Fraser South Rhododendron Society
Our Monthly Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month (except June, July and August). Please note that our meeting place is now Langley Mennonite Fellowship Church hall, 20997 40th Avenue, Langley. Doors open shortly after 7:00 pm and meetings start at 7:30 pm. Guests are most welcome to attend.
Meetings this year will be a combination of in-person meetings and zoom meetings.
This Month
Date: Wednesday, October 16th at 7:30 p.m. (in person meeting)
Title: The Fascinating Tundra Plants of Pink Mountain B.C. by Ron Long
The Fascinating Tundra Plants of Pink Mountain
Tundra is arguably the harshest habitat on earth and yet the plant community thrives. The adaptations that have evolved to allow their survival make tundra plants some of the most interesting in the entire plant kingdom. Pink Mountain provides access and study opportunities to most of the plants that are found across the entire Canadian Arctic.
Ron Long has been visiting Pink Mountain since 1983 and since 2010 has coordinated the Pink Mountain Biodiversity Research Initiative; a study of the Pink Mountain plants aimed at protecting a site with a biodiversity that is unequaled in British Columbia.
Bio: Ron Long had a thirty-six year career as the sciences photographer at Simon Fraser University. Early on he developed a serious interest in Biology and in native plants in particular. For sixty years he has studied and photographed the plants of British Columbia and has a particular interest in plants that thrive in harsh environments such as deserts and tundra.
Ron is a past president of the Native Plant Society of BC and lectures extensively on plant related topics. Since retiring he travels to botanical hotspots around the world to photograph and study the local flora.
Next Month
Date: Wednesday, November 20th at 7:30 p.m. (via Zoom)
Title: TBA
Speaker: Bob Zimmerman, Chimacum Woods Rhododendron Nursery, Port Ludlow, Washington
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