2021 Virtual Wildflower Week Closing Meeting & Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2021 Virtual Wildflower Week! This was a new experience for us hosting a virtual week-long event, but with the help of many people, it was a great success! Special thanks to our website guru Jeff Nelson, our video editor Kendall McDonald, and the iNat extraordinaire Vanessa Voelker!

Here is a recording of the closing meeting on Saturday, May 17th in case you missed it!

The centerpiece of our Wildflower Week was a state-wide BotanyBlitz on iNaturalist from April 10th – April 17th. More than 100 members joined the project and posted over 3,200 observations of Kentucky plants within a one week span! Over 450 different species were photographed. Observations were posted in over 60 counties ranging from Carlisle County in the west to Pike County in the east.

Distribution of iNatuarlist observations from the 2021 KNPS BotanyBlitz April 10th -17th

We also posted virtual field trips throughout the week. If you didn’t get a chance to see them, you can still see them on our website or take a gander at our YouTube channel. The most popular video was by our very own Tara Littlefield, along with her kids Estella and Henry, teaching us about Kentucky Trillium species. Thank you to all those who submitted videos!

We hope you enjoyed this virtual event!

-Heidi Braunreiter, KNPS Vice President