BSWP 2021 Zoom meetings
View BSWP's May 2022 Zoom meeting.
The Society meets monthly from September through June on every second Monday of the month at 7:15 p.m. For now, our meetings take place via Zoom.
Members who have joined the BSWP e-mail list will be contacted and e-mailed an invitation (link and password) to each monthly meeting.
Directions to in-person meetings, when held
To Ford Mateer Classroom of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History:
The entrance to the parking lot, which is gated, is just past the Museum at the intersection of Forbes and Craig Street. The Ford-Mateer Classroom is reached through the Portal Entry in the rear parking lot area. Once inside the building, the room is located just beyond the Security desk on the left. In addition to the Museum parking lot, which costs $6, there are metered spaces on Forbes Avenue opposite the Museum and along Craig Street that are free after 6 p.m. From there you will cross the street and walk through the right side of the gates to the parking lot. Continue on the sidewalk to the rear of the building where you will see the sign for “Portal Entry” ahead.
If you do not park in the Museum’s lot, from Forbes Avenue, walk along the right side of the parking toll gates to the parking lot. Continue on the sidewalk to the rear of the building where you will see the sign for "Portal Entry" ahead.
Directions to the Carnegie Museum
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/interior.php?pageID=36
Registration for Botanical Society field trips is not required. Everyone is welcome, including non-members. Trips last 3 to 4 hours but one can leave at any time. For questions, contact the field trip leader or Loree Speedy at (724) 518-6022 (cell) or loreespeedy@gmail.com. Add these BSWP field trips to your Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Ym90c29jd3BhQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ
Saturday, July 25, 2026, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Celebrate the Bloom, Jennings Prairie
Butler County
Celebrate the Bloom! is a free annual event held at Jennings Environmental Education Center. Celebrating the state’s only prairie (and the eastern-most prairie in the US), the festival includes nature explorations (i.e. bird, butterfly and wildflower walks), engaging demonstrations, local artisans and food, and musical guests. The event is produced in cooperation with 3MJC (the friends group and funding partner of Jennings).
Check the Celebrate the Bloom website for the updated schedule. Joe and Bonnie Isaac will lead the wildflower walk.
GPS coordinates: 41.0091, -80.0049
Google Maps Link to Jennings Prairie
Look for Event Parking Instructions.
Saturday, July 25, 2026, 10:00 AM
Walter Nature Reserve, Westmoreland County
Leader: Loree Speedy; 724-518-6022; loreespeedy@gmail.com
This Westmoreland Conservancy wooded reserve is one of the wildest places in Murrysville with an uphill trail along a small intermittent stream flanked by pawpaws and hercules club. A small meadow at the top is home to two uncommonly seen species — rose pink (Sabatia augularis) and clammy cuphea (Cuphea petiolata).
Directions: The Reserve can be reached from US22 in Murrysville by turning left onto Cline Hollow Road at Walnut Hollow shopping center. Continue for 1.6 miles, then turn left onto Hill Church Road for 0.4 mile, then continue straight onto Wiestertown Road for 1.9 miles to the Reserve parking lot on the left.
GPS coordinates: 40.45697, -79.61745
Google Maps Link to Walter Nature Reserve