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Greenville Master Gardeners worked hard to plan two beds and three planters for the Greenville Zoo. The zoo put together a tri-fold brochure for guests to focus on these areas.
Once again our friends at the Native Plant Society are having their sale.
South Carolina Native Plant Society Native Plant Sale Where: Conestee Nature Preserve, 840 Mauldin Rd., Greenville, SC 19607 When: April 1st - 2nd, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm  Lana Parke with the kids. Shout out to MG intern, Lana Parke! She helped out at the soil and water/4-H Day camp this summer with a Lake Robinson pollinator garden project and has since adopted a 4-H group at the Unitarian Universalist World of Children. Staff there are now enrolled in the School Gardening for SC Educators program and she has been delivering garden lessons. Patricia Whitener, Extension Associate & County Coordinator, 4-H Youth Development, says “I am always impressed at the breadth of talent and skill and enthusiasm with which our GGMGA allies share their love of all things green!”  Plants the 4-H kids planted.  Just like GGMGA, the SC Native Plant Society is having their sale online again this spring. Click here for all the details.
The latest is called "Winter Gardening for Wildlife". Here is a link to articles they have produced for homeowners.
 Mysterious packages of seeds have been arriving in Greenville, SC from China. Beware!
Here is a link to the SC Grower association's article about it. You may remember last spring that a plant called Fig Buttercup was in the news. Fig Buttercup (Ficaria verna) is so aggressively invasive - and has such a limited period of vulnerability - that it has actually been declared illegal in several states, including South Carolina. Last year the Clemson University Dept of Plant Industry reached out to the public throughout the state to request that people recognize and report it. Their request is still in effect and the public needs to be reminded! Fig Buttercup is blooming now, and its bright yellow flowers make it easy to spot. (See attached pics.) Now is also the optimum time to treat it. This year a varied coalition of agencies and organizations, led by the South Carolina Native Plant Society, has joined forces to fund a massive effort toward controlling Fig Buttercup in Greenville's Reedy River corridor. These sponsors include the South Carolina Exotic Pest Plant Council, Greenville County Soil & Water Conservation District, ReWa, Greater Greenville Master Gardeners Association, and Friends of the Reedy River. Invasive Plant Control, Inc, a nationally recognized invasive plant control firm out of Nashville (www.invasiveplantcontrol.com), has been contracted to treat Fig Buttercup along Greenville's centerpiece Reedy River and its tributaries, including Lake Conestee Nature Park. (I think IPC will be here through at least part of Thursday, March 19, if you want to get an action photo.) For more info, read https://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/authorities-ask-public-to-help-find-highly-invasive-fig-buttercup/ https://www.clemson.edu/public/regulatory/plant-protection/plant-pest-regulations/state-plant-pest-information/pest-alerts/figbuttercup.html https://www.dillonheraldonline.com/2019/03/24/authorities-ask-public-to-help-find-highly-invasive-fig-buttercup/ You may also contact Bill Stringer, SC Native Plant Society, catboyz@nctv.com, 864-979-3169 Sherry Aultman, Clemson University Dept of Plant Industry, saltmn@clemson.edu, 864-710-3895 Nancy Williams, Greater Greenville Master Gardeners Association, nwilliams8282@charter.net, 864-235-8282 Danny Howard, Greenville County Soil & Water Conservation District, dhoward@clemson.edu, 864-608-1652 The four photos attached illustrate Fig Buttercup's adeptness at colonizing new teritory. Please let me know if there's anything else I can provide that will help to get the word out. Thank you - Janie Marlow SC Native Plant Society 864-420-4309 webmaster@namethatplant.net |
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