If asked to picture a butterfly, most people would imagine the orange and black wings of a monarch. For the Bird, Tree & Garden Club, the monarch has become a programming staple, nowhere more so
His great-grandfather piloted steamboats around Chautauqua Lake. A fifth-generation resident of Bemus Point and self-described “lake rat,” Fletcher “Ned” Ward grew up across the street from the L-S Aero Marine supply store. Surrounded by fishing
Jack Gulvin learned about local plants and birds as a teenager at the Jamestown Audubon Society under Robert Sundel. “If I ever had somebody I’d refer to as a mentor in my life, it would
When Melinda Walcott moved from England to Connecticut over 30 years ago, her new garden consisted of nothing but 18th-century stone walls. She started with top soil and developed her own English garden. A few
Since its founding in 1913, Chautauqua’s Bird, Tree & Garden Club has worked to preserve and recognize the many gardens and parks around the grounds. One of BTG’s main focuses has always been providing education,
Terry Mosher hopes to attune Chautauquans’ ears around the Institution to some of the more than 300 bird species that surround them. Mosher will lead the Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s opening Lake Walk for
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Around 90 acres were covered in the application of three herbicides on June 11 and 12 in the towns of Busti, North Harmony and Ellery. Two species, Eurasian watermilfoil and