Native Planting 101 Workshop

Native Planting 101 workshop provides participants with benefits and methods of incorporating native plants into their home landscapes.

This free virtual workshop features local plant and natural resource experts and includes:

• • Alternatives to lawns
  • Pollinator and Wildlife Gardening
  • Firewise Landscaping
  • Heritage Gardens

Specifically tailored to our lands in Chelan County!

2023 Speaker Schedule:
All held Wednesdays in March at 7:00 PM via Zoom

March 1 @ 7:00 - 8:00 PM - Drought Tolerant Alternatives to Lawns - Mel Asher

Mel will describe how to establish eco-friendly ground covers, as an alternative to irrigated lawns in your home landscape, including how to correctly seed native grasses and flowers.

Presentation Materials HERE

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2022 session recordings:

Native Planting Selection and Care with Mel Asher

• Asher References
  
• Native-Plant-Selection-and-Care

Creating a Native Plant Pollinator Garden with Betsy Dudash

• Native Pollinator Garden Resources

Weed Management with Julie Sanderson

• Weed Management Presentation

• Weed Management Plan Templates
  

Using Native Plants for a Fire-Resistant Landscape with Al Murphy

• Using Native Plants for a Firewise Landscape Presentation

Questions? Contact KirkB@cascadiacd.org or (509) 436-1601

Thank you to the WA Department of Ecology for funding staff time to host this workshop series!

Thank you to our 2021 Native Planting 101 speakers and attendees!
Recorded sessions and materials are available here  

Check out the resources below for more information on native planting. 

• Washington Native Plant Society - www.wnps.org

• WTU Herbarium Image Collection: Plants and Lichens of Washington - http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php

• USDA-NRCS Plants Database - www.plants.usda.gov/java

• Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board - www.nwcb.wa.gov

• Chelan County Noxious Weed Control Board - www.co.chelan.wa.us/noxious-weed

• Washington Invasive Species Council - www.invasivespecies.wa.gov  

• The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation -  www.xerces.org

• Puget Sound Beekeepers Association - www.pugetsoundbees.org

• Natural Resources Conservation Service Insects and Pollinators - www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/plantsanimals/pollinate

• National Wildlife Federation “Garden for Wildlife” - www.nwf.org/Garden-For-Wildlife.aspx

• Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides - www.pesticide.org/pests_and_alternatives

• US Forest Service Gardening for Pollinators - www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/gardening.shtml

• “Plants for Pollinators in the Inland Northwest” - USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Biology Technical Note No. 24 
  
  
• “Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes: Selecting plants that may reduce your risk from wildfire” - Pacific Northwest Extension, Publication 590
  
  
• “Landscaping with Native Plants in the Inland Northwest” - Washington State University Extension
  
  
• “Basic Bee Biology and Identification”  - Presented by Eric Mader, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, July 7, 2011.  Courtesy of Amy Hendershot, NRCS
  
  
• “Pocket Guide to Identifying the Western Bumble Bee Bombus occidentalis” - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
  

• “Selecting Plants for Pollinators: A regional guide for farmers, land managers and gardeners in the:”

  • "Cascade Mixed Forest/Coniferous Forest/Alpine Meadow" 
    
    
  • "Intermountain Semidesert"  

• Pollinator Partnership and North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Pollinator planting guides for every eco-region in the continental U.S.!  If you live outside Chelan County, find the right guide for your area at http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm.

•  “Oregon and Washington Guide for Conservation Seedings and Plantings.” USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
   
• "Xeriscaping & Native Plants" from WSU Extension
  
  
• "5 Reasons to Start a Pollinator Garden (And 6 Tips to Help You Do It)" from Morning Chores