


Homemade Winter: Cold Stratification
Around the Grounds with Bennett I Homemade Winter: Cold Stratification Written by: Bennett Dowling, 577 Organic Landscape Horticulturist As the days grow shorter and colder and the plants in the garden begin going dormant, it is the time of year for seed gathering. ...
A Slight Mess
Around the Grounds with Bennett: A Slight Mess Written by Bennett O Dowling, 577 Organic Landscape Horticulturist With the arrival of frosts, our perennial gardens are beginning to go dormant for the winter. Now comes the question of whether to clean up the garden or...
National Pollinator Week
From the Desk of Avery Bohman, 577 Program Coordinator Imagine a honeybee buzzing on a striking yellow sunflower, a butterfly joyfully fluttering around in a field of asters, coneflowers, and goldenrods, or a hummingbird drinking nectar from a bright red flowering...