By joenesgarden, 10 months and 17 days ago

Eyes on Plants, Shrubs and Trees

Looking for a free project that involves plant watching, helps advance science and … parents, grandparents, teachers take note … can be done with children? Project BudBurst fits the bill.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year ago

January 7, 2011 Newsy Notes-earlier blooms

Last year's early spring warm up in Connecticut brought … as one would expect … earlier bloom times for many plants. But it may not just be one season of warmth that's causing plants to bloom sooner.

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By joenesgarden, 1 year and 9 months ago

Project Budburst - 2010

ATTENTION: Plant observers needed, especially to watch for and report specifics about Project BudBurst's 10 most wanted.  Project BudBurst is a national program that enlists volunteer phenologists – watchers of the biological/seasonal rhythms of plant life – to help actual phenologists map these rhythms across the country.  Doing so helps them follow effects of climate change.

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