| NHANRS Presents:
Summer Botany Workshop
Friday, July 24, 2026
5.5 contact hours
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The NHANRS Summer Botany Workshop combines indoor and outdoor classroom learning. The workshop will start inside at NH Audubon’s McLane Center with an introduction of general identification of non-woody plants and some of their differences, as well as discussion of recommended field guides, and tips on how to use them effectively. After a provided box lunch, we will head out onto the trails around the Center and put the classroom basics into practice. The trails at the Center pass through multiple habitats and provide the opportunity to look for and work with a variety of species and species groups of interest.
Workshop registration limited to 20 participants.
INSTRUCTOR
Tom Groves is an observant botanist dedicated to learning as much as he can about New England’s natural habitats, ecosystems, and most importantly, plants. Over the past 14 years, Tom has been privileged enough to spend most of his time in the varied habitats of New England observing the habitats and flora. This natural habitat immersion and dedicated observation time have helped hone his ability to find rare plants and see the small differences in cryptic and often overlooked species. Tom has been providing ecological restoration advice to national wildlife refuges, state biologists, NRCS, and private landowners in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont for the past decade. Prior to his current role as Senior Botanist with BSC Group, Tom was responsible for planning, managing, and executing 1,400 acres of habitat restoration work annually on behalf of a Vermont-based forestry company. In his current role, Tom leads rare plant surveys, and designs ecological restoration mitigation strategies for projects with clients like National Grid, Eversource, and Bradley International Airport. Tom is excited to share his love of native plants, habitat restoration, and botanical inventories with all of you!
AGENDA
8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am - 11:30 am Plant Identification Basics
11:30 am - 12:15 am Lunch (Box lunch provided)
12:15 am - 2:45 pm Plant identification Field Walk
Use the button below to complete the registration form for the event. Payment for registration must be received prior to attending the meeting
Members: $ 60.00
Non-members: $ 90.00 Students: $ 40.00
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