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The Flower Patch is located at 104 Rhoades Avenue just west of Wagner Avenue. We operate a full scale floral and gift shop operation that provides a unique window into the cycles of people’s lives.

The Flower Patch provides stability with a wide range of possibilities that go from fast cash and carry retail to extensive customer service as we work with clients to endure them with the endless supply of the beauty of flowers and gifts no matter the occasion.

We help customers honor their mothers with flowers and plants at Mothers Day and prepare elegant boxes of long stemmed roses for Valentines Day. We reflect a bride’s personality and taste with custom designed wedding bouquets and help people honor their loved ones by creating beautiful floral funeral tributes. In addition, we make people smile with our wide-variety of flowers for birthdays, secret pal, anniversaries and just every day arrangements.

Panô by Jaqueline Uriazeniki

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Lógico que faz parte da minha cozinha!

Rebel8 Patch by Sneaker Freak

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Patches by Joy Cummings

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RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE by Harvard Arts

Bombus affinis

Federally Listed as Endangered; State Listed in New Hampshire and Vermont

The rusty patched bumblebee is a bumblebee species living in North America. It is commonly found throughout the east and upper Midwest of the United States, north to Ontario, Canada, east to Quebec, south to Georgia and west to North and South Dakota. The bumblebee lives in colonies that consist of a single queen and female workers. In spring, the overwintering queen emerges and chooses a new nesting site. She will begin laying eggs, which will hatch and become her colony workers. The queen continues to lay eggs as the workers collect food, protect the colony, and help care for the young. In late summer, new queens and males hatch from the eggs and the males leave to mate with queens from other colonies. The males and original queens die and the new queens will hibernate until the following spring, before beginning the whole cycle again.

In the upper Midwest and Northeast, most prairies and grasslands have been altered to accommodate single-crop farms, or have been developed into roads or cities. Bumblebees need areas that offer nectar and pollen from flowers, underground deserted rodent hollows, and untouched soil or patches of grasses for queens to overwinter. Because the bees need these three varying types of habitats that are within a close to proximity to each other, the species is uniquely vulnerable to extinction. In addition, this bee population is threatened by include parasites, pathogens, and pesticides. One of the greatest threats to honeybees is industrial agriculture’s widespread use of pesticides. According to one study, nearly two-thirds of hives surveyed in Canada and the United States contain at least one synthetic pesticide. The most worrisome is a class of insecticide called neonicotinoids, which have been found to short-circuit bees’ memory and navigation.

In addition, the aptly named parasite Varroa destructor represents a second significant threat, especially for colonies that have already been compromised by pesticide exposure. The varroa mite sucks out bees’ “blood” while also transmitting a virus that deforms the insects’ wings. Varroa mites were accidentally brought here in 1987 from Asiatic bees and have spread to most of the world. Although the problem of colony collapse is still very serious, the problem may be abating somewhat. According to a report from the US Department of Agriculture, in April 2017 the number of commercial U.S. bee colonies had risen by 3 percent (to 2.89 million) compared with 2016, while the number of hives lost to colony collapse disorder was down by 27 percent from a year earlier.

The Endangered Species Project: New England

Exhibition Dates: February 4 - April 14, 2019

Public Lecture and Closing Reception with the Artist: Saturday, April 13

Gallery Hours: M-F 10am - 8pm; Weekends 10am-5pm

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard

224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.

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