Sowing Native Seeds Workshop

Name: Sowing Native Seeds Workshop
Start: 2024-12-02T16:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-02T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 5162 Russellville Rd, Bowling Green, KY

Schedule

Mon Dec 02 2024 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

5162 Russellville Rd, Bowling Green, KY | Bowling Green, KY

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Master Gardeners – Sowing Native Seed Workshop
December 2, 2024, from 4-7 pm
Warren County Extension Office
5162 Russellville Road
Bowling Green, Ky 42101
Register by calling: 270-842-1681
If attending, make sure to bring a clean half-gallon milk jug to the workshop to start your native seeds.
Details: Master Gardeners will share information about native seed stratification methods and then conduct a hands-on workshop, where participants will practice what they have learned.
Participants will learn how to winter sow native seeds using a recycled gallon jug container. This method allows seeds to start early in a miniature DIY greenhouse. Winter-sown seedlings are hardy and easy to transplant in the spring after frost.
Please register so we can plan for materials to make one seed-starting container with the native species of your choice. The available native species are Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Butterfly W**d (Asclepias tuberosa), and Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), Hollow-Joe Pye W**d (Eutrochium fistulosum), Golden Alexander (Zizea aurea), Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium L),Foxglove Beardstongue(Penstemon digitalis) and more. Many seeds have been harvested from the (WCMW) Warren County Monarch Waystation.