Fall Meetings Starting for the Muhlenberg Botanical Club and Newsletter Announcement

September 19: 7pm at the North Museum

 Members' Night Photos and Plant Exchange.

Bring a show and tell item, old copies of nature magazines, slides, or a digital show to share. A laptop and
digital projector setup will be available. Anyone with film slides to share should let John Wolff know so he can bring a traditional projector.

For the plant exchange, please bring well-potted plants other members might like to adopt. Although our focus is on native plants, others are fine, too. Members who don't have plants to share are welcome—actually encouraged—to take plants home.

We must continue to KEEP THE MEETING ROOM CLEAN, SO PLEASE BRING PLANTS IN FAIRLY CLEAN POTS AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO INSECTS ON THEM.  If you spill dirt/plants, etc., YOU are responsible for cleaning up the mess. We need to leave the Kinsey room as
clean or cleaner than we found it so we can continue these exchanges.
Swamp Thistle - Cirsium muticum - Photo by Mike Slater
The September Newsletter is on line now at this link.

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