Pre-registration is required: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/halletts-pond-shoreline-planting/ Volunteers are needed to plant native grasses and shrubs along the shoreline and build floating islands to be installed in the pond. This work will establish a new, sustainable ecosystem in the pond to improve water quality and provide diverse habitat for fish, pollinators, and birds to thrive. Recommended for ages…
Pre-registration is required: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/arbor-day-forest-restoration/ Join Great River Greening for our first public event at this 67-acre city park in Rosemount! Carroll’s Woods/Schwarz Pond Park features both paved and natural trails amidst the oak forest. Volunteers will clear buckthorn in the first phase to transform the understory into a healthy natural habitat. Open to all ages,…
Pre-registration is required: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/seeding-a-new-prairie/ Volunteers will carefully seed a new prairie reconstruction at Ravine Parkway by hand-sowing and raking in seeds collected by volunteers last fall. In this fast developing area, prairie is an ideal habitat; the plants’ deep roots hold soil and filter rainwater before it enters the Mississippi River. Open to all ages,…
Pre-registration is required: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/seeding-a-new-prairie/ Volunteers will carefully seed a new prairie reconstruction at Ravine Parkway by hand-sowing and raking in seeds collected by volunteers last fall. In this fast developing area, prairie is an ideal habitat; the plants’ deep roots hold soil and filter rainwater before it enters the Mississippi River. Open to all ages,…
Pre-registration is required: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/seeding-a-new-prairie/ Volunteers will carefully seed a new prairie reconstruction at Ravine Parkway by hand-sowing and raking in seeds collected by volunteers last fall. In this fast developing area, prairie is an ideal habitat; the plants’ deep roots hold soil and filter rainwater before it enters the Mississippi River. Open to all ages,…
