Butterfly Festival |
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