Sustainable Landscaping with Palouse Native Plants – a presentation

On Thursday evening, March 25 from 7 to 8:30 pm at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn, Jacie Jensen will introduce attendees to Palouse Prairie native wildflowers and native grasses. Jensen will illustrate how to incorporate them in a home or natural landscape. The session includes a Power Point presentation accompanied by handouts plus seed and plant displays. The cost is $5 at the door.

The Palouse Prairie native plant community provides more than just beautiful and colorful wildflowers for our landscapes. They also help our landscapes and wildlife habitats remain sustainable: provide seed and insects for our birds, provide nectar & pollen for pollinators, need only natural rainfall for survival, eliminate the need for additional fertilizer or amendments, and provide soil stabilization.

Presenter Jacie Jensen, and her husband Wayne, are Palouse area farmers who focus on stewardship and conservation. Several years ago they noticed another conservation need - management and preservation of their Palouse Prairie remnant.

In 2004, they realized that long-term restoration, preservation and management of Palouse Prairie remnants require the availability of regional seeds from the native wildflowers. In 2005 the Jensen’s started Thorn Creek Native Seed Farm and now produce 24 species of wildflower seed originating from the Palouse Prairie.

The certified seed, and the seedlings produced from them, are available for Inland Northwest native landscapes, and Palouse Prairie restoration and re-establishment plantings.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is in Uniontown on highway 195 in the big white barn behind the famous iron wheel fence. The art center is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. It is fully handicap accessible and there is no daily admission fee. Information: www.ArtisanBarn.org or 509-229-3414.