Plant Tour (Newark, DE): Wild and Weedy Plants in Suburbia: Garden & Park Interactions
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Hello! I'm Alex Zorach and I run bplant.org. I am hosting another plant walk. The walk will start at the corner of Bent Ln and Tanglewood Ln in Newark, DE.
Street parking is available on the west sides of Tanglewood Ln, or Bent Ln to the south. Do not park between the driveway and stop sign as it is too close to the corner. Do not park in front of the fire hydrant on Bent Ln. Read signs! Besides the fire hydrant and area near the stop sign, no-parking areas are marked by signs. Parking on the east side of either street is not legal, and parking is not legal farther north on Bent Ln.
We will start the walk in my yard and will be here until at least 9:15, so stragglers don't be afraid to come in late, we'll be easy to find. Then we will head down Bent Ln to Margaret Allen Park, the small section of woods at the corner of Bent Ln and Briar Ln, which is very close. Depending on how much time we have, and what people want to see, we may walk down Bent Ln to Casho Mill Rd. where there are wild plants growing in a margin, and if we have time, walk on down to the Christina river, or we could walk in the other direction to Hillside Park which has a meadow and also weedy areas along the railroad tracks. If you live in the neighborhood and want plants in your yard ID'ed, feel free to ask and we can walk by your yard if we have time.
The walk is free and open to anyone, but I will be accepting donations to bplant.org to help support both my work on the website, and my ongoing ecological restoration and other educational work, such as this walk.
RVSP is not required but I would ask you to please RSVP if you plan on coming, because it will help me plan for how many people will show up.
The walk will still happen in light rain but we may delay or reschedule in the event of heavy rain or severe thunderstorms. Most likely would be a temporary delay, same-day, to wait out the rain. If unable to do so, we will postpone until the next day, Sunday July 26th, at the same time, 9-11AM, and same place. Check this event page for updates.
Topics:
This plant is primarily about wild plants in suburbia: both garden plants that are forming sustaining populations capable of spreading into the wild, and weedy or unwanted plants. I will not be talking about landscaping plants except to the degree to which they are capable of forming wild populations, but I will talk about how and why certain species do and certain species don't. I will show you both native plants and introduced wild plants, including both invasive and non-invasive ones.
The focus will be on the interaction between plants in gardens and plants in wild areas, which is why we are going to start in an area where there are gardens in close proximity to a park with wild habitat.
You can learn some:
* Plant ID. I will show you how to tell apart the different plants we are looking at, so you can ID them when you later see them in other locations.
* Plant ecology, including plant lifecycles, habitat preferences, and relationships to insects and other animals.
* Plant history: how did certain plants get here to begin with?
* Local issues of ecological concern, including runoff management, soil health, erosion, effects of drought, and how our relationship to plants can improve or worsen these issues. If you care about these issues, on the walk we will touch on how you can help mitigate these issues, and how plants can help us to achieve these goals.
We can take this in different directions depending on what you want to learn! My main goal is to make this interactive, focusing on Q&A. We will be seeing lots and lots of plants around us, and I can focus on identifying and answering questions about the plants you are most interested in.
If you want to donate and support bplant, you can do so here:
https://bplant.org/donate/
I will also be accepting donations through paypal, venmo, cashapp, cash, or check if people would prefer those methods. The site has more information about finances and I am glad to answer any questions about this aspect too. I have been working on bplant for around 5 years now, mostly as a volunteer effort.
I hope to see lots of you on Saturday!
Street parking is available on the west sides of Tanglewood Ln, or Bent Ln to the south. Do not park between the driveway and stop sign as it is too close to the corner. Do not park in front of the fire hydrant on Bent Ln. Read signs! Besides the fire hydrant and area near the stop sign, no-parking areas are marked by signs. Parking on the east side of either street is not legal, and parking is not legal farther north on Bent Ln.
We will start the walk in my yard and will be here until at least 9:15, so stragglers don't be afraid to come in late, we'll be easy to find. Then we will head down Bent Ln to Margaret Allen Park, the small section of woods at the corner of Bent Ln and Briar Ln, which is very close. Depending on how much time we have, and what people want to see, we may walk down Bent Ln to Casho Mill Rd. where there are wild plants growing in a margin, and if we have time, walk on down to the Christina river, or we could walk in the other direction to Hillside Park which has a meadow and also weedy areas along the railroad tracks. If you live in the neighborhood and want plants in your yard ID'ed, feel free to ask and we can walk by your yard if we have time.
The walk is free and open to anyone, but I will be accepting donations to bplant.org to help support both my work on the website, and my ongoing ecological restoration and other educational work, such as this walk.
RVSP is not required but I would ask you to please RSVP if you plan on coming, because it will help me plan for how many people will show up.
The walk will still happen in light rain but we may delay or reschedule in the event of heavy rain or severe thunderstorms. Most likely would be a temporary delay, same-day, to wait out the rain. If unable to do so, we will postpone until the next day, Sunday July 26th, at the same time, 9-11AM, and same place. Check this event page for updates.
Topics:
This plant is primarily about wild plants in suburbia: both garden plants that are forming sustaining populations capable of spreading into the wild, and weedy or unwanted plants. I will not be talking about landscaping plants except to the degree to which they are capable of forming wild populations, but I will talk about how and why certain species do and certain species don't. I will show you both native plants and introduced wild plants, including both invasive and non-invasive ones.
The focus will be on the interaction between plants in gardens and plants in wild areas, which is why we are going to start in an area where there are gardens in close proximity to a park with wild habitat.
You can learn some:
* Plant ID. I will show you how to tell apart the different plants we are looking at, so you can ID them when you later see them in other locations.
* Plant ecology, including plant lifecycles, habitat preferences, and relationships to insects and other animals.
* Plant history: how did certain plants get here to begin with?
* Local issues of ecological concern, including runoff management, soil health, erosion, effects of drought, and how our relationship to plants can improve or worsen these issues. If you care about these issues, on the walk we will touch on how you can help mitigate these issues, and how plants can help us to achieve these goals.
We can take this in different directions depending on what you want to learn! My main goal is to make this interactive, focusing on Q&A. We will be seeing lots and lots of plants around us, and I can focus on identifying and answering questions about the plants you are most interested in.
If you want to donate and support bplant, you can do so here:
https://bplant.org/donate/
I will also be accepting donations through paypal, venmo, cashapp, cash, or check if people would prefer those methods. The site has more information about finances and I am glad to answer any questions about this aspect too. I have been working on bplant for around 5 years now, mostly as a volunteer effort.
I hope to see lots of you on Saturday!
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Bent Ln at Tanglewood Ln, Newark, DE, United States
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