Lectures
All lectures are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6 pm EDT.
Join us in person at the Pier 57 Seahorse Classroom in Manhattan, or on Zoom!
September 11 – Abraham Halsey and the New York Lyceum: Uncovering the origins of New York botany. (James Lendemer, New York State Museum)
October 9 – VIRTUAL ONLY – Rooted in Resilience: Belowground Variation in the World’s Premier Urban Research Forest. (Brad Oberle, New York Botanical Garden)
November 13 – Collection, Collaboration, and Community Science: a History of Local Botany in New York City. (Lydia Paradiso, Natural Areas Conservancy)
Field Trips
Saturday, October 19
Fort Washington Park (Manhattan)
Saturday, October 26
Lichens & Bryophytes of Clay Pit Ponds Park (Staten Island)
The Torrey Botanical Society was founded in 1867, and is the oldest botanical society in the Americas.
The objectives of the Society are “to promote interest in botany, and to collect and disseminate information on all phases of plant science.”
These objectives are fulfilled through meetings, field trips, public lectures, publications, funding of graduate research and education, and sponsorship of symposia and regional conferences.
Our publication, the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, accepts submissions from all areas of botany, and has no fee to publish.