Vertical Planters meeting: 9/28 at 5pm
BLM Presentation & seed sowing: 10/2 at 6pm
Events are held in the Wellness Garden behind the ICL office at 658 East 200 South.
Bring your own water and folding chair (optional).
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The garden club will be partnering with the BLM, Native Plant Rescue of southern Utah, and the Utah Tech Garden Club to grow native plants to be placed in critical habitat areas.
This is your chance to learn from experts in the field (BLM, Native Plant Rescue) about this unique area and the importance of native plants and their relationships with other living organisms and the proper way to plant and maintain native plants (soil types, watering amounts, nutrition. You will learn about and grow native edible and medicinal plants with the help of the BLM
The ICL garden club will be working with students from Utah Tech University Garden Club to build tiered vertical planters for native plants. Coordinate with students to help maintain the care and health of plants.
We also want volunteers to improve the garden. With the help of the BLM, we will amend the soil in a few of the raised beds and upfront along the unused driveway under the juniper tree for native plants. We will design and build something that we can place educational information on in each of the native plant boxes.
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New! ICL/UT Garden & Indigenous Plant Conservancy Club: Once you join here, you'll be on the list to receive e-mails with dates for speaker presentations and gardening events. We will also add the schedule here when it becomes available.
The Garden club has a new name, a new mission and is an exciting new program! We are now working with conservancy groups to save indigenous plant species that only grow in the southwest, particularly those that grow only in Washington County. Washington County boasts the highest density of indigenous plants that are exclusive to our unique environment. Club members will cultivate these plants from see and protect them from extinction, while offering variety to our landscape.
Club members will get to plant seeds from unique indigenous species in their own yards. As they grow, some plants can remain a part of your own enhanced landscape. Others will be transplanted back into scorched landscapes in Washington County.
Club membership includes a series of expert presentations on unique indigenous plants and hands on education on how to plant and care for them in your own yard. We will also continue to support growing vegetables in the ICL garden but will expand to supporting growing vegetables in your own yard.
ICL membership required.