October Meeting, Highly Informative

By all accounts (I was not able to be at the meeting) speaker, Konnie Jerabek from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, gave an information packed presentation on invasive plant species in Wisconsin. After a few unforeseeable glitches, the small group of attendees gathered around Konnie's laptop to follow along and to have all of their questions answered.

Konnie provided handouts which include Wisconsin Ch. NR 40 Invasive Species List--Plants only which can be found at the following web link:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/invasives/documents/nr40plantlist.pdf

And a color handout (reproduced below) on water garden plants including plants to avoid and attractive alternatives. Our waterways being a major source of the spread of destructive plant species, as we well know from the rapid spread of Eurasian Watermilfoil, it is important to be able to identify invasive species, avoid purchasing them or bringing them into Wisconsin, and to dispose of them properly to avoid being a part of the problem.

(Click on the images below for a larger view--from the larger view, right click and select "save as" to save image to your computer for printing)

Or check out this poster (specific to Minnesota but applicable to Wisconsin as well):
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/minnu/minnug06003.pdf

We hope that Konnie can return to speak to our club again to a much larger turnout as the information provided was important especially for gardeners!

Our presentation for November: "Kokedama, A Japanese Art Form" a workshop by Mary Charmoli