• Lake Louise at Camp Wendy
    Ecology

    Non-Flowering Plants of Camp Wendy:

    Here we have a list of the flora and fauna of Camp Wendy; part one of eight. In this part, we have ferns, mushrooms, moss, lichen and vines! Ferns: Bracken Fern Christmas Fern Cinnamon Fern Ebony Spleenwort Maidenhair Fern Marginal Wood Fern N.Y. Fern Ostrich Fern Royal Fern Sensitive Fern Mosses & Club Mosses Club Moss Ground Ceder Haircap Moss Princess Pine Running Ground Pine Tree Moss Lichens: Boulder British Soldier Map Orgen Pipe Pyxie Cup Reindeer Moss Smooth Rock Tripe Mushrooms: We do not have a definite list of mushrooms native to Camp Wendy. We do, however, have a few nice pictures of some. Vines & Brambles Blackberry Black…

  • Wendy's Poppy Tree
    history

    The Poppy Book

    My Silver Award, as you might recall, was to restore an older pamphlet from the 70’s for modern audiences, and to update it to include recent history. This pamphlet was called The Poppy Book. Poppy is a fairy who lives in a massive tree just to the right of the main gate into Camp Wendy. This tree is at least two hundred years old, and it would take eight little Brownies to reach around the whole trunk. This tree was ancient, even when Camp Wendy was founded almost a hundred years ago. The pamphlet follows the story of Poppy throughout Wendy’s rich history, and includes pictures taken at the camp…