Go to Fred Meyer | Fred Meyer
Over the past five years Fred has progressively turned his entire backyard into an organic vegetable and herb garden. The attractive, yet informal, garden is based on Permaculture principles and is low-maintenance and self-sustaining.
| Saturday, July 15, 2006
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Blossom Shaw | Blossom Shaw
Blossom’s forest-like backyard provides sanctuary for people, birds and other wildlife. The numerous shade gardens contain a wide variety of hostas and native forest plants.
| Sunday, July 16, 2006
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Go to Elesa and Zac Wedemeyer | Elesa and Zac Wedemeyer
Elesa and Zac's garden provides food for their family and habitat for many birds, insects, and other wildlife. It is their creative outlet and a beautiful, peaceful place to relax.
| Sunday, July 30, 2006
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Josh and Alisa Meggitt | Josh and Alisa Meggitt
Josh and Alisa have allowed their backyard to gradually return to its natural state. A wooded ravine runs along the back of their yard and is home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife.
| Saturday, August 12, 2006
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Ellen Hartz | Ellen Hartz
For the past nine years Ellen, a caretaker of Indiangrass Hills near Williamsburg, has created a beautiful forest-like yard that requires almost no mowing. It has many wildlife-friendly features including a neighboring stream and a small pond.
| Sunday, August 13, 2006
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Liz and Ryan Maas | Liz and Ryan Maas
Liz is a member of the PrairieLand Watershed Alliance and has created a low-maintenance yard which features a beautiful rain garden of native plants.
| Saturday, September 23, 2006
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Derek Roller | Derek Roller
See Huge Urban Gardens
Learn how much food can be grown on a small city lot. On several huge garden beds, Derek Roller and Christy Andersen grow an abundance of organic herbs and vegetables. Just four years ago the area was covered by turfgrass; it is now covered by fertile garden beds, walk-in cold frames, and prairie plants.
| Saturday, May 05, 2007
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Roberta Till-Retz | Roberta Till-Retz
Meander Through a Natural Garden
Over the years Roberta has transformed this simple field of turfgrass into inviting outdoor rooms bordered by flowers, shrubs, and trees. Cairns (brush piles) and undisturbed “wild” areas make the yard a magnet for deer, fox, and other wildlife. Above all, this garden can teach us to see a deeper harmony in our surroundings and help us step outside the traditional definition of overly manipulated "beautiful yards" as sold to us in glossy magazines and flashy TV commercials.
| Saturday, June 02, 2007
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Go to Judy and Bob Richardson | Judy and Bob Richardson
See a Backyard Sanctuary
For over two decades Judy and Bob have been transforming their once-dark, plain backyard into a peaceful sanctuary for all creatures great and small. A delightful mix of trees, shrubs, flowers, pond, and shed all make this yard ideal for feeding and sheltering birds, frogs, mammals, insects—and humans.
| Saturday, June 09, 2007
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Go to Josh and Alisa Meggitt | Josh and Alisa Meggitt
Create a Native Prairie Garden
At this hands-on demonstration, Transition Ecology, a local native landscaping business, will show you how to establish a garden of low-maintenance native prairie plants. Once established, native Iowa prairie plants require little maintenance, are resilient, and provide food and shelter to local wildlife.
| Saturday, July 14, 2007
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Go to Dan Daly | Dan Daly
Enjoy Simple Abundance
We often believe it takes elaborate plans and a lot of money to create enjoyable backyard spaces. Through creativity and resourcefulness, Dan Daly demonstrates how simple abundance can be easily achieved in any yard.
| Saturday, August 18, 2007
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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