Photos From Extension’s Pollinator Workshop & Native Plant Sale
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Collapse ▲On September 13, 2024 the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension conducted a workshop on Landscaping for Pollinators and Other Wildlife at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro. Approximately 185 participants from 26 NC counties plus Florida and Virginia attended the five-hour workshop taught by Sustainable Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos. Workshop meals were catered by The Phoenix Bakery and 39 West Catering.
The afternoon was dedicated to a Native Plant Sale on site featuring Chatham County’s four native plant nurseries: Dutch Buffalo Farm, Growing Wild Nursery, Mellow Marsh Farm, and Rachel’s Native Plants. The sale attracted hundreds of shoppers from the piedmont area who turned out even in the rain which of course the plants didn’t mind one bit! If you missed the sale visit the nursery websites to check out what days/hours they are open. Fall is an excellent time for planting…especially the months of October and November.
Many thanks to Big Bloomers Flower Farm in Sanford for donating the cardboard boxes for our plant sale shoppers!
Workshop crowd in the Conference Center Exhibit Hall. Photo by Debbie Roos.
After learning about the principles of garden design, participants were given time to practice designing their own pollinator garden bed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Participants were given several plant lists created by Sustainable Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos to help with plant selection in their garden designs. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Participants were given time to practice designing their own pollinator garden bed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Participants were given time to practice designing their own pollinator garden bed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Participants could draw directly onto grid paper or use post-it notes that could be moved around on the paper in their designs. Photo by Debbie Roos.
The Native Plant Sale featured Chatham County’s four native plant nurseries. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Shoppers line up in front of Dutch Buffalo Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Checking out the perennial plant selection at Dutch Buffalo Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Dutch Buffalo Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Farrell Moose and his daughter assist customers at the Dutch Buffalo Farm booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Farrell Moose and his daughter assist customers at the Dutch Buffalo Farm booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Customers line up for Dutch Buffalo Farm and Rachel’s Native Plants. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Rachel Nelms assists customers at the Rachel’s Native Plants booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Rachel Nelms assists customers at the Rachel’s Native Plants booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
The rain kept things a little soggy but couldn’t dampen the spirits of Rachel, Kelly, and Becca of Rachel’s Native Plants! Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mellow Marsh Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mellow Marsh Farm had a great mix of woody shrubs and herbaceous perennials as well as seed mixes. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mellow Marsh Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Sharon Day (right) assists a customer at the Mellow Marsh Farm booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mellow Marsh Farm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Grower Alistair Glen welcomes shoppers to the Growing Wild Nursery booth. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Growing Wild Nursery had some stunning pitcher plants and other perennials. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Growing Wild Nursery had some stunning pitcher plants and other perennials. Photo by Debbie Roos.