Feb 9th Event (past)
Creating a Naturalized Area: Removing Invasives to Establish a Meadow Wildflower Garden
Presented by Jenny Sanders, Ecological Restoration Specialist
and
Alexandra Echandi, Inland Ecologist with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
This program will help set expectations for creating a meadow garden and identify and remove invasive. plants. Two of the missions of the Wachusett Garden club are to protect the environment and encourage conservation. This program is designed to give us tools to help us achieve those goals.
Resource: DCR Growing Wild for Pollinators sent by Jenny
https://www.mass.gov/guides/growing-wild-massachusetts
Presented by Jenny Sanders, Ecological Restoration Specialist
and
Alexandra Echandi, Inland Ecologist with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
This program will help set expectations for creating a meadow garden and identify and remove invasive. plants. Two of the missions of the Wachusett Garden club are to protect the environment and encourage conservation. This program is designed to give us tools to help us achieve those goals.
Resource: DCR Growing Wild for Pollinators sent by Jenny
https://www.mass.gov/guides/growing-wild-massachusetts
If you missed the Feb 9th zoom meeting on Common Invasive plants,
you can download a copy of the presentation slides below.
Click here to get a copy of the lecture slides with additional helpful links!
| wachusettgardenclubinvasives20220209.pdf |
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Giant Hogweed
Do Not Touch This Plant! 
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is a VERY LARGE, invasive plant that can cause painful burns and permanent scarring. Brushing against or breaking the plant releases sap that, combined with sunlight and moisture, can cause a severe burn within 24 to 48 hours. Giant hogweed is a Federally listed noxious weed.
Giant Hogweed info:
https://massnrc.org/pests/pestFAQsheets/hogweed/giant_hogweed.htm |
Volunteering for nature will take you places...
Invasive volunteers: NatureGroupie https://naturegroupie.org/ The Uprooter - best way to remove invasive plants!
The Uprooter: https://www.theuprooter.com/buy-now/
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Be on the lookout for Invasive Mile a Minute:
| mile_a_minute_flyer.pdf |
Link to the lawn-to-meadow conversion project on the Mystic that was mentioned:
https://mysticriver.org/news/2021/9/24/a-wave-of-improvements-for-blessing-of-the-bay
https://mysticriver.org/news/2021/9/24/a-wave-of-improvements-for-blessing-of-the-bay
Watershed groups
https://www.blackstonecollaborative.org/
http://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/
https://www.oars3rivers.org/
https://merrimack.org/
https://millerswatershed.org/
https://www.blackstonecollaborative.org/
http://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/
https://www.oars3rivers.org/
https://merrimack.org/
https://millerswatershed.org/
Book resources:
Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris (Quarto Pub Group, 2021)
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Native Plants for New England Gardens, Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe (Globe Pequot, 2018), NE Wild Flower Society-a newer version is out.
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Mini Meadow: Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere Around Your Yard by Mike Lozotte (Storey Publishing, 2019)
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Smithsonian Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location, Editor-in-Chief Zia Allaway
(DK: Penguin Random Publishing House, 2014) |
