To support Door County’s natural beauty and rich biodiversity, the Door County Land Trust is hosting a Native Plant Giveaway on Saturday, May 17th where they will be giving away 1,000 trees and pollinator-friendly perennial plants.
Sponsored in partnership with Climate Change Coalition of Door County and the Big Plant, the community is invited to stop by to pick up plants at the Epicenter Building at 217 N. 4th Avenue in Sturgeon Bay starting at 10a.m.
Door County Land Trust Charitable Giving Director, Cinnamon Rossman, says the event allows everybody to participate in creating a better habitat for wildlife. The giveaway will include tree varieties including Balsam Fir, White Pine, and White Spruce. There will also be a generous selection of perennials including New England Aster, Marsh Blazing Star, Golden Alexander, and Common Ironweed.
“We have something called Common Ironweed which is an absolutely stunning plant that grows probably 5 or 6 feet tall in the sun,” said Rossman, “it has beautiful purple flowers that just attract a ton of bumblebees in the fall.”
The Door County Land Trust is focusing on native plants, which Rossman says is important when it comes to supporting the native wildlife in Door County.
“One of the things that we know from research is that birds and bees and insects get a lot more nourishment out of native plants than they do from hybrid plants or non-native plants,” she said.
There will be an initial 5 plant per person limit and the event will run until all the plants are gone.
