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August 4, 2006
THREE GREAT EVENTS! MM Farm tour August 18 5-7 pm; ANPS Penstemon program 8/15 at NAU with walk at MM Farm 8/20
SEE PERMACULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN ACTION!! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT NATIVE PENSTEMONS, AND HOW TO GROW AND GARDEN WITH LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS!
EVENT # 1 - MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM TOUR PLANT, HERB, ONION, GARLIC AND COMPOSTING WORM SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 5:00P.M. to 7:00P.M.
EVENT #2 - GARDEN DESIGN WITH NATIVE PLANTS, FEATURING PENSTEMONS AND ENHANCING NATIVE COMPANION PLANTS" JAN BUSCO, TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 7-8:30 P.M. AT BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BLDG, ROOM 313, NAU.
EVENT #3 - "BRINGING LOCAL PENSTEMONS AND COMPANION PLANTS HOME FROM FOREST TRAILS" WITH JAN BUSCO. ARIZONA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY WALK AT MM FARM AND NEARBY MT ELDEN ESA TRAILS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20TH. MEET AT PROCHNOW PARKING LOT AT NAU TO CARPOOL AT 10A.M., OR AT THE FARM AT 10:30.
MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM TOUR PLANT, HERB, ONION, GARLIC AND COMPOSTING WORM SALE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 5:00P.M. to 7:00P.M. Tour 5:30-6:30pm; gates open 5-7pm. 4509 N. Mountain Meadow Drive, Flagstaff 527-0986
Come join us to see what we're doing with permaculture, indoors and out, and how you can incorporate sustainable systems to accomplish your own food production and landscaping goals. We will have Jan's
Nursery plants, and farm red worms, onions, garlic and fresh and dried herbs for sale from 5-7 pm. -- all are grown at the Farm without petrochemical pesticides or fertilizers. (For a preview, visit our farm online at MountainMeadowFarm.org, directions to the farm are at http://www.flagstaffpermaculture.org/VisitMountainMeadowFarm.htm).
DONATIONS ACCEPTED - $5 to $1000 BENEFITING FLAGSTAFF YOUTH GARDEN
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GARDEN DESIGN WITH NATIVE PLANTS, FEATURING PENSTEMONS AND ENHANCING NATIVE COMPANION PLANTS" TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 7-8:30 P.M. AT BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES BLDG, ROOM 313, NAU.
Location: Northern Arizona University
North Campus
Flagstaff, AZ
86001
Phone: 814-2644
Cost: Free
Email: esf001us@yahoo.com
Date(s): Monthly on the 3rd Tuesday between 8/15/2006 & 8/15/2006
Time(s): 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
Directions: Biological Sciences Building, room 313
Jan Busco, well-known author and area horticulturist, will present a slide show and lecture, "Garden Design with Native Plants, featuring Penstemons and Enhancing Native Companion Plants." Jan has co-authored 2 books dedicated to successful plant selection and growing in the Flagstaff area, "Native Plants for High-Elevation Western
Gardens," and "How to Get Started in Southwest Gardening." Jan will illustrate with slides and presentation, designs for garden beds using penstemons and companion native plants requiring similar soils and micro-climates.
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ARIZONA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY WALK AT MM FARM AND NEARBY MT ELDEN ESA
TRAILS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20TH. MEET AT PROCHNOW PARKING LOT AT NAU TO
CARPOOL AT 10A.M., OR AT THE FARM AT 10:30. Janice Busco, "Bringing
Local Penstemons and companion plants Home from Forest Trails."
Jan will guide us for a short walk at Mountain Meadow Farm (www.mountainmeadow.org) and on forest pathways; we will see local blooms in the wild in the Mt.Elden Enviornmental Study area, and at the Farm,
and talk about propagating and growing local ecotypes of penstemons and other natives for home gardens. There will be Penstemons and other Mountain Meadow Farm-grown native perennials (and great edible and useful farm-grown plants, all produced with harvested rainwater and local, recycled materials) available for sale after the walk!
The ground is wet, humidity is high, and the best time to plant perennials is right now!
These include: Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
Scarlet bugler (Penstemon barbatus)
Eaton's firecracker (Penstemon eatonii)
Jacob's ladder (Polemonium foliosissimum)
Osha (Ligusticum porteri)
and many, many more.......
Meet at 10:00 at the Prochnow Parkinglot to carpool or 10:30 at Mountain Meadow Farm, 4509 N.Mountain Meadow Drive. Directions are available at: http://www.flagstaffpermaculture.org/VisitMountainMeadowFarm.htm.
Posted by buscoj at August 4, 2006 11:28 AM