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PLANT
SCIENCES CENTER NEWSLETTER
SUMMER 1999
1140 N. Colombo, Sierra
Vista, AZ 85635
(520)458-8278 ext. 141
PSC is on the WWW!
On July 19 the Plant Sciences Center launched it's new web
site! The site's goal is to impart educational information about The Plant Sciences
Task Force and Plant Sciences Center activities, and about Arizona's unique
native plants.
Each month profile and salvaging information for one of the plants held at the
Center will be published. Many pictures of plants are on the site along with a
history of how the Center was built.
Also included is sponsorship information, PSC stories in the news, links, and
sources where to purchase native seeds and plants.
We hope you will find it useful!
The PSC welcomes our new sponsors!
Chulo Canyon Seed
Bisbee, AZ
Bisbee Ranch Co.
By Joe Pinsonneault
Bisbee, AZ
The Harold Vangilder Family
Sierra Vista, AZ
Roger & Ellinor Angel
Tucson, AZ
For information on how to become a sponsor and sponsorship
benefits please call us or go to Sponorship
Thanks!
Special thanks goes out to Chulo Canyon Seed in Bisbee
and Zamp Country Nursery in Douglas. These businesses have generously donated
proceeds of their native seed & plant sales to the PSC. For purchase sources
of native seeds & plants see Sources & Links
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The Water Wise Fall Xeriscape Tour is
set for Saturday September 4, 9 am - 1 pm.
For a free map please contact the Cooperative Extension Office at
458-8278 ext. 141.
Mark your calendar for the High Desert Garden Fair, Saturday September
11, 10 am - 4 pm,
Sierra Vista Public Library.
Seminars include Plant Health Care, Gardening with Native Plants,
& Butterfly Gardening. Admission is free. |
Grassland Project
A combination of eight grasses native to Southeastern Arizona
were planted in a field at the city waste water treatment facility totaling 27.5
acres.
This is the first phase of a multi-phased project, covering more that 190 acres,
converting former alfalfa fields to native grasses. The established native
grasses will increase the recharge potential of the fields and provide a means
of erosion control.
The project will also provide a local seed bank for the other fields at the
facility and for other regional field restoration projects.
For more information, contact Pat Bell, City of Sierra Vista,
at 458-3315.
Landscape Project
The Task Force on Plant Sciences and the First Church of the
Nazarene are teaming up on a demonstration garden for the church grounds.
This project is a good way to show how salvaged plants can be used to beautify
the landscape.
The project will be on the church grounds near the intersection of El Camino
Real and Foothills Drive.
BST Update
The Plant Sciences Center Staff conducted a
one-year "check-up" on the salvaged plants that were planted on
Buffalo Soldier Trail last July and September.
The survival rate on the 315 plants that were relocated along the 5 mile stretch
of highway was 84% Return
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