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Forest Music Returns to Adkins Arboretum June 15

May 30, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum Leave a Comment

Music will once again lilt through the trees when Adkins Arboretum hosts Forest Music on Thurs., June 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. Presented in partnership with Chestertown’s National Music Festival, Forest Music is a unique performance art event that brings young musicians and their mentors from the Festival to play in the forest for visitors who travel from near and far to hear them.

Since its inception in 2014, Forest Music has become a highly anticipated annual event. Positioned individually or in small groups along a circuit of wooded paths, musicians play their individual selections simultaneously so that their music can be heard up close or at a distance as visitors walk through the forest. Sometimes harmonizing between one group and the next, sometimes creating strangely magical dissonances, they play in concert with birdsong, the rustle of leaves in high branches and, occasionally, a chorus of frogs.

Over the years, participating musicians have come with violins, clarinets, horns, bassoons, double basses and even steel drums to play everything from Bach to the Beatles to original compositions developed specifically for the Arboretum forest. Held during the National Music Festival’s two-week run, Forest Music draws many of its visitors from the Festival itself while also attracting a large local audience from the Arboretum’s members and friends.

Musicians from Chestertown’s National Music Festival play in the woods during Forest Music at Adkins Arboretum. The 2023 Forest Music performance is Thurs., June 15 at the Arboretum in Ridgely.

The event will also feature the opportunity to bid on a parlor-size acoustic/electric guitar, generously donated by PRS Guitars. Bids will also be accepted through June 30 at adkinsarboretum.org.

Forest Music is $10 per person. Light refreshments will be served, and wine will be available for purchase. All are welcome; advance registration is strongly encouraged at adkinsarboretum.org or by calling 410-634-2847, ext. 100.

This event is generously sponsored in part by the Caroline County Council of Arts, PRS Guitars and Unity Landscape Design|Build.

A 400-acre native garden and preserve, Adkins Arboretum provides exceptional experiences in nature to promote environmental stewardship.

The National Music Festival brings together inspiring mentors and the next generation of gifted musicians, providing education, scholarships and affordable, adventurous public performances in and around Chestertown, Md. Visit nationalmusic.us for more information.

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Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What Native Tree is Almost Ripe with Fruits?

May 29, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum Leave a Comment

Happy Memorial Day and Mystery Monday! Do you know what native tree is almost ripe with fruits?

Last week, we asked you about a gall produced by the wool sower gall wasp (Callirhytis seminator). A gall is an abnormal growth of the plant tissue usually due either to insects, viruses or fungi. In this case, the wool sower gall wasp lays its eggs in the plant tissue of the white oak tree and the larvae give off secretions that cause the “gall” to form. Within the gall, the larvae are protected and able to develop. This wasp is tiny (only about 1/8″ long) and does not sting humans. Interestingly, they operate on a two-generation alternating cycle, switching back and forth between laying their eggs in the stems and the leaves of white oaks.
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #mysteryplant #insectsarecool #carolinecounty #ecology

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Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What We Found on a White Oak?

May 22, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum Leave a Comment

Happy Mystery Monday! Do you know what we found on a white oak?

Last week, we asked you about the jumping spider (Phidippus sp). This jumping spider is likely a canopy jumping spider (Phidippus otiosus), though its behavior and location was more consistent with that of a bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax), so we get to learn about both! Both have iridescent pincer-like claws called chelicerae. Jumping spiders have highly evolved stereoscopic vision and are excellent hunters. The canopy jumping spider is often found in trees and positions its eggs in the bark of oak and pine trees. The bold jumping spider is known for being, well, bold and is commonly found. Bold jumping spiders are usually black with a characteristic white triangle on its abdomen. This particular jumping spider was hanging out in our workshop and was extremely friendly/inquisitive. It had iridescent green chelicerae and did not have the characteristic triangle of the bold jumping spider on its abdomen. So, say hello to a very friendly canopy jumping spider.
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #jumpingspider #ecology #carolinecounty #fuzzyandforthcoming

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Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What Kind of Spider This Is?

