Central Pa Native Plant Festival - Saturday, May 6, 2023
Mark your calendars! We have put in a request for good weather this year. Lots of plant vendors, good food and live music. Stay tuned for details.
New location - Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, Puddintown Road, State College PA.
Schedule of events
10:00 - 3:00
11:00 -Presentation: Birds in my garden Presented by Laura Jackson. Would you like to attract more birds to your backyard, but at the same time enjoy a beautiful flower garden? Native plant gardener, birder and nature photographer Laura Jackson will share some tips on how to sustain a variety of birds by providing native plants, water, and safe places to raise young. You’ll enjoy the birds that visit her gardens and learn some photography tips. Laura Jackson is a retired schoolteacher who loves exploring the outdoors, observing wildlife, and nature photography. Laura taught advanced placement biology and environmental science in Bedford, Pa., for many years before directing the Bedford Environmental Center until her retirement in 2012. She is the Vice-President of Juniata Valley Audubon Society, President of Save Our Allegheny Ridges, and active in many other conservation groups, as well as secretary for her township’s Planning Commission. She and her husband manage 120 acres of conserved property near Everett, Pa. 1:00 -Presentation: Placing Invasive Plant Species in Ecological Context Presented by Norris Muth, Professor of Biology at Juniata University and President of the Mid Atlantic Invasive Plant Council. Learn why we should be concerned about invasive plants and how to help mitigate their impact. There will be a presentation followed by a walk through the Marsh to identify invasive plants. Norris Muth studied ecology and evolution at Brown, Yale, and Stony Brook Universities before joining the faculty at Juniata College. His favorite classes to teach are Winter Dendrology and Plant Behavior. His favorite native plant is Serviceberry. And spicebush. And Sassafras. And Monarda. And all the rest. |
Plant Vendors:
Click on the buttons below to see what plants will be available. We encourage you to pre-order your plants - simply contact the vendor directly and they will bring your plant with them. We will have a Plant Holding Area where you can safely leave your plants while you shop!! Click here for the complete list of vendors. Information Booths:
American Chestnut Society Arboretum at Penn State Clearwater Conservancy Juniata Valley Audubