Posts Tagged ‘pollinator garden’
Butterflies and beyond: Planting for pollinators
When we think about pollinators, we typically think of the 1,200 species of butterflies in Iowa, the 2,500 species of moths or the 200 species of bees. However, we then overlook important pollinators such as hummingbirds, ants, flower beetles, hover flies, midges and even mosquitoes. During the next Pollinator Education Series program 5:30 p.m. Thursday,…
Read MoreRound, tiny and fluffy — participate in citizen science seed collecting program
Like each prairie plant, each plant seed is also unique — from flat, round seeds attached to fluff in milkweed plants to long, oblong seeds from big bluestem. You can learn all about native prairie seeds and how to collect them and put that knowledge into practice during the seed collecting program 11 a.m. Saturday,…
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