Native Plant gardening
Upcoming Native Plant Sessions
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Come learn about native plant gardening at Pruyn Sanctuary this spring and summer. Work with us and learn to recognize native plants and the best way to encourage their growth.
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You can come for any scheduled session and come once or come across the growing season!
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Come at the start of each session for the intro of the day’s work and leave earlier as needed.
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These experiences are best for adults and children 10 years or older, with each child bringing their own adult.
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To be contacted about upcoming gardening sessions, use the form below to contact our Garden Coordinator Mark Magel
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Here’s a message from Mark about our 2025 garden season:
The surroundings couldn’t be nicer as each spring and summer we are lucky to gather in the gardens as birds and butterflies greet us. I hope that you are able to join us this year as we continue to create a healthy and nutritious environment for the birds and insects and a delightful garden for humans too!
As many of you who helped in the garden last year know, 99% of the gardening is weeding, vigilant weeding throughout the year and by August or so there seemed to be little weeds to find. Mid-summer is when we switch to also include tasks like staking and deadheading…but still weeding. “Many hands make light work” and the labor is not that difficult and it seemed that last year’s time was spend enjoying the day and chatting as we gardened.
We’ll meet every other Wednesday until August when we start “easing up” to every three weeks. In the early part of the season 10AM is our start time because it is warmer, later when it warms up in July or August we’ll switch to the cooler start time of 9AM.
No experience is required. Bring a sun hat and gloves if you have them, we will provide the tools/collecting pots. You don’t have to commit to all days, schedule conflicts do come up as do vacations, that’s no problem. But I would hope that you’d want to join for whatever days is possible for you. We only work for about an hour, maybe 30 minutes more, but if you have to leave earlier that is no problem.
Wednesday April 30, 10AM
Wednesday May 14, 10AM
Wednesday May 28, 10AM
Wednesday June 11, 10AM
Wednesday June 25, 10AM
Wednesday July 9, 10AM (or 9AM if it is warm by then)
Wednesday July 23, 9AM (thereafter, every 3 weeks)
Wednesday August 13, 9AM
Wednesday September 3
Wednesday September 24 (possibly, but frankly unlikely)