North American Native Plant Society Meeting

     

Greetings to all native plant enthusiasts:

The North American Native Plant Society (NANPS) invites you to our first-ever ZOOM AGM on October 24, 2020! Digital cross-pollination in this time of COVID grants us the wonderful opportunity to meet you and hear about what is happening with native plants in your local region across the continent. In this time of safely staying apart, we believe this is exactly the time to come together and share best practices and experiences and develop those connections that will hopefully grow and endure past the pandemic.

  Date: Saturday, October 24, 2020

Time: 1-3 p.m. EDT (2:30-4:30 p.m. NDT, 2-4 p.m. ADT, 12-2 p.m. CDT, 11a.m.-1 p.m. MDT, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT, 9-11 a.m. AKDT)

 Registration: free for members and non-members on Eventbrite.ca (NANPS AGM 2020)

 Event Schedule:

 1:00-1:45 pm: Business part of meeting. All welcome to participate but only members can vote. 

 1:45-2:00 pm: Land acknowledgment and presentation about the organization and its activities. 2:00-2:45 pm: Moderated group chats from various regions across North America

2:45-3:00 pm: Native Plant Garden Video Contest and closing remarks.

Leaves for Composting

 

AZ Botany Symposium

 

You are Invited to Attend Arizona Botany 2020 Virtual Symposium  Celebrating Arizona’s Native Flora Via Zoom  October 5, 6 and 7, 2020 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. PDT $10 one-time registration for 3 evenings of presentations and post-meeting video access. Each session will focus on Arizona's uniquely diverse plant life in regions throughout the state.  Presentations will be of interest to botanists and home landscape/gardening enthusiasts alike.  Families, students and non-members are welcome!   Agenda and Online Registration

CMGA Meeting Agenda 9/10

 

Coconino Master Gardener Meeting Agenda

Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 6:30pm

Zoom Meeting

 

6:30-6:35pm   Welcome-Sue Madden, President    

 

6:35-6:40pm   Introduction of Speaker—Hattie Braun

 

6:40-7:45pm   Education: Christy Stuth, Preserving and Food Storage

7:45-8:25pm   Business Meeting:

                       

MG Coordinator Happenings—Hattie Braun

·         Updates on Meetings, Events, Seed Library, Garden Resources

·         Other

Fall CGMA Meetings – Sue Madden

·         October 8, 2020 Meeting - Jackee & Steve Alston Seed Saving.   Attendees should have a tomato, glass jar and a sieve.

·         November 12, 2020 - Geoff Wood Garden Art

·         December 10, 2020 - Holiday Party

 

Financial Report – Jeff Best

 

Next meeting:              October 8, 2020

Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance Newsletter

 

eNewsletter for August 31, 2020

Get Involved with RMSA   Seed School Seed Stewards Heritage Grain Trials Grown with Local Seeds Million Seed Savers

THE TRISKELION HEART OF ANCIENT GRAINS Youtube.com - Share Sin et pheel • Sonoran white • Khorasan • Iraqi durham • Marqui • EBT emmer From Heritage Grain Trialist and Seed School For Farmers facilitator, Evan Sofro: "The triple spiral that we created this year was a way to bring more depth and beauty to the RMSA foundation seed increases at The River Farm. As a work of Regenerative Earth Art, this garden promotes soil fertility and tilth, increases on site diversity, generates abundant nectar for pollinators, generates abundant flower seeds, and produces healthy foundation seed lots of six grains in the RMSA Heritage seed program. Five wheats and an emmer were seeded with love in the 12 beds surrounding the spiraling triangle. The Triskelion itself is planted to Amaranths, Zinnias, Celosias, Marigold, Strawflowers, Phacelia, Poppies, Tithonias, and Asters, although most have not bloomed at the time the video was taken." Read more about the Triskelion here. Seeded by: Evan Sofro and Saralila Kalafat Music by Olivia Blu, "Moons in Aquarius"