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Have questions?
This is your chance to STUMP THE CHUMP! This month in Olympia we will have one of our resident plant experts/chumps available between 6:30 and 7:00 to answer your native plant questions. If we can’t answer them on the spot, we will make sure you get an answer later. If you like, email your questions in early to chair@southsoundchapterwnps.org
November 11, 2013 (Olympia) 7PM
Cheryl Fimbel: Meet the Pollinators
Following a brief overview of the topic of pollination, and the role of insects in pollinating plants, Cheryl Fimbel, a wildlife ecologist with the Center for Natural Lands Management, will discuss the biology and natural ecology of pollinators, while highlighting unique aspects of native bees and their relationships to plants (native and gasp!…. non-native plants) and habitat. She will also talk about our native pollinators in the South Sound and show us a collection of pinned specimens from the South Puget Sound Prairies.
Cheryl Fimbel is a wildlife ecologist with the Center for Natural Lands Management. Cheryl’s work for the better part of the last decade has focused on restoring prairie habitat in South Puget Sound for rare butterflies and pollinators. Before that, she worked with ‘bigger things’ like black bears, forest antelope, and primates.
November 13, 2013 (Tacoma) 7PM
David E. Perry: Smartphone Garden Photography
Cameras in smart phones today are miniature wonders. They are nearly always within reach and are delightfully capable of making magical photographs that can quickly and easily be shared. Spend an hour with photographer, longtime blogger and storyteller, David E. Perry as he discusses the amazing potential that smart phone cameras offer. Learn to both master their wonders and sidestep some of their inherent pitfalls. David will show simple processes and tricks to enhance your own smart phone photography and show which apps offer the most zing for a mere $1.99.
David Perry is an inspirational photographer, a willing teacher and a captivating storyteller who brings the unique insights and skills garnered in his thirty plus years of worldwide, on-location photo assignments for major corporations, ad agencies, magazines and book publishers to each new project he encounters. The inquisitive son of a zoologist, David grew up in the field with his dad, trapping and preserving specimens for museums, exploring caves and studying the complex interplay between life forms and their ecologies. He began documenting his impressions of the living world around him with cameras at a very early age.
David has recently completed several assignments for Sunset, Fine Gardening and Pacific Horticulture, in addition to his ongoing assignment work for a variety of agricultural, portrait and corporate clients. He is currently working on his second book project in collaboration with Dr. John Albers of Albers Vista Gardens and was co-creator of The 50 Mile Bouquet, chronicling the emergent world of seasonal, sustainable and organic cut flowers with award-winning author, Debra Prinzing.
Meeting Locations:
OLYMPIA
Washington State Capitol Museum Coach House
211 West 21st Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
360.753.2580
Directions to the Washington State Capital Museum: From Interstate 5 in Olympia, take Exit 105, following the “State Capital/City Center” route. Go through a tunnel, (get in the left hand lane) and turn left on Capital Way. Follow the brown and white “State Capital Museum” signs to 21st Avenue. Turn right on 21st Avenue and proceed two blocks. The museum is on the left in a stucco mansion. We meet in the carriage house in back of the mansion.
TACOMA
Tacoma Nature Center
1919 South Tyler
Tacoma, WA 98405
253.591.6439
Directions to the Tacoma Nature Center: From Interstate 5, take State Highway 16 towards Gig Harbor. Look for the 19th Street EAST, exit and take it, which puts you onto South 19 th Street. Travel to the first light, turn right on South Tyler, and then left into the first driveway at the Tacoma Nature Center.