Improve your knowledge of plants with GPS

We are all aware that using your GPS while driving can assist you in finding the destination you are searching for.  Are you also aware that you can use your GPS to assist you in the world of plants?  If you are a lover of plants, the “In the  field: Introduction to GPS Mapping” class (Thursday, Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m.) could open a whole new world for you.

Denver Botanic Gardens’ Research and Conservation department will be leading this useful and interesting class.  Their department uses GPS extensively in their work with plants in the wild (especially when locating rare and threatened species) – both in locating the plants and in documenting where they found the plants so that they can easily be found again.

Now you may be asking yourself, “What does this have to do with me – a home gardener…a novice plant lover?”

Using your GPS, you can map and document the location
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Introduction to GPS Mapping class this weekend–join us

What are you doing this weekend? If you’re like us (Research and Conservation at the Gardens), you’re getting ready to head out and find some rare and beautiful plants to study this summer. A good way to prepare for that might be our Introduction to GPS mapping class this Saturday from 1-4 p.m. In this class you will learn how we use GPS to locate rare plants in remote and sometimes not-so-remote areas. The lecture portion will teach you about GPS mapping and the “in the field” portion will take you out into the gardens to practice with your unit or give you a chance to practice with ours. Register now and be ready for your next excursion into the Colorado wilderness!

Sclerocactus glaucus