Four sessions: 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Location: Wayland Town Building (41Cochituate Rd.) in the Large Meeting Room.

Learn a new technique – the winter sow – for growing our local native flowering perennials from seed. Your potted seeds will stay outdoors until spring and then baby native plants will appear!

The seeds selected are “Pollinator Powerhouses.” These plants are powerful tools to help fight pollution, floods, record-breaking heat waves, sea-level rise, and mass extinction of species.

This is an in-person event but, as a courtesy for those unable to attend, a kit of supplies will be available during the day for pickup. When you register, please request supplies if you will not be attending in person.

Local native plant gardeners Shelley Trucksis and Jean Milburn will make a presentation about local native plants and their role in preserving our ecosystem. Sowing native seeds in winter is an economical way for homeowners to add native plants to their own yards so that their gardens work to support pollinators in synergy with surrounding properties.

Provided: New this year – a peat-free potting mix, PittMoss, a sustainable alternative to peat-containing potting mixes. You will receive PittMoss enough for 5 milk jugs and 5 packets of local native perennial seeds.

Bring: 5 one-gallon translucent milk or water jugs, gloves, sturdy scissors, a small hand trowel, and a box to carry your mini-greenhouses home Maximum: 24 hands-on participants at each session.

To Register:
For the 10 a.m. session, email the COA at coa@wayland.ma.us or call 508-358-2990.

For all other sessions, email Shelley at mtrucksis@gmail.com.

Fee: $10.00 per person. Bring with you to drop into the Donation Box. Cash preferred. No credit cards.

Sponsors: 10 a.m. session Wayland Council on Aging, noon session The Wayland Garden Club, 2 p.m. MetroWest Climate Solutions, and 4 p.m. session Energize Wayland.