This document provides information on the benefits of using native plants in landscaping, including that they are better adapted to the local climate, require less watering once established, and attract local wildlife like birds. It recommends buying native plant seeds or young plants from regional sources and outlines how to incorporate native plants into landscaping designs. The document also provides lists of native plant species recommended for different growing conditions in eastern and western Kansas.
Virginia Rain Garden Plants List ~ Virginia Tech
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Virginia Rain Garden Plants List ~ Virginia Tech
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Plant NOVA Natives Garden Signs 5 x 7 inch for Shrub and Small Trees NVSWCD 2...Mary Van Dyke
These are garden signs to download and print for Plant NOVA Natives Shrubs and Small Trees as distributed by the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District between 2011 and 2015. Download and print 5 x 7 inch onto polyester card such as Terraslate 7 mm and put in metal holders (e.g. Forest Supplies).
Each sign highlights some wildlife benefits of the plant in text and images.
Scan QR Codes to go to further information from Lady Bird Johnson and other sources.
Growing Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Other Cole Crops in Wisconsin; Gardening Guidebook for Wisconsin www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 - University of Wisconsin, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
Signboard on the 'Rooted in Time' self-drive tour of the Knysna forests in the Garden Route National Park. https://www.sanparks.org/parks/garden_route/
Plant NOVA Natives Garden Signs 5 x 7 inch for Shrub and Small Trees NVSWCD 2...Mary Van Dyke
These are garden signs to download and print for Plant NOVA Natives Shrubs and Small Trees as distributed by the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District between 2011 and 2015. Download and print 5 x 7 inch onto polyester card such as Terraslate 7 mm and put in metal holders (e.g. Forest Supplies).
Each sign highlights some wildlife benefits of the plant in text and images.
Scan QR Codes to go to further information from Lady Bird Johnson and other sources.
Growing Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Other Cole Crops in Wisconsin; Gardening Guidebook for Wisconsin www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 - University of Wisconsin, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
Signboard on the 'Rooted in Time' self-drive tour of the Knysna forests in the Garden Route National Park. https://www.sanparks.org/parks/garden_route/
Maureen Stapleton, General Manager of the San Diego County Water Authority provided a presentation at the September Rice Club Luncheon. Topics included a general overview of the Water Authority and its major programs and projects, a water supply update and information on water rates.
Birds, Bugs and Wildflowers:organic Integrated Pest Management for the home ...Richard Gardner
This past year we transformed our yard into a place for birds, pollinators and an organic garden. The purpose of this transformation was twofold:
1.) to provide pollinator and bird habitat
2.) to increase the yield in our garden by attracting pollinators to the vegetables and native predators of herbivorous insects to the garden.
To do this we planted several wildflower beds, placed birdhouses throughout our yard, our woodlot and the pasture next to it and avoided non-organic pesticides, fertilizers and other garden chemicals.
This presentation is a photo essay of the past year.
Learn which native plants to include in your home gardens. Whether the garden is in the sun or shade, this presentation lists which grasses, shrubs, perennials, and trees to select.
Foliage refers to the leafy parts of a tree or plant. "Don't eat the foliage on the rhubarb plant because the leaves are poisonous and eating them can be fatal; the stems, on the other hand, are tasty." The noun foliage refers to leaves — either individual leaves or the collective leafy canopy of many trees or plants.
In this presentation, we'll explore the classification of ornamental plants, delving into their diverse categories and unique characteristics.
This presentation serves as a short illuminating guide for horticulture enthusiasts and agriculture students to help them with a better understanding of ornamentals.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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1. Native Plant Landscaping Fact Sheet
Why grow native plants? Could I dig plants from
the wild?
• Native plants are better-adapted to regional climates
than most typical nursery plants. • In many states this practice is illegal.
• Most native plants require less water than typical • Most mature plants do not survive the transplanting.
garden plants. • The conditions in the wild probably do not match the
• Once established, native plants are low maintenance conditions in your backyard garden.
because many of them are perennials. • It is better to leave the plants where all can enjoy
• Native plants are simply beautiful and unusual. them.
• Regional native plants attract interesting species of • Buy or collect seeds to get the best value for your
native birds. landscaping.
How do I know what native plants to use?
How do I use native plants in my landscaping?
• Establish plants from your nearest regional native
seed/plant source. • Native plants can be used as a small “wildflower
• Do not buy inexpensive cans of wildflower seeds meadow”. Buy good quality mixed wildflower and
from discount stores, catalogs, or greenhouses. grasses seed for this type of landscaping.
These seeds may contain weedy species, filler, and • A border or grouping of “specimen” plants can be
plants that are not from the area where you live. effective in a landscaping plan.
• Collect seeds from native plant prairies near your • Mix native plants with other types of exotic, non-
home. invasive perennials for an attractive and low
• Visit a reputable native plant nursery close to home. maintenance garden.
• Ask the greenhouse owner where the native plants • Mix native perennials with shrubs or trees.
originated.
