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Pocket Prairie Program to Brighten Feb. 8 Forum
Project GREEN to host a program on creating pocket prairies.
Keep readingIowa City Climate Ambassador Program Seeks Applicants
IC Climate Ambassador training program seeks applicants to become leaders.
Keep readingSecond Sunday Garden Forum opens Jan. 11
In 1978, after the sale of land that might have expanded Iowa City’s Hickory Hill Park, community leader Nancy Seiberling mobilized a group of citizens to form what became the Johnson County Heritage Trust to…
Keep readingPocket Prairie Programs Blooming
By Linda Schreiber Dubuque County’s Mowing to Monarchs initiative was the first program in Iowa to champion small native plant gardens – pocket prairies or prairie meadows – and since 2020, the effort has blossomed…
Keep readingJohnson County Earns Bird-Friendly Nod
Johnson County was recently designated a Bird Friendly Iowa (BFI) Community and earned High Flyer status – the highest level of achievement – on its first application. A dedication event was held Friday, Nov. 14,…
Keep reading25th Iowa Organic Conference
Monday, Nov. 17, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The 25th Iowa Organic Conference will be held at the Iowa Memorial Union, 125 N. Madison St., Iowa City. The conference will feature a range of sessions on the…
Keep readingOrchids Are a Scream: Experience Dazzling Displays
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1-2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. An American Orchid Society Competition, Halloween-themed Orchid Show & Sale, will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 1200 Collins Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids,…
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