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Invasive Plants
Thursday, Feb. 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Premier Bank in the basement conference room. (Please arrive early as the doors will be closed and locked at 5:30 pm.)
A short meeting will begin at 5:30 pm. Agendas will be available in the meeting room.
After the meeting we'll be turning to the state Master Gardener Program for some Level 2 training videos on Invasive Plants (like the Canada thistle shown at right). You’ll get an hour of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) if you come watch the videos and join the discussion.
The first video features Anne Pierce, Coordinator of the WI First Detector Network. It's a general introduction to invasives and the problems they create.
Three shorter videos feature UW or UWEX experts on specific types of invasive plants. One talks about callery pear. The other two talk about aquatic and terrestrial invasive plants.
If you’d like to get another hour of education credit, we’ll show you how to do that at home by reading 3 fact sheets on specific types of terrestrial invasive plants and completing a short quiz. (Fact sheets are 4-6 pages each. The quiz is only 6 questions.)
This evening will give you a good introduction to the location and format of Level 2 training, so it will be easy to find other topics of interest that you’ll feel comfortable pursuing on your own.
Note:
The meeting and program will take place in the basement of Premier Bank, 1400 Black Bridge Road, Janesville. It’s just off Milton Ave. (Hwy 26) behind McDonalds. Enter through the front doors, go down the stairs on the left and the conference room doors will be open for you in the basement. There is an elevator which we will be using to transport equipment, but if you need to use it we'll have a key to make it accessible.
Remember: Be sure to arrive a little early, as the doors will be locked at 5:30 p.m. and bank staff will leave the building!
ALL MGVs are welcome, not just RPMGA members.
The first video features Anne Pierce, Coordinator of the WI First Detector Network. It's a general introduction to invasives and the problems they create.
Three shorter videos feature UW or UWEX experts on specific types of invasive plants. One talks about callery pear. The other two talk about aquatic and terrestrial invasive plants.
If you’d like to get another hour of education credit, we’ll show you how to do that at home by reading 3 fact sheets on specific types of terrestrial invasive plants and completing a short quiz. (Fact sheets are 4-6 pages each. The quiz is only 6 questions.)
This evening will give you a good introduction to the location and format of Level 2 training, so it will be easy to find other topics of interest that you’ll feel comfortable pursuing on your own.
Note:
The meeting and program will take place in the basement of Premier Bank, 1400 Black Bridge Road, Janesville. It’s just off Milton Ave. (Hwy 26) behind McDonalds. Enter through the front doors, go down the stairs on the left and the conference room doors will be open for you in the basement. There is an elevator which we will be using to transport equipment, but if you need to use it we'll have a key to make it accessible.
Remember: Be sure to arrive a little early, as the doors will be locked at 5:30 p.m. and bank staff will leave the building!
ALL MGVs are welcome, not just RPMGA members.
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