Summer Wildflowers

Come and explore mid- summer blooming wildflowers with “Boot” Boutwell. The reserve has 7 miles of trails through a rich variety of habitats, but we won’t have to walk very far to see a host of flowers. Among the highlights will be our strolls through the meadows and wet 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. 

Please note: Program fee does not include site admission fee. 

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.