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Master Gardeners of the North
Plant Sale
​featuring Native Plants and more

      After a two-year absence, Master Gardeners of the North will be holding their annual plant sale.  The plant sale will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Stevensport Square in downtown Rhinelander.  The sale will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will end at 3:00 p.m.  It will be in conjunction with Art Fair on the Courthouse Lawn and the other events taking place in downtown Rhinelander that day.
 
      This year’s sale will be slightly different from the previous years with precautions being taken to prevent the spread of invasive jumping worms.  The Master Gardeners will be selling more sustainable perennial native plants along with vegetables, herbs, annuals, and houseplants all grown in sterile soils.   Volunteers will be on hand to offer advice and help in choosing your plants.
 
      Jumping worms have been found in both Vilas and Oneida Counties.  All gardeners should be aware of the threat of this species of worm originally from Asia, which can alter soil quality and make it inhospitable for some plants and animals.   We will have information available on this invasive worm in hopes of educating the public.  

Here is a link to a new Doug Tallamy talk on the value of oaks for pollinators and other wildlife.
The video is over an hour long. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdiUgB_3A9w&t=58s

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LAKESIDE LANDSCAPING
RAIN GARDENS
POLLINATOR FRIENDLY
WILDLIFE
Note:  Some of the publications listed below were created in "booklet" format.  When viewed as a PDF, the page numbers will be off because of that format.  If the booklet is printed, and folded in half, pages will be in the right order.  If you are viewing the pdf, follow the page numbers to keep your place.  Thank you.

What's Blooming?

     Did you ever wonder what kind of native plants bloom during each month throughout the spring and summer around our area?  Wonder no longer.  The link below will take you to a place that tells you what Minnesota wildflowers are blooming. Click on the "Blooming by Month" button for more.
Blooming by Month
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​Native trees & shrubs provide more food for birds.

PictureCarolina Chickadee
     Planting native trees and shrubs in your yard can really help songbirds. In a study of the Carolina chickadee in the metropolitan DC area, researchers found that native trees and shrubs support much more 'bird food', such as caterpillars, than non-natives do.

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Plants Not Favored by Deer

If you are looking for some plants that deer don't like, check out the UWEX publication below.
a3727_plants_not_favored_by_deer.pdf
File Size: 151 kb
File Type: pdf
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Wild Grape
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Click on the wild grape photo
for a list of Native Ground Covers.
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Click on the chokecherry photo
for a listing ​of Native Shrubs.
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Chokecherry
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Red Maple
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Click on the Red Maple picture
​for more Native Trees.
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P O Box 400, Rhinelander, WI 54501
(715) 369-7835
www.oclw.org 

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