Some Great Weekend Events

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, here are a few events that have popped up on my radar.

Those of you in the Indianapolis area, Garfield Park has an orchid show going on now until Sunday, Nov. 13th, 2011. Cost $3 per person or $8 per family. Check out the Indy Parks Nature blog here for more photos of these gorgeous flowers.

In Southern Ohio, Friday evening, November 11th at 7:30 pm at Avon Woods Nature Center, 4235 Paddock Road, Cincinnati 45229, Dr. David Brandenburg, author of  National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America will be presenting  Should I Have Eaten That? Allergies, Blisters, Convulsions, Delusions, and Other Adventures with Poisonous Plants”. Free and open to the public.
  

And, in Indianapolis on Sat., November 12th, Indiana Plant and Wildflower Society, INPAWS, will have their annual conference at the University of Indianapolis. Many great speakers on the subjects of native plants and their allies. Check it out!