Morgan G

Plant Biologist (MSc '22, BSc '20 #LaurierAlumni 🦅), MMC student (Fleming), supporter of women in STEAM 👩‍🔬, plants nerd🪴 she/her

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Loving the fall vibes at the liftlocks right now 🍁

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Upgraded my Nalgene! The label says parrot green but I'm more inclined to say Monstera leaf green
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[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Today we helped the Peterborough museum and archives catalog some artifacts. We took turns logging information and handling objects. It's important museums go through artifacts to assess their condition and if anything is missing (labels, numbers etc)

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Today we learned how to attach accession numbers to artifacts and practiced a few. Numbering is important as a unique number physically attached to the museum object helps link that object to its associated information. It's also good museum housekeeping 😊

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Otterly adorable 🦦

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Plant photo dump! 🌸

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I asked our guest speaker at the exhibit how they harvested the bark, and she explained the importance of leaving "spongy parts" (likely cork cambium or layers of cork) intact to allow bark to regrow when harvesting. Important to leave trees for future generations 🌳

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Last weekend, we went to petroglyphs provincial, which has the largest known concentration of Indigenous rock carvings (petroglyphs) in Canada (also called “The Teaching Rocks”). We had a great conversation with an Indigenous employee about what the rocks have taught her.

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

We also noticed while hiking some birch bark had been harvested. Currently there's an exhibit at Peterborough museum and archives (PMA) about birch baskets gifted to the prince of wales in 1860 during his Canadian tour. We had a chance to hear from Indigenous speakers while there

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Coming to a museum near you soon: ME! Currently embarking on a new adventure: Museum Management and Curatorship at Fleming college. Excited to see what this next year holds and will continue to share my adventures, which will be more museum focused in addition to plants 🪴

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Went to Ken Seiling museum yesterday and they had a wonderful Artic exhibit. Not only did it cover climate change, and fauna, but also flora with herbarium specimens! I would definitely recommend this display, especially as we keep those in NWT in our thoughts.

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

It's happening!! I think these might be the biggest blackberries I've ever got! 😋 I hope I get lots more

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Garden's growing, and bean getting tons of beans 🫘! First carrot of the season as well; I think it was trying to run away 😅

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

We're jammin' 🍓

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

@LaurierBiology @Barbie @Botanical_ Alright. You got me

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Life tip: befriend a gardener! Not only are they probably a super cool person but likely they planted way too much of something and will give you some. Example: the raspberries I got today from the coordinator of my garden plots!

[Morgan G @morganglofs]

Plant thread! 🌿

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[Morgan G @morganglofs]

@STalagala Squish 'em! They'll eat the whole plant (flowers and leaves). Striped cucumber beetles are the worst. Diatomaceous earth also works to treat them more organically

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BUG FANS! Guelph Bug Day is coming up on August 13 2023 from 10 AM - 5 PM at the University of Guelph arboretum centre! This event is free & all-ages. We hope you can join us!

Interested in volunteering? Reach out: [email protected]

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