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plants available
STILL NEED NATIVE PLANTS BUT CAN'T DIG?
Pierce Conservation
District 21st Annual Native Bare Root Plant Sale is
Accepting Pre-Orders until January 20, 2012. All customers
are automatically entered in the drawing to win a rain
barrel!
The PCD is featuring
31species of plants native to Western Washington as well as
plastic tree tubes and spray on repellent to protect the
seedlings from deer, rodent and grass trimmer damage.
Species include 6-24 inch conifers such as western red
cedar, Douglas fir, Fort Lewis ponderosa pine, and noble
fir, 10-12" deciduous trees such as pacific madrone and
quaking aspen, and Oregon white oak, ground covers such as
kinnickinnick and salal, and a number of favorite wildlife
species such as; evergreen huckleberry, mock orange, red
flowering currant, and many more.
Pre-orders will be
taken until January 20th, 2012. Plant materials will be
available for pick up March 2 and 3, 2012 at the PCD office
in Puyallup. Prices range from $6 - $23 per bundle of
five to ten plants.
If you would like to
request an order form for our native plants, please call the
Pierce CD, 253.845.9770 or email
renes@piercecountycd.org. You may also download an order
form from their web site:
http://www.piercecountycd.org/
The Native Plant
Salvage Alliance is not in a position to provide free plant
materials to private property owners, though there are still
ways you can get your need for plants met:
- Attend one of our salvage events, volunteer to support our
efforts and then dig plants of your choosing to take home
that fulfill your needs. We'll have events that dig in
both forested and prairie locations (the schedule is on this
web site).
- Purchase plants at a variety of native plant outlets
(there's a good list of nurseries and seed sources at
http://www.wnps.org/landscaping/nurserylist.html, and
there are a variety of plant sales that occur in the spring
and fall throughout the Puget Sound region.
If your public or non-profit organization in Tacoma or
Pierce County needs plants for restoration or display
installations, we're interested in helping you with your
plant supplies!
Potential plant recipients include public and non-profit
habitat restoration or public education projects in Fircrest,
Lakewood, Milton, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Sumner, Tacoma,
University Place and Unincorporated Pierce County.
Prior to distribution, sites receiving plants are evaluated
for their plant-readiness (weeds should be adequately
removed and soils should be mulched). Limited site
consulting is available to determine which plants are
appropriate. Projects with strong planting and
maintenance plans, plus dedicated volunteers to help do the
work between October and March of the following year are
typically given first consideration.
In addition, recipients will want to consider how they will
be able to transport the plants received. 2 to 4 weeks
of lead time is beneficial to the provision of plants
already in stock. 1 to 6 months, or more lead time may
be required for procurement of specialty plants to be grown
or supplied as seed, cuttings, or live stakes, or to be
brokered at wholesale values from local/regional nurseries.
With a few
exceptions, the Native Plant Salvage Alliance provides free
plant materials to habitat restoration projects and to
public demonstration landscapes occurring within the City of
Tacoma and Pierce County. To determine whether or not your
program qualifies, please contact the
Contract
Coordinator and provide the following details:
- Name of Organization
- Organization Representative(s)
- Telephone number(s) + best
time to call
- E-mail address of
representative(s)
- Location of proposed planting
(street address and/or closest cross street(s))
- Approximate square footage of
proposed planting
- Proposed program budget and
any use restrictions
- Terrain and habitat details
(to the best of your ability, describe the site in ~2
paragraphs, attach photos if possible)
- Proposed plant installation
date(s)
- Proposed maintenance plans for
the planting for 1st & 2nd years after installation
- Has the site been prepared?
(weeds removed; soil enhanced)
- Can you pick up the plants to
be used at the project site?
- Do you have tools and
volunteers to pursue the plant installation?
- Do you know what kind of
plants you need, or do you want help here?
- Have you or has your
organization been involved with past planting restorations?
Please provide details and a brief review of
your successes, failures, and what you would do differently
if you pursued a similar planting project.
If you have any questions,
please contact the
Volunteer Coordinator.
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