Free Winter Seed Sowing Workshop - January 10
Ann
This workshop will provide an overview of the value of native plants and give you the tools you need to spark your own pollinator garden. Soil, native seeds and one empty one-gallon milk jug will be provided and you will get to bring home your own mini-greenhouse in a bottle. If you would like to plant additional seeds you may bring 2-3 more jugs. A variety of seeds will be available at the workshop or you may bring your own. Native seeds are available now and after the workshop from the Little Free Seed Library at the native plant demo garden in Cold Spring Park.
Winter seed sowing is a technique for starting native plant seeds outdoors in containers during winter to create optimal conditions for germination and growth when spring returns. It mimics the natural process of seeds falling to the ground in autumn and being stratified by New England’s cold and wet winter weather, while providing protection from critters and adverse weather, resulting in a very high germination success rate.
There will be two identical sessions of this workshop. Please sign up for either the morning session (11am-12:30pm) or the afternoon session (1:30-3pm).
The program is co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library, Newton Community Pollinator Project (NCPP), Newton Conservators, and Friends of Cold Spring Park.
Ann Dorfman