May 15, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! We met a very fuzzy and forthcoming spider — do you know what kind it is?

Last week, we asked you about deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)! Deerberry is ericaceous and in the same genus as blueberries. Easily identified by their open bell shaped drooping flowers, deerberry blooms in May and is often found in dry, open woods. Birds and mammals will eat the berries and pollinators (especially bumblebees) will seek out the nectar. Brown elfin butterfly larvae will use ericaceous plants as a host plant and there are a number of native bees that specialize on Vacciniums. If you’re wondering what to plant in a dry, shaded area, a deerberry or fellow Vaccinium may be perfect to add beauty and ecological function to your yard.
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #vaccinium #ericaceous #ecologicalfunction #fuzzyandforthcoming #carolinecounty #nativeplant

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Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What Native Shrub is Blooming?

May 8, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! Do you know what native shrub is blooming along some of our trails?

Last week, we asked you about the fleabane daisy (Erigeron annuus)! This native annual flower is a pioneer species that grows along fields and roadsides. These flowers bloom in May and vary from a light pink to white color. The common name is derived from a belief that the dried flowers helped to get rid of fleas. Like many other Asters, it provides nectar for pollinators. If you have it growing in your yard, allow it to reseed to encourage its growth and spread.
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #fleabanedaisy #nativeannual #mysteryshrub #mysteryplant

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Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What These Flowers are?

May 1, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy May Mystery Monday! April showers over the weekend have brought us May flowers! Do you know what these flowers are?

Last week, we asked you about the crane fly (Tipula sp.). Despite their looks, crane flies are not gigantic mosquitoes and they do not bite or sting. In their larval stage, crane flies look like large grubs and live either in water or underground. They spend most of this time eating decaying leaves and storing up energy for their adult stage. Adult crane flies live only for about a week and while most adults don’t feed, some will seek out nectar. Crane flies serve as important decomposers in the ecosystem and are often prey to spiders, beetles, praying mantises, birds, and dragonflies.
#streamecology #mysterymonday #adkinsarboretum #mysterybug #mysteryplant #whatsinbloom #aprilshowersbringmayflowers #cranefly

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Artist Hoesy Corona Brings Performance Art to Adkins Arboretum May 7

April 28, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

“Climate Immigrants 2018 Asbury Park.” Photo courtesy of Hoesy Corona.

In pieces spanning sculpture, textiles and performance, Baltimore-based artist Hoesy Corona creates and curates art that quietly confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time. On Sun., May 7, Corona will present Terrestrial Caravan, a work of site-specific performance art that explores the complex relationship between humans and the environment, at Adkins Arboretum. The free event runs from 1 to 3 p.m. All are invited to attend.

Presented in dialogue with Corona’s Terrestrial Caravan exhibition on view through August at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Md., the performance is part of the ongoing performance Climate Immigrants (2017–present), which both reflects the artist’s ruminations on climate-related displacement and highlights our connection to nature and the fragility of our settled experience. Using the archetype of the traveler, Corona tackles the reality of the human aspect of climate change while simultaneously drawing attention to the powers of nature and celebrating the lushness and vibrancy of flora, bodies of water and geographic forms.

Implicating ideas of land, borders and environmental displacement in the face of fires, changing climate patterns and rising waters, performers wear Corona’s Climate Ponchos—colorful full-body suits that hide their identities while making them hyper visible. While the form of the Climate Ponchos recalls a simple rain poncho, the wearable sculptures’ dynamic patterns tell colorful stories of migration and history, depicting mundane scenes of mothers and other travelers on their journeys and ultimately humanizing the anonymous silhouettes on the ponchos and on the Arboretum grounds.

Corona lived in Mexico, Utah and Wisconsin before moving to Baltimore in 2005 to establish a professional practice in the arts. He develops otherworldly narratives that center marginalized individuals in society by exploring a process-based practice that investigates what it means to be a queer Latinx immigrant in a place where there are few. He has exhibited widely in galleries, museums and public spaces in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Corona is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Nicholson Project artist residency, the Mellon Foundation’s MAP Fund Grant and the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Grit Fund Grant. He is a current resident artist at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore.