What are suggestions for sun-loving native plants in my backyard?
In eastern Kansas try plants noted with the letter E.
In western Kansas try plants noted with the letter W.
Ashy Goldenrod - Solidago mollis EW Little Bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium EW
Ashy Sunflower - Helianthus mollis E Louisiana Sagewort - Artemisia ludoviciana W
Big-flower Coreopsis - Coreopsis grandiflora E Missouri Goldenrod - Solidago missouriensis EW
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta EW Narrow-leaf Purple-coneflower - Echinacea angustifolia W
Blanket Flower - Gaillardia pulchella W New England Aster - Aster novae-angliae E
Blue Grama - Bouteloua gracilis W Pale Purple-coneflower - Echinacea pallida E
Blue Sage - Salvia azurea E Prairie Dropseed - Sporobolus heterolepis E
Blue Wild Indigo - Baptisia australis E Purple Poppy Mallow - Callirhoe involucrata EW
Buffalo Grass - Buchloe dactyloides W Rocky Mountain Zinnia - Zinnia grandiflora W
Butterflyweed - Asclepias tuberosa E Rose Vervain - Verbena canadensis E
Canada Wild-rye - Elymus canadensis EW Rough Gayfeather - Liatris aspera EW
Dakota Vervain - Verbena bipinnatifida EW Serrate-leaf Evening-primrose - Calylophus serrulatus W
Eastern Gamma Grass - Tripsacum dactyloides E Shell-leaf Beardtongue - Penstemon grandiflorus E
Gray-headed Coneflower - Ratibida pinnata EW Side-oats Grama - Bouteloua curtipendula EW
Hairy Grama - Bouteloua hirsuta W Stiff Goldenrod - Solidago rigida EW
Indian Grass - Sorghastrum nutans EW Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum EW
June Grass - Koeleria macrantha EW Western Wheat Grass - Agropyron smithii EW
Large-flower Butterfly-weed - Gaura longiflora EW White Beardtongue - Penstemon albidus W
KNPS R.L. McGregor Herbarium University of Kansas 2045 Constant Avenue Lawrence, KS 66047-3729
www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org email@kansasnativeplantsociety.org 01/2006
2. What native woodland plants are recommended for shady areas in eastern Kansas?
America Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis River Oats - Chasmanthium latifolium
Canadian Brome - Bromus pubescens Solomon's Seal - Polygonum biflorum
Drummond's Aster - Aster drummondii Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Elm-leaf Goldenrod - Solidago ulmifolia Wild Ginger - Asarum canadense
Golden Ragwort - Packera obovata Wild Sweet William - Phlox divaricata
How do I get started?
• Check your city ordinances. There may be restrictions on height of plants in your front yard.
• Get ideas from the references listed below.
• Start small.
• Encourage your neighbors to join you in native plant landscaping.
How should I prepare my yard for Native Plants?
The best preparation for native plants is to duplicate, as much as possible, the natural conditions where the plant grows.
However, the soils, moisture, and micro-organisms in the garden will likely not be the same as a woodland or prairie. So,
adjustments may be necessary to simulate a native plant’s acceptable growing conditions.
Where do I learn more about growing native plants?
Books (Many of these may be available at your public library.)
• 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants: For American Gardens in Temperate Zones by Lorraine Johnson, Firefly Books, 1999.
• Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden by Xerces Society, Smithsonian Institution, Sierra Club
Books; 2nd edition, 1998.
• Gardening with Prairie Plants by S. Wasowski, The Univ. MN Press, 2002.
• Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers by H. R. Phillips, The Univ. NC Press, 1985.
• Growing Native Wildflowers by Dwight R. Platt and Lorna Habegger Harder, Kansas Native Plant Society, 1997. For
more information or to order, visit [www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org] or contact Dyck Arboretum at (620) 327-8124.
• Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants by
William Cullina, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
• Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities by John Diekelmann, Robert M. Schuster, Renee Graef
(Illustrator), University of Wisconsin Press; 2nd edition, 2003.
• The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and
Canada by William Cullina, Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
• A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction by Carl Kurtz, The Univ. of Iowa Press, 2001.
• The Prairie Garden by J. R. Smith with B. S. Smith, The Univ. WI Press, 1987.
• Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie by Shirley Shirley, The Univ. of Iowa Press, 1994.
• The Tallgrass restoration handbook for prairies, savannas, and woodlands by S. Packard and C.F. Mutel, Island Press,
1997.
Websites
• Dyck Arboretum of the Plains www.dyckarboretum.org
• Gardening with Native Plants of Kansas www.kansasnativeplants.com
• Grow Native www.grownative.org
• Iowa Prairie Network - Prairie Management & Reconstruction www.iowaprairienetwork.org/mgmt/management.htm
• Kansas Native Plant Society www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org
• Plant Native www.plantnative.org
• Prairies Forever www.prairies.org