THURSDAY | APRIL 17, 2025
Basics and Local Examples
Presenter | Nathalie Shanstrom, Pasque Ecological Design and Consulting
After a brief introduction on how to design with native plants, this presentation will use a range of case studies to illustrate by example how to design with native plants to: maximize sustainability and ecological function, draw out the beauty of regional landscapes, and create functional spaces that foster healthy, invigorating, meaningful connections between people and their environment. A range of examples of varying scales, context, and site uses will be included to show how the design process can vary from site to site.
SPRING EVENTS IN THE TWIN CITIES!
Garden Art Fling—Features Wild Ones Members
Saturday, April 5th, 10am to 6pm Indoors, at the Flux Arts Building,
699 NE Lowry Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55418
Join us for this vibrant event, showcasing a lively mix of music; interactive story telling for kids and adults by Wonder Weaver Storytellers at 11am, 1pm, and 3:30pm; and art vendors.
Wild Ones Member and Educator Vicky Bonk will host a TC Wild Ones Information and Outreach Table, exploring the vital role of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
In addition, at the next booth, husband Richard Bonk will have a selection of his fascinating mandala art available, and Vicky will have her own Pollinator photographs available for sale.
Wild Ones member Laura Burlis will have a selection of Minnesota Landscape switchplates and Garden Fairy Houses on display.
Wild Ones member Holley Wlodarczyk is launching her new graphic design business, Garden Variety Art, which features native plants and habitat gardens, especially the interactions between wildflowers and the wildlife/pollinators they support, and will have a variety of merchandise available at her first in-person art sale.
There will be several hands-on activities for the public, including mosaic stepping stones at Clay Squared to Infinity, “Butterfly Baths” at the Clay Squared Gallery and “Pollinator Palaces” at the ACW headquarters. For more info: https://fluxartsbuilding.com/the-garden-art-fling/
Pollinators are essential to the world’s food and flowers, and their importance reminds us of how we too are better together. In community, we create possibility, joy, and positive change for all. This event is a powerful reminder of how nature and the arts come together to inspire!)
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