The Wellington Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2 at the Wellington Community Center (12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd.). The meeting will feature a presentation on “ethnobotany” by Scott Davis.
Ethnobotany is the study of how people can use plants in their daily life. It connects the sciences of anthropology and botany together. Davis will discuss how South Florida is an ethnobotanical hot spot for wild edible and medicinal plants.
Davis is a professional botanist and the director of the Milkweed Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to plant preservation and sustainability. He is a native of South Florida, but currently calls Apalachicola and Lake Placid his homes. Davis has more than 25 years of experience in plant ecology and field biology. He holds degrees in environmental science and philosophy from Florida State University.
The public is invited to join the club for coffee and a plant raffle beginning at 9:30 a.m. Visitors are asked to check in at the desk upon arrival. Reserving a spot at the meeting is recommended by contacting Membership Chair Anne Hlasnicek via e-mail at [email protected]. The Wellington Garden Club, founded in 1981, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating its members and the public in the fields of gardening, horticulture, floral design and landscape design; and to promoting conservation of natural resources, civic beautification and youth education. For more information, visit www.wellingtongardenclub.org.
