May 8th I went to a native plant sale at the Hortonville Community Center that CERV Hortonville put on to grow awareness of native plants in the area. CERV, Community Environmental Restoration Volunteers, is an organization focused on doing small,…
Farmers Union organized an education and fun field day at In Nature’s Thyme on May 7th. During the urban farm field day we explored seeds, soil and sustainability on the micro scale! In Nature’s Thyme is an 1/8 acre urban…
On May 6th I was asked to lead a garden clean up and prep for planting with a work group from the Community Foundation of the Fox Valley region at the Multicultural Coalition’s community garden. Maria Mason is the Multicultural…
The City of Oshkosh Parks department partnered with local environmental groups for a special tree planting event at Oshkosh North Conservancy (Akan Acres), a 12-acre, City owned parcel adjacent to Oshkosh North High School. The city worked with Urban Ecology…
Winnebago Area Literacy Council is thrilled to announce our new program launching this summer – GROW: Gardening for Resilience, Opportunity, & Wisdom Designed to address food insecurity among immigrant and refugee populations in Oshkosh, GROW is a summer garden project,…
Planting native plants is just one step in the restoration of a native habitat that supports pollinators, wildlife, and the local food web. Some of these are truly challenging, especially in a small urban yard, but I assure you they…
Do you know you can use old milk and water gallon jugs to create mini green houses and start your native perennial seeds outdoors in the winter? I decided to try this winter sowing method for the first time this…
I attended the Oshkosh Seed Savers Seed Swap on March 1st. What a great day for a seed swap with a bunch of people interested in growing and saving seeds in the Oshkosh area. Over 250 people came together to…
Today we are interviewing Kari Witthuhn Henning with Appleton Seed Library. Kari provided this introduction for us. April 2016 // Our first community seed lending library opened at the Appleton Public Library. Our model is that you will be able…