KC Irving Environmental Science Centre

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KC Irving Environmental Science Centre Harriet
Irving Botanical Gardens
Become a member of the Green Team Volunteers
today
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Volunteers give tours to a wide range of visitors
in all languages
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Volunteers collect seed from the Gardens to
propagate
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Members of the public wait in line to receive
plants that the volunteers propagate - Earth Day
Native Plant Giveaway 2004
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Volunteers help us with special events and
workshops
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Volunteers spend winter mornings playing in the
dirt in the Conservatory
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Volunteers take guided field trips to local
habitats of NS
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The boot/human eating Bog
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Dr. Sam Vander Kloet,
in his
element!
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Nuphar variegata

cow lily
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Field Trip to Poplar Grove June 2003
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Ruth Newell and Melanie Priesnitz talking about
plants (as usual!)
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Cypripedium calceolus yellow ladys-slipper

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Everywhere we looked there were
ladys-slippers!!!
And strangely enough, cow skulls
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Volunteers Jo Currie and Mike McCalladmiring the
ladys-slippers with Ruth
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Cypripedium arietinum rams head ladys-slipper
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What we had to climb in order to find the
rare rams head ladys-slipper!
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Field Trip - Kingston SandbarrensJune 2003
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Cypripedium acaule pink ladys-slipper
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Sam collecting sand samples for germination
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Collecting trip to Deep Hollow Road
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Volunteers working on creating floral
arrangements for the presidents installation
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Volunteers help with scanning, research and
drying specimens in the herbarium
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The Centre and Gardens would not be what they
are today with the help of our dedicated
volunteers.
Volunteer recognition day 2003
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Useful resources to learn more about us
http//botanicalgardens.acadiau.ca/