Calvin College hosts Native Plant Sale

The eighth annual Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve native plant sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Bunker Interpretive Center on Calvin's campus. All of the profits from the sale will benefit the Preserve's educational programs, which allow community members to explore the college's 90-acre Ecosystem Preserve at little or no cost.

The Native Plant Sale features more than 75 rare, unusual and favorite varieties of native wildflowers, shrubs and grasses for all growing conditions. Among the plants on sale at the Bunker Interpretive Center will be Swamp milkweed, wild bergamot, Golden Alexanders, Wild columbine, Cow bane, Joe Pye weed, Wild strawberry, Black-Eyed Susan, Purple coneflowers, Rattlesnake master, Yellow coneflower, Boneset and a whole range of grasses: bottlebrush grass, big and little blue stem, switchgrass and Canada wild rye, among others.

For a complete list of plants for sale visit: www.calvin.edu/academic/eco-preserve/newsandevents

Biology professor Dave Warners says that the prices of the native plants will be significantly lower than ones you would buy at a native plant grower. He says he is keeping the costs low to encourage people to plant these native genotypes in their yards.

For more information contact Jeanette Henderson, Ecosystem Preserve program manager, at preserve@calvin.edu or 616-526-7601.

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Received on Fri May 3 12:42:46 2013