Perfect weather for end-of-season clearance #AlwaysBePlanting: 12x each Asclepias incarnata, Lythrum alatum, Iris versicolor, Echinacea angustifolium, Scutellaria leonardii & Pedicularis canadensis.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #ecosystem #NativePlants #MilkweedForMonarchs #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Bring along your own big fork, ready for Pick Your Own happening this Saturday 3 October. First one of the season, with carrots and pumpkins ready for harvest.

Sign up: events.mangaroa.org/pyo

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I was out #AlwaysBePlanting on Saturday to beat a weekend full of soaking rain with perfect temps for establishing new plants. I got these beautiful highly scented new roses on sale so #MagentaMonday #PinkMon will be an even better show next year.

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Monday’s #AlwaysBePlanting report (cont): 1x Ribes x gordianum (from cutting); 1x Thalictrum ‘Cotton Candy’ & ‘Cotton Ball’; 2x Penstemon ‘Prairie Dusk’; 4x Penstemon digitalis ‘Dark Towers’; 2x Muhlenbergia ‘Undaunted Ruby’; 2x Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’; & 1x Vernonia ‘Prairie Princess’.

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Forgot to share Monday’s #AlwaysBePlanting report (lots of #NativePlants, nativars & friends): 2x Asclepias purpurescens; 1x Deschampsia caespitosa;
2x Schizachryium scoparium ‘Ha Ha Tonka’; 1x Asarum canadense; 6x Sisyrinchium angustifolium; 9x Gaultheria procumbens ‘Cherry Berries’;

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Learn some garden skills alongside Cam, our market garden wizard. This full season of garden education workshops will run monthly until May, starting this weekend.

Sign up: events.mangaroa.org/home-garden-... 🌱

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Spring is back, and so is the Mangaroa Coffee Cart ☕️

Reopening this Saturday, we'll be open every Sat morning until December from 9am - 1pm. We're also excited to offer delicious wholefood treats from Half Baked Catering Co

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#AlwaysBePlanting Nativars & friends (cont): 4x Lysimachia ciliata ‘Fireworks’; 1x Vernonia ‘Prairie Princess’; 1x (divided into 5x) Penstemon ‘Rock Candy Pink’; 1x Clematis ‘Little Lemons’; 1x (divided into 2x) Geranium ‘Brookside’. Also moved huge rose. 🥵

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#AlwaysBePlanting more #NativePlants (cont): 1x Iliamna remota (White-flowering); 1x Dryopteris marginalis (Leatherwood Fern); 2x Lobelia siphilitica; 3x Penthorum sedoides (Ditch Stonecrop); 4x Thaspium trifoliatum (Meadow Parsnip); 1x Oenothera macrocarpa;

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Spent previous 2 days #AlwaysBePlanting as it finally cooled down & we had rain last night. Tons of #NativePlants: 3x Glyceria striata (Fowl Manna Grass); 2x Vernonia missurica; 1x Epilobium glandulosum (Northern Willowherb); 4x Dalea candida; 5x Zizia aurea;

#gardening #ecosystem #February2Frost 🌱