Outreach and Education Projects
Native Plant Demonstration Plots for Landscaping and Wildlife
Objective: Maintain a wide combination of native vegetation for adoption in urban and rural landscaping to adopt as conservation practices and provide habitat for wildlife.
Maintaining Vegetative Connections Along Fencerows
Objective: Evaluated attractive vegetation mixes to provide habitat for wildlife in fencerows and other marginal areas in farms.
Species included: are native shrubs, forbs, vines and small trees.
Native Plant Events at Bradford
Native Plant Sale
April 14, 9 to noon: Seed and seedlings sales, art sales, photographs, book sales, and other vendors. Seminars and demonstrations will be offered from 9:30 to 11:30 am.
Field Days, Workshops and Clinics
Native Plant Field Day
June 21 2007, 4 to 7 pm.: Similar to the above with the addition of wagon rides to research sites. Participants are offered walking or wagon tours to visit research sites across the farm during field days.
 Becky Erickson of the Native Plant Society describing native plant establishment in rain gardens. |
 Leslie Shaw discussing about formal native garden. |