Kitsap Peninsula Visitor & Convention Bureau Press Releases and Member Press Releases regarding tourism related subjects on the Kitsap Peninsula.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

ANNUAL STILLWATERS’ NATIVE PLANT SALE JOINS ECOFEST

ANNUAL STILLWATERS’ NATIVE PLANT SALE JOINS ECOFEST

DATES: Saturday, April 19

NAME OF EVENT: STILLWATERS’ NATIVE PLANT SALE

TIMES: 11 am – 4 pm

LOCATION: Stillwaters Environmental Center (26059 Barber Cut Off Road; Kingston)

DESCRIPTION: Hundreds of native plants, and friendly non-natives – many species! Priced very reasonably to encourage you to plant native. There will be native plant experts on hand to assist you in your selection for your particular space and needs. Park at Bayside Church or Gordon Elementary, take the shuttle, and we will assist you in getting your plants to your vehicle.

COST: Free

CONTACT: Naomi Maasberg
360-297-2876
info@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org

WEB ADDRESS: www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org

ANNUAL STILLWATERS’ NATIVE PLANT SALE

Planting "native" is great for the environment, helps local wildlife, and saves on watering costs, too! But where to get native plants for our area?

Stillwaters' Native Plant Sale will be open during EcoFest, Saturday, April 19, 11 am to 4 pm, at the Center (26059 Barber Cut Off Road in Kingston). The sale coincides with the biggest Earth Day festival in North Kitsap, EcoFest, which bring fun and education for all ages! Park at Bayside Church or Gordon Elementary, take the shuttle, and we will assist you in getting your plants to your vehicle.

All plants are priced very reasonably, from $5-25. Some of the plants available will include: crabapple, madrona, mock orange, currant, spirea, ninebark, snowberry, kinnikinnick, salal, and ferns, maples, firs, cedars, spruce and pines. For a complete listing, visit our website at www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org or contact us at 360-297-2876.

A more complete, but not exhaustive, listing, as of this printing:
Bitter Cherry
Bleeding Heart
Cascara
Camas
Deer Fern
Douglas Fir
Douglas Spirea
Dove Trees
Grand Fir
Hawthorne
Huckleberry
Honeysuckle
Incense Cedar
Indian Plum
Japanese Maples
Japanese Snowbell
Kinninnick
Madrona
Mock Orange
Ninebark
Noble Fir
Oregon Ash
Oregon Grape
Oregon White Oak
Osier Dogwood
Oxalis
Pacific Crabapple
Pacific Dogwood
Pacific Silver Fir
Paper Birch
Ponderosa Pine
Pt. Orford Cedar
Red Currant
Roses - Peafruit & Baldhip
Salal
Sedges
Sedum
Serviceberry
Shore Pine
Sequoia
Sitka Spruce
Snowberry
Sword Fern
Trillium
Twinberry
Vanilla Leaf
Vine Maple
Violets
Western Hemlock
Western Red Cedar
Wild Ginger
Wild Strawberries
Yarrow

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1 Comments:

At October 28, 2008 5:54 AM, Anonymous Shalaidah said...

Well written article.

 

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