The Newton Conservators will offer two Native Seed Sowing Workshops at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on January 11. Register for either the morning session (11AM-12:30PM) or the afternoon session (1:30PM-3PM).
This coincides with the recent restocking of the Cold Spring Park Little Seed Library, next to the pollinator garden between the tennis courts and Beacon Street.
Learn how to grow native plants from seed and create a pollinator garden. Soil, native seeds, and one empty one-gallon milk jug will be provided, for participants to bring home a mini greenhouse in a bottle. Bring an extra one or two empty milk jugs to plant and bring home a variety of seeds.
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. Winter sowing is a simple and inexpensive technique to grow a wide variety of native plants. 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.
This program is co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library, Newton Community Pollinator Project (NCPP), Newton Conservators, Friends of Cold Spring Park, Newton Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture, Green Newton, Friends of Nahanton Park, and Mothers Out Front.
