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2019
2019 Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck, guest speaker Chris Cowen from Pesticide Action Network – November 12, 2019
Lawns to Legumes State of Minnesota Program Promotes Pollinator Habitat — October 15, 2019
Kassie Brown, Renaissance Soil: The Universe Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Soil Ecosystems — September 17, 2019
Tour of Hannah Texler’s gardens in St. Paul: Sustainability and Beauty in the Urban Core – it can be done! — September 8, 2019
Guided Summer Prairie Walk in Valley View Park, Oak Park Heights — August 13, 2019
2019 Landscape Revival: Native Plant Expo and Market – Oakdale — June 8, 2019
Urban Oasis: Landscape Gardening with Native Plants — May 21, 2019
Don Arnosti, Izaak Walton League: Legislative Update on Conservation and Environmental Issues – March 19, 2019
2019 Design With Nature Conference: Healing and Restoring our Relationship with Nature – February 16, 2019
Kathy Widin: Book Discussion: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer — February 12, 2019
- Here’s a link Tara recommends to the Board of Water and oil Resources work with pollinators. They partnered with the Washington Conservation District on the pollinator mapping Tara described.
- Here’s a link to the Committee Recommendations for Pollinator Protection that Dan discussed.
2018
2018 Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck, guest speaker Angie Hong from Washington Conservation District – November 13, 2018
Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers — author Phyllis Root, photographer Kelly Povo — October 16, 2018
- Here’s a link to their book.
- Phyllis and Kelly referenced many MN Scientific and Natural Areas in their presentation. You will find lots of SNA information and activities/tours at this website: Friends of Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas.
- Another great resource they discussed was the Botanical Wanderings. This is a public Facebook group founded by Michael Lynch (one of our speakers at the 2019 Design With Nature Conference 2/16/19).
Chris Smith: Wildlife Corridors: Linking Habitats to Protect and Restore Wildlife Populations – September 18, 2018
Here are four links to material Chris presented. The last one is the Herp Mapper App you can use to help collect data on amphibians and reptiles throughout Minnesota, and document turtle-road crossing and mortality hotspots for MnDOT.
- MnDOT Wildlife webpage
- MnDOT Pollinator webpage
- Monarch Highway page with Monarch Joint Venture
- Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Minnesota w/ links to the app and projects
Landscape Revival Native Plant Expo & Market, Walton Park, Oakdale, MN – June 9, 2018
Field Trip, William O’Brien State Park with Jason Husveth — Rare Plants of Northern Washington County – June 7, 2018
Kathy Widin: An Invitation to Landscape With Native Plants: Getting Started – May 15, 2018
Jason Husveth — Rare Plants of Northern Washington County Within the St. Croix River Valley – April 17, 2018
Establishing and Restoring Prairies for Native Plants and Wild Bees: Researching what drives success – Julia Brokaw, Cariveau Bee Lab, University of Minnesota – March 20, 2018
Here are two good resources from the meeting:
- Plants for MN Bees — a program handout from the U of MN Bee Lab
- Building and Managing Bee Hotels for Wild Bees –speaker Julia Brokaw referenced this
2018 Design With Nature Conference: Natural Landscape as the New Norm – February 17, 2018
The Minnesota Wildflowers website and its’ creators, Katy Chayka and Peter Dziuk – January 16, 2018
- Here’s their website.
2017
2017 Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck, guest speaker Julie Drennen from Conservation Minnesota – November 6, 2017
Kathy Widin: Managing Native Trees & Woodlands for Tree Selection, Health Threats, Wildlife, and Risk Prevention – October 17, 2017
Malcolm & Rosemary MacFarlane: Native Northern Orchids – September 9, 2017
2017 Landscape Revival: Native Plant Expo & Market – June 3, 2017
Heather Holm, author of BEES: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide – May 16, 2017
Lynn Steiner, author of Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden – April 18, 2017
Douglas Owens-Pike, The Lawn of the Future: Low Maintenance Alternatives to Kentucky Bluegrass – March 21, 2017
2017 Wild Ones Design With Nature Conference: Planting Matters – February 18, 2017
Phyllis Root, Author of Plant a Pocket of Prairie and Big Belching Bog – January 2017
2016
Gary Noren, Environmentalist and Nature Photographer at our Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck – November 15, 2016
Holley Wlodarczyk: Bringing the Natural Aesthetic Home- Our Changing Landscape – October 18, 2016
Heather Holm: Selecting Native Trees and Shrubs that Support Pollinators – September 20, 2016
Paddle Tour at Wild River State Park Guided by Mike Dunker, Park Naturalist – August 7, 2016
Tour of Pam Hartley’s Lake Elmo Landscape and Restored Prairie – July 23, 2016
Guided Tour of Carpenter Nature Center’s Wisconsin Campus – July 10, 2016
2016 Landscape Revival Native Plant Expo & Market – June 4, 2016
Tom Dickhudt: Designing a 10′ x 10′ Pocket Garden for Pollinators – May 17, 2016
Tour of Brown’s Creek Trail – May 14, 2016
FILM: “Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home” – April 30, 2016
Four Table Topics: Local resource People Answer Your Questions –April 19, 2016
Local artist and printmaker Emily Gray Koehler: A Walk Through the Trespasser’s Garden – March 15, 2016
2016 Wild Ones Design With Nature Conference: Good Design Matters – February 20, 2016
Joe Sausen: The Changing Need of Birds in a Nature-Based Landscape – January 19, 2016
2015
Annual Membership Meeting and Potluck with guest speaker Jennifer Vieth, Executive Director, Carpenter St Croix Valley Nature Center – November 5, 2015
Andy Weaver, local educator and environmentalist: Collecting Seed and Propagating Native Plants – October 1, 2015
Dan MacSwain, Natural Resources Coordinator for Washington County Parks: Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Work at Washington County Parks – September 3, 2015
Kathy Widin: Tour of Valley View Park in Oak Park Heights – August 16, 2015
FamilyMeans 23rd Annual St. Croix Garden Tour – July 10 – 11, 2015
2015 Landscape Revival: Native Plant Expo & Market – June 6, 2015