Early Summer Wildflowers

Come and explore early summer blooming wildflowers with “Boot” Boutwell. We won’t have to walk very far to see a host of flowers. Among the highlights of the walk will be our strolls through the meadows, where we expect to see a host of flowers in bloom. We will enjoy their beauty, learn some basic identification characteristics and also learn some wildflower natural history and lore, including a plant that can be used to make an herbal tea and a flower which produced a fruit carried on long sea voyages by New England sea captains to prevent scurvy. Bring a snack, a favorite field guide, and a hand lens if you have one.

Roland “Boot” Boutwell is a freelance itinerant naturalist who teaches the core course in “Native New England Shrubs” and leads field trips for the New England Wild Flower Society. He is also a part time teacher/naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. He also teaches nature programs and leads nature walks for a number of other organizations including: the Appalachian Mountain Club; The Winchester, MA public schools; The Friends of the Middlesex Fells (Greater Boston) and numerous other organizations. His hobbies include photography, acting in community theater and the guitar.