Garden Talks About Pollinators and Insects

 

Retirement Party

 

Everyone!  Big News!  Our next botany lunch meeting will be IN PERSON and we will be celebrating the amazing work and friendships of two extraordinary botanists, Debbie Crisp and Judy Springer.  Deb will be retiring from the Forest Service and Judy is leaving us for Vermont!  We all wish you both many good things in the future!  Please find attached an announcement for the potluck, including a map of Bushmaster Park in Flagstaff.

I've extended the announcement to a few other botany friends not on the monthly announcement list.  If you don't normally hear from me, but would like to be added to the list, let me know!  Sue, could you pass this on to ANPS members?  Our botany lunch group used to meet monthly for Indian buffet lunches and good discussions of plants.  Since the pandemic, we have been meeting virtually... until now!  Please, if you are not vaccinated or not comfortable mask-less yet, wear a mask to the gathering.  Please bring your own water bottles/ non-alcoholic drinks.  You are welcome to bring family and forward this announcement to botany friends.  We have rented the community ramada, which seats many.

This is a potluck, so please bring a dish.  Contact me if you can provide tablecloths, decorations (no balloons allowed at bushmaster), napkins, plates, flatware, etc. 

Looking forward to SEEING you!

Julie

 

Northern Az Native Plants Course for Master Gardeners

Postponed by one week to the 19th. Contact Gayle for details.

 

New Downtown Community Market Wednesdaiy

 

Volunteer Garden Project

 

The Murdoch Community Center Garden Project

 

Where:	The Murdoch Community Center 203 E Brannen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
When:	Fridays
Time:	7:00 am – 11:00 am

Contact:   Amber Jones

                   (928) 814-8671

                   Ambrjones324@gmail.com

Plants for the People Sale

 

Hi Friends,

If any on you have seen the climate change predictions for the Colorado Plateau, you may know that in the coming decades, it is predicted to get much hotter, the winters might be just as cold, and it's anyone's guess at what precipitation will do - though it is likely to be increasingly strange. Forecasts call for longer dry periods, which is going to be really tough on plants and animals. We say this, as it is, in part, our inspiration to increase access to low water use native plants to support ecosystems in transition. We just added 28 new species to our inventory, all of which are cold hardy to zone 6 or colder, thrive in sun (and partial shade) & heat, are super drought tolerant AND add beauty to a landscape. These are our 28 climate change winners for Flagstaff. Many of which we purchased a dozen or more of, so please share us with your friends! You can place orders online or come see us at 2 plant sales next week. More details below.

NEW NATIVE PLANTS 

28 new species! Lots of pollinator plants, ornamental grasses (that also make great windbreaks), a few shrubs, and some fun cacti. These were grown in Arizona.

• Click here for list of plants + descriptions.
• See photos and place your order here.

PLANT SALES NEXT WEEK

We're doing a couple sales next week, and then may not do another for awhile. Come say hello!

• Downtown Market @ Heritage Square - Wednesday June 23 from 4-8 pm. See attached flyer.
• Doney Park @ 8815 Silver Valley Road - Thursday June 24 from 4-8 pm. See attached flyer.

Pollinator Party

You're Invited

This is the world’s largest pollinator party for 1 reason – YOU!
We are SO EXCITED for our 2021 Pollinator Power Party!  A chef will demo a recipe for Chocolate Avocado Pudding, a entomologist will walk us through our Bee ID guide, an origami artist will teach us how to fold butterflies and bats, and award-winning scientists will teach us what we can be doing in our own yards to support bees and butterflies. Our party boxes ($18) include materials to engage in our activities including origami paper, commemorative glass, recipe card, laminated Bee ID guide, and more!
Party Snapshot

• Monday, June 21. Why Pollinators Matter. 
• Tuesday, June 22. Art, Music, Culture.
• Wednesday, June 23. We Bee Wild Cooks.
• Thursday, June 24. Bat Magic.
• Friday, June 25. Monarch Butterflies and Bee ID 101.

Company Storytelling Breakouts: FirstEnergy, NiSource, Dairyland Power, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Tennessee Valley Authority, and American Electric Power
Be sure to check the Party Event Site for the most updated information! www.eprievents.com/pollinatorparty2021 
Sponsorship Opportunities starting at $2000.

Register Now

 

Doney Park Plant Sale

 

Invasive Weed Workshops

 

Invasive Weed Pull Looking for Volunteers

 Hi,   MNA Living Plant Collections/Garden volunteers - 

Huge thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday to remove invasive plants from Olivia White Hospice, Switzer Canyon and along the sidewalk/Urban trail on Turquoise.  As you will see from the pictures, we had quite a productive morning with a fun and diverse group of volunteers.   One of the wonders of the day was the participation of Kay Jean Poulson and her mother, Kay, who is 98 years old and wields a mean shovel.

MNA is a partner in the weed grant, which funds removal and treatment of invasive plants in areas in Flagstaff adjacent to and along travel lines to the Museum fire.   (Last week ACE volunteers, funded by the grant removed diffuse knapweed, scotch thistle and Dalmatian toadflax from over 40 acres of MNA and adjacent City and private lands).

We made big progress on a large patch of jointed goatgrass on Turquoise just above Switzer Canyon Drive and will be getting together to finish weeding the final third of this area and then seeding native grasses and wildflowers this Saturday 6/12 from 7:30 to 9:30.  Please park at the Congregational Church, wear closed toed shoes and a hat or sun protection, and bring water or a drink.  Gloves and tools provided, or bring your own favorites.  If you have a hard rake you like to use, that will help rake in the seeds.   (Seed mix available if you'd like some).

To learn more about jointed goatgrass, please visit this excellent page on Northern Arizona Invasive Plants websitehttps://nazinvasiveplants.org/jointed-goatgrass.  While you're there, you can sign up to receive updates as new information on invasive plants and new events unfold.

Please come and help out for all or part of this time if you can.   RSVP to this e-mail, or to my cell at 928 864-7037.

Jan Busco - Botanist, for Post-Museum Fire Invasive Plant Grant

Flagstaff Native Plant Society Meeting

 Meeting begins at 7pm by Zoom Contact Susan Holiday for details naris123@cs.com.

June 15: Dr. Judith Bronstein – Binders full of Women: Female Scientists in The American Naturalist, 1867-1917 

Historical photo of botany class at ASU

In this talk, Dr. Bronstein looks at the women who were publishing in a leading biological journal, The American Naturalist, in the first fifty years of its publication (1867-1917). How did they enter science, and under what conditions were they able to persist, either as professionals or as publishing amateurs? What lessons can we take away for how to increase diversity in science today?

Judie Bronstein is University Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizona. She served as the first (and, to date, only) female Editor-in-Chief of The American Naturalist, the oldest still-publishing scientific journal in the United States. She has a strong interest in the history of science.