LAND & WATER
Projects
COMPOSTING & FOOD WASTE WORKSHOP
June 11, 7 - 8 pm Rain or Shine, no sign up needed.
Neighborhood Native Habitat Audit - ONGOING 2024 -
Complete the Audit HERE!
Trees & Carbon Sequestration Citizen Scientist event - stay tuned
Firefly Count - backyard activity for kids - stay tuned
Extending the Season - Fall/winter vegetable gardening - stay tuned
Plant Swap & Core Meeting - May 5, 3-5 pm COMPLETED
Community Wildlife Habitat - native planting for wildlife diversity - April 6, 2024 COMPLETED
Land & Water
Land and water use, along with conservation, have the power to reduce emissions, preserve biodiversity and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. Regenerative agriculture builds soil health, produces nutritionally dense food and supports more humane treatment of animals. Land populated with native plants and pollinators maintains a healthy and sustainable interaction between microorganisms and plants necessary for food stability. Water may well be the “new gold”; a finite resource, without which we can not survive.
FACTS:
Many of the around 1 million species currently threatened with extinction could disappear within decades
Restoring degraded soil can remove up to 63 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere
Only 2.5% of Earth’s water is freshwater, and only around 1% of that amount is accessible to humans
SOLUTIONS:
Support the conservation of wild spaces
Promote biodiversity by planting native plants and pollinators
Implement regenerative farming practices to build soil health
Reduce the carbon footprint of raising livestock
Engage in activities that keep waterways clean
Institute practices and systems that reduce water consumption
Used with permission from - RegenAll.org
Habitat Audit - Please join our efforts to measure our neighborhood wildlife habitat! Participate by using this QR Code
UPCOMING PLANT SALES, CLASSES and WORKSHOPS: Programs listed by date, so scroll through to see what appeals to you. Note some classes are in person, others virtual. Sourced from LancasterOnLine.com
Pennsylvania Invasive Species. Friday, May 3, 7-8:15 p.m. In this webinar from Penn State Extension, learn about invasive species and how to manage them. Free. Register online.
Lancaster County Master Gardener plant sale. Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m.-noon at Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster.
Knowing Native Plants: Late Spring Lovelies. Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. In this talk from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (with a virtual option), learn about the flowers of later spring. $25. Register online.
Rain Barrel Discovery: Explore and Learn. Saturday, May 4, 10-11 a.m. Learn how rain barrels can help stormwater management with Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards at Lancaster Farm and Home Center
1383 Arcadia Road. Free. Optional rain barrels are $70. Register online.
Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden workshop. Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m.-noon. Create a planter at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. $55. Register online.
Kids Butterfly Garden workshop. Saturday, May 4, 2 p.m. Create a miniature garden with a butterfly puddler at Ken’s Gardens, 2467 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. $15. For children age 3 and older. Register online.
Greens Galore: Mid-Spring Foraging Walk. Sunday, May 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Join a foraging walk at Horn Farm Center, 4945 Horn Road, Hallam. $25. Register online.
2024 SPRING PROGRAMS Offered at HORN FARM CENTER -
pre-register at hornfarmcenter.org
