This spring, I'm offering some informal, hands-on native plant workshops at the Princeton Botanical Art Garden ("Barden") in Herrontown Woods. The next one is from 10am to noon this Saturday, March 14, at 600 Snowden Lane.
The first one was last Saturday, and it was such a pleasure to play the role of mentor. New volunteers Angela and Sabrina came, and each took on various projects to cut last year's flower stems and set the stage for a new season. Angela gained introduction to rose mallow hibiscus, the still fragrant stems of wild bergamot, and various others as she went around the "Veblen Circle" of wildflowers, cleaning out the cages. She was thrilled by the site of buds at the base of a cupplant, which led to a conversation about the role imagination plays in gardening. Sabrina cleaned out dead stems from around one of our sculptures, and helped me prep a raingarden where cutleaf coneflower and buttonbush will soon sprout.
The Barden, a forest clearing where sun-loving wildflowers and shrubs can prosper, is a perfect setting for learning about nature and our positive place within it. If you're interested in plants, and want to help out, come by. There's a lot of learning that grows out of doing. It's very informal at this point. Check the HerrontownWoods.org website and Herrontown social media for upcoming sessions. Thus far, they are happening on Saturday mornings starting at 10.
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