Project GREEN

2023 Second Sunday Garden Forum | Opportunities & Options for a Greener Tomorrow | Project GREEN and ICPL

Jane Wilch, Iowa City Recycling Coordinator, will discuss opportunities and options that citizens can make for A GREENER Tomorrow. Iowa City’s Resource Management Division and staff are leaders in...

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2023 Second Sunday Garden Forum | Naturalizing Roadsides | Project GREEN and ICPL

Naturalizing Roadsides: Making a More Beautiful Iowa

Chris Henze, Johnson County Roadside Vegetation Manager, will address Naturalizing Roadsides: Making a more beautiful Iowa. The prairie...

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2023 Second Sunday Garden Forum | What's New in the Garden? | Project GREEN and ICPL

Dawn Bouslog, owner of Dawn’s Pleasant Valley Greenhouses in South English will forecast What’s New in the Garden. Using her knowledge and skills operating a popular greenhouse for decades, Dawn...

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Second Sunday Garden Forum | The University of Iowa's Trees | Project GREEN and ICPL

Andrew Dahl, the University of Iowa Urban Forestry Supervisor and Campus Arborist, will give a visual survey and commentary on the most notable of the 8,000 trees / 320 species of trees on the UI...

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Second Sunday Garden Forum | Vander Veer Botanical Park | Project GREEN and Iowa City Public Library

Established in 1885 by the city of Davenport on the 33 acre site of the old Scott County Fairgrounds, Vander Veer Park is believed to be one of the first botanical parks west of the Mississippi....

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Making Landscapes Work For Wildlife | Second Sunday Garden Forum

Adam Janke, Assistant Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist, Iowa State University will be here to discuss making your landscapes work for you and for wildlife.

The Second Sunday...

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Second Sunday Garden Forum | Brucemore Gardens Update | Project GREEN and Iowa City Public Library

The Derecho that hit the Midwest in August 2020 brought winds of over 110 mph to Cedar Rapids and much of Eastern Iowa. The historic Brucemore Estate fared as badly as the rest of the community....

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2nd Sunday Garden Forum: Native Plants & Pollinators

Johnson County Conservation Naturalist Kristen Morrow will be here to talk about native plants and pollinators in Iowa.

The Second Sunday Garden Forums are cosponsored by Project GREEN and...

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2nd Sunday Garden Forum: Landscape Tree Health - Challenges, Management and Planting Diversity

Recorded by March 10, 2019

Mark Vitosh, Iowa DNR/Wildlife Bureau district forester, will address tree health in Iowa and provide updates about the spread and treatment for emerald ash borer...

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2nd Sunday Garden Forum: Saving Seeds - from Backyard Gardens to the Svalbard Seed Vault

Recorded by January 13, 2019

Phil Kauth, Seed Bank Manager at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, will take us from our own backyards to an underground seed bank drilled into a mountain 800...

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