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If you're at the Plan It Native conference Tuesday and Wednesday, stop by the Community Table in the Anita B. Gorman Center to chat during breaks.
@deeprootskc
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Pulling back the frost cloth on this warm February day to see if the babies need watered. Yup. Even with the snow melt, they're pretty dry. But it's so rewarding to see all the green and even some early spring beauty blooms.
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We'll be tabling at this Deep Roots event tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
DIY Native Garden: Planting for Success
Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center
4750 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110
Saturday, February 7th from 11am - 1pm
Winter is the perfect time to plan your native gardens before spring arrives. Join Cydney Ross of Deep Roots as she leads you through a crash course on planning (and planting!) your native gardens for success. Learn the fundamentals of native gardening in this free, in-person presentation. Topics include selecting the right plants, designing with intent, how to remove your lawn, and seasonal garden maintenance. Following the presentation, meet local native plant nurseries and experts who can help make your native garden dreams come true!
Register on @deeprootskc website https://deeproots.org/event/diy-native-gardening-planting-for-success/
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Interested in working with us? Send a cover letter and resume to Tracy Twombly, owner, at tracy@ sowwildnatives.com.
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February 2nd 6PM
Tracy will be talking with Terri about growing native plants tonight at 6PM on Eco Radio on KKFI 90.1 FM.
https://www.facebook.com/EcoRadio.Kansas.City
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Winter is also a great time to learn more about native plants and meet other native plant lovers at local events. There are so many wonderful organizations that put on webinars, speaker series, and conferences. Here are a just a few opportunities coming soon.
Deep Roots KC: presentations, webinars, landscape chats, and Plan It Native Conference
https://deeproots.org/events/
Grow Native!: webinars and master classes https://grownative.org/events/category/webinar/month/
United Methodist Creation Care Series: https://www.woodschapelchurch.org/events/creation-care-103
Kansas City Gardeners Connect: Symposium and speaker series
https://www.gardenersconnect.org/#navheading
Burr Oak Woods NatureScaping Workshop: Event to be posted soon https://mdc.mo.gov/events?name=burr&%3Bcounty=All&%3Bregion=702&page=1
Wild Ones: webinars
https://wildones.org/category/wild-ones-presents/
Bridging the Gap: annual luncheon with guest speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001oCJJHAA4/events/vevt:737d4ff2-7e81-4b33-823c-d10cce8cb095/home/story
@deeprootskc @grow_native @btg_kc @wildonesnativeplants @gardenersconnect @woodschapelchurch @moconservation
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It's a beautiful winter wonderland at the nursery this morning.
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It's that time of year we get beautiful ice crystals on the greenhouse doors.
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What are you reading this winter?
Winter is a great time to plan a new native garden. Here are just a few recommendations we pulled off our shelves this winter. Just getting started? We recommend Doug Tallamy Bringing Nature Home for starters.