Responses to our Brainstorming Session have been tallied

Ruth has received seven responses so far. Here's how she tallied them. For each person who mentioned they liked an idea, she put the priority of their response next to that item. For example, for the Pasque Flower Preserve tour, two people said they were interested. Of those two, one said it was the thing she wanted most, the other said it was her second favorite. So on the tally sheet, it says Pasque Flower Preserve: 1, 2.  For tours of member gardens, six out of seven included it as a priority, and most as a pretty high priority.

Tour Ideas 

Bill and Mary Powell's Epiphany Farm -- Daylily hybridizer, east of Fort Atkinson) 1,  

Pasque Flower Preserve in the Kettle Moraine --1, 2, 

Nature at the Confluence, South Beloit, Illinois --1, 1, 

RPMGA members private gardens --2, 2, 6, 2, 2 (or volunteer gardens), 3, 

Regenerative Roots / Cultivating the Commons -- 3, 1, 2, 

RECAP CSA project -- 4, 3, 

Michael Fields Institute near East Troy -- 5, 3, 1, 

Welty Environmental Center -- 5, 

The Angel Museum, Beloit -- 

Wirkus Nursery outside Clinton -- 4, 

Agrecol Native Seed and Plant Nursery -- 3, 

Milwaukee gardens: Boerner/Wehr/the Domes -- 

Rockford: Anderson / Klehm Arboretum -- 4, 

West Ag Research Station Field Day -- 3, 4

Olbrich / Allen Centennial Garden --
Family Garden Day (Allen Centennial Garden and UW Greenhouses) -- 4, 

UW Arboretum --

Additional Requests: Song Sparrow Open House May 12: 5, 

Program Ideas

Beekeeping Practices, Rock County Farm -- 

Tool Care,- How to rejuvenate rusted tools - Paul Haen -- 2, 

How to Build and Use Seed screens --1
Planning / Planting Flower Gardens (Mark Dwyer) -- 3, 3, 1, 

Creating and using pollinator mixes for specific purposes (bee mix, beneficial insect mix, butterfly mix, bird mix)

Soils --Testing the effects compost could have on your own home soil -- 2, 1, 

Help create a video on testing the difference mulch makes on growing plants

Germination Testing --

Companion planting -- (1 aimed at veggies), 

How to Make and Use Seed bombs -- 5, 

IPM for average folks/Home fruit trees -- 4, 3 (include pruning fruit trees), 2,

Weed IDs -- 4, 2, 3, 

More Insect houses -- 5

Additional Suggestions

Nomenclature

Phenology

Perennial Plant of the Year: Allium Millenium (good pollinator plant)

Growing and Using Hops

Possibilities related to installing an orchard at the community garden

Note:  We can still include others if you can get them to Ruth ASAP!  Thanks for your input!

We'll be releasing our final calendar soon.  Watch for it here on the blog, through Rock Hort, on Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus.

THANKS!