Native Planting 101

Once again, we are sponsoring a FREE “Native Planting 101” workshop. This workshop will cover a wide variety of topics including restoration, “yardscaping” - creating pollinator habitat with native plants, and everything you ever wanted to know about weed identification and management. Presentations will be given by local natural resource and planting experts.  

Restoration

Ted Always is a local pear orchardist and the owner of Derby Canyon Natives, a native plant nursery in Peshastin. He sells containerized plants, native grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and the seeds of many wildflowers and native grasses from Central Washington. He’ll be discussing restoration of degraded habitats, methods to restore habitats, by planting and establishment of bare root plants.

Yardscaping

Connie Mehmel is a WSU Chelan County Master Gardener, a member of the Native Plant Society, and a forester for the Okanogan‐Wenatchee National Forest. She moved from Winthrop to Cashmere in 2009, where she has a large vegetable garden and a small native plant yardscape. Connie will present the advantages of yardscaping with native plants, planning for a naturalized yard, attracting birds, providing wildlife habitat, and how to choose appropriate trees and shrubs for your yard.

Pollinators

Amy Hender shot works for the USDA -Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Chelan County as the Resource Conservationist. The NRCS is the federal agency that assists with natural resource conservation on private lands. She also has worked at the Okanogan Conservation District and for WSU at their organic farm in Puyallup. Currently, she implements conservation programs from the Farm Bill and provides technical assistance to partners and private landowners who seek to acheive their natural resource goals. Her presentation will focus on pollinator species, pollinator decline, why pollinators are important, native bees, and how to deevelop and maintain a pollinator friendly habitat (i.e. a pollinator garden).

Weeds

Julie Sanderson currently works with the Chelan County Noxious Weed Department as the Field Supervisor. The Noxious Weed Department assists residents and agencies in Chelan County with noxious weed identification and control. Julie has also worked with the Bureau of Land Management as a field botanist doing rare plant surveys and restoration projects. She’ll provide us with a better understanding of what invasive weeds are, how to identify invasive species, and how to control them.

The “Native Planting 101” workshop will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2012 from 12:00-4:30pm, in the Confluence Technology Center at 285 Technology Center Way, north Wenatchee.

For more information or to RSVP contact our office at (509) 664-9370 or visit our website at www.Cascadiacd.org. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!