How many native wildflowers can you discover on your next walk? Your challenge is simple:🌿 Find 5 native flowering plants in your yard, neighborhood, local park, or nature preserve.📸 Take […]
🌾 Southeastern Grasslands Feature: America’s Most Overlooked Ecosystem Grasslands of the Southeast are some of the most diverse—and most threatened—ecosystems in North America. Once stretching across vast portions of the
Unearth A Story – Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt Unearth A Story invites preschoolers to dig into the wonders beneath their feet through stories, sensory play, and
Little Chicks, Big Stories is a fun and engaging preschool program that introduces young children to the wonderful world of chickens through stories, songs, movement, and hands-on learning. Children will
I don’t have any events this week. I am prepping for next week’s events and starting prep for June’s events. I am working up at Cherokee Veteran’s Park this week
Every ecosystem on earth depends on pollinators to ensure life on earth continues. Pollinators keep plants and humans alive. Their contributions include roles in ecosystems, agriculture, and biodiversity. There are
Mr. Goulson takes us through the causes of insect decline. He suggests ways we can support insects. Check your local library, Thrift Books, or Amazon to obtain a copy
Insect populations continue to decline by a rate of 2.5%/year. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/insect-declines-are-stark-warning-humanity#:~:text=Many%20people%20think%20of%20insects,without%20them%20we%20are%20doomed.
the combination of insecticides (thought safe) for honeybees plus fungicides together impact developing larvae. They decided to not apply the insecticides during bloom season. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-culprit-honeybee-deaths-california-almond.html
Doug Tallamy is an entomologist, ecologist, and conservationist known for his work on the importance of native plants in supporting biodiversity. He created “Homegrown National Park” encouraging the public to
The Cullowhee Native Plant Conference is the premier native plant conference of the south. The conference occurs each 3rd week of July. The conference includes hikes, speakers, and activities. Three
We are possibly living the sixth extinction. Elizabeth Kolbert explores this potention loss in her book ‘The Sixth Extinction’. She investigates the prior five extinctions and talks with world experts
