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HeartLands Conservancy Meanderings Summer 2022
Collinsville Landfill Planning to Become a Prairie and Urban Tree Nursery
We are working with the City of Collinsville to finalize a plan to convert an old landfill into a prairie planting and urban tree nursery.
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The prairie planting will reduce maintenance costs for the City while increasing the conservation value of the property.
The urban tree nursery will be grow trees and shrubs that can be incorporated into future City of Collinsville projects.
Valentine Conservation Community Park Opening
The Valentine Conservation Community (VCC) held its grand opening event on May 28th with over 100 attendees!
HeartLands Conservancy assisted the group with an action and illustrative plan for VCC’s Valentine Conservation Park and Nature Trails.
At the event, VCC unveiled the rendering of the park plan and sold memorabilia reflecting the founding families of the community’s legacy.
A park sign was revealed, and plants were distributed to the three eldest community members for their contributions to land ownership, family legacy, and land acquisition.
VCC Community Park
We are excited to watch as the Valentine Conservation Community organization plans to move forward with phase II, the VCC Nature Trail.
Conservation@Home
Our Spring 2022 Online Native Plant Sale was an overwhelming success. With the assistance of 70 volunteer hours, we were able to provide 1470 native plants and 118 native trees and shrubs to our communities. Meanwhile, we raised over $15,000 to help HeartLands Conservancy pursue our mission.
Based on the success of the Spring sale, we are excited to announce that we will be holding a Fall Online Native Plant Sale later this year. The sale will include favorite plants from the spring sale and new plants to add to your garden, but the focus of this plant sale will be native shrubs. We are currently working with suppliers to provide 25 different native shrubs during our Fall Sale. Native shrubs are underutilized and will enhance any project. Stay tuned for more details as we coordinate our next sale.
Contact Eric Wright (Eric.Wright@HeartLandsConservancy.org) or call (618) 566-4451 ext 23 to get started.
FALL PLANT SALE |
ONLINE SALE STARTS : AUGUST 25th PLANT SALE PICKUP : SEPTEMBER 11th
6 MEANDERINGS SUMMER 2022
