Workshops for a Cleaner Waterway
Our district is teaming up with ROW (Reconnecting to Our Waterways), Kheprw Institute and The City League to offer Rain Garden and Rain Barrel Build workshops this summer! Made possible [...]
Our district is teaming up with ROW (Reconnecting to Our Waterways), Kheprw Institute and The City League to offer Rain Garden and Rain Barrel Build workshops this summer! Made possible [...]
by Kevin Allison, Soil Health Specialist Spring 2021 The SWCD Eagle Creek Demonstration Garden is an educational space for no-till gardening and soil health practices such as crop rotation, cover [...]
- Are you a market farmer looking to expand your offerings by adding native plants for sale? - Are you a backyard grower who wants to add wildflowers to [...]
Join the Marion County SWCD for our 51st Annual Meeting! We are going virtual this year and our guest speaker is renowned author Doug Tallamy, professor at the University [...]
Beneficial Insects for Growers and Gardeners With Heather Holm Hosted by Marion County SWCD Wednesday, November 18 - 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. via Zoom Heather Holm, author of 'Pollinators [...]
Insects are important to soil health and growing food. Soil engineering insects help create soil structure that is stable for water and nutrients. Decomposers eat organic material and unlock [...]
Our District Manager John Hazlett will be a featured presenter on the topic of Backyard Green Infrastructure as part of the In the Know with ROW event series on [...]
Sometimes, a plot in a community garden goes unattended throughout the year. No matter the reason, the result is often the same. Weeds grow rampant and scatter their seeds [...]
By: Cheyenne Hoffa, Urban Conservationist With gyms closed and social gatherings put on hold, it can be very isolating time. A 2015 Stanford-lead study published in the Proceedings of the [...]
We are celebrating our 50th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 18th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the John Boner Community Center, 2236 E. 10th Street. Please put us [...]