Creation Care Updates
Shout out to Mindy, Barb S., Terry T, Ed, David B for tending the courtyard and memorial mound and super big thanks to Brad for knocking down all the overgrown areas of the Woods. It was a huge job!
The Art Park at Newfields has a fantastic pollinator garden that was planted one year ago and it is wonderful to see so many native plants in bloom. Stop by soon- it’s free!
The University of Illinois Extension has several free webinars on gardening.
Signup for “Natives versus Cultivars” webinar on June 21, 2022. Natives vs. Cultivars | Four Seasons Gardening: University of Illinois Extension
Have an area in your yard that gets overrun during a rainstorm? Consider a rain garden!
Join representatives from Marion County SWCD and Purdue Extension for an intensive two day Rainscaping workshop on Thursday 6/16 and Friday 6/17. Attendees will learn how to design, build and maintain residential rain gardens to treat stormwater runoff and provide pollinator habitat in their own backyards. This workshop is funded through the Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s Clean Water Indiana grant program and Purdue Extension and costs $100 to attend, with lunches provided. Participants will take home native plants for their home projects and visit local green infrastructure projects as well as gain valuable experience planting a local rain garden project.
More information about the Rainscaping program is available here: https://extension.purdue.edu/rainscaping/
Registration deadline is Wednesday 6/8-click on the Register link below!
Upcoming RainscapingWorkshop-Register by Wednesday 6/8!Rainscaping Workshop Thursday 6/16 and Friday 6/17Two Day Rainscaping WorkshopRegister
Action Alert:
The State of Indiana is investing $25 million dollars in buying conservation land, as our state parks and other areas were highly used during the pandemic. I am thrilled. However, at the same time there are proposed projects that will destroy some sensitive rural areas to build an interstate connection in Southern Indiana. Many of you watched the impact of building the I-69 extension to Bloomington, mature trees removed, topography altered. The Indiana Forest Alliance would like for you to comment on the proposed route through Daviess county, impacted the Gantz Woods Nature Preserve by JUNE 10TH!
INDOT chooses 'preferred route' for controversial Mid-States Corridor
-Mary B, Creation Care Advocate