Terrestrial Caravan is presented in partnership with the Academy Art Museum. While the performance is free, advance registration at adkinsarboretum.org or by calling 410-634-2847 is appreciated to help with planning. In the event of rain, the performance will be rescheduled for Sun., May 14, 1–3 p.m.

The mission of the Academy Art Museum is to promote the knowledge, practice, and appreciation of the arts and to enhance cultural life on the Eastern Shore by making available to everyone the Museum’s expanding collection, exhibitions, and broad spectrum of arts programs.

A 400-acre native garden and preserve, Adkins Arboretum provides exceptional experiences in nature to promote environmental stewardship.

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Adkins Mystery Monday: What Stunning Insect Did We Find?

April 24, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! What stunning insect did we find?

Last week, we asked you about Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans)! Jacob’s ladder thrives in well-drained soil in the part shade. Naturally occurring in rich, moist woods and streambanks, this native perennial produces delicate bell-shaped blue flowers in the spring. It is an important source of pollen and nectar for native bees, especially bumble bees. Its common name is likely derived from the arrangement of leaflets, which look like rungs of a ladder. It is sometimes also referred to as Greek valerian.
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #mysteryinsect #mysteryplant #jacobsladder #nativeephemeral #springflowers #carolinecounty

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Adkins Arboretum’s Jenny Houghton Receives Top MAEOE Honor

April 20, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Adkins Arboretum Assistant Director Jenny Houghton was honored with the Robert Finton Outdoor Educator of the Year Award at the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Annual Conference in Ocean City, Md.

A longtime leader in environmental education, Finton personified enthusiasm, innovation and excellence in the field. Honoring his memory by rewarding efforts to strive for these qualities, the award recognizes an educator who demonstrates leadership and innovation in environmental and outdoor education.

Originally trained in French and education, Houghton began her career at the Arboretum by accident. Marriage brought her to the Eastern Shore, where there was a dearth of demand for French teachers. She fell in love with the Arboretum while attending a fall festival and made a cold call for employment the next day.

Adkins Arboretum Assistant Director Jenny Houghton (center) received the Robert Finton Outdoor Educator of the Year Award at the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Annual Conference. She is pictured with MAEOE Board Member Gina Felter (left) and Advisory Council Member Melissa Boyle Acuti (right).

Nearly 17 years later, Houghton has participated in extensive environmental training and has advanced from nature preschool teacher to the Arboretum’s coordinator and director for youth programs and to her current position as assistant director. In this role, she oversees the Arboretum’s volunteer, docent and Maryland Master Naturalist programs, writes grants and program curricula, schedules programming and facilitates group tours, outreach and special events. Those who have enjoyed the Arboretum’s Beer Garden, Fairyfest and other signature events have reaped the benefits of Houghton’s hard work and organizational wizardry. Always a lover of the outdoors, she has found her place in the world, and it’s not limited to a classroom.

MAEOE works in collaboration with members and partner organizations to support and grow a network of environmental and outdoor educators throughout the state and the Mid-Atlantic region. MAEOE is a member of NAAEE, the North American Association for Environmental Educators. Its signature programs include the #MDGreenSchools Program.

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Adkins Mystery Monday: What is this Spring Blooming Native Plant?

April 17, 2023 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! What spring blooming native plant is found in rich wooded slopes and stream banks?

Last week, we asked you about wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)! This delicate woodland wildflower has also been called “wind flower” perhaps because of how it trembles in the spring breeze. The flowers will close up on cloudy days or at night, limiting pollinator activity to sunny days. The wood anemone likes consistent moisture and is more commonly found in moist woods or at the base of tree trunks. Wood anemone produces seeds that contain elaiosomes. These elaiosomes contain lipids and proteins, which nourish and attract ants, which then disperse the seeds!
#adkinsarboretum #mysterymonday #forestecology #woodanemone #springflowers #springephemerals #carolinecounty #mysteryplant

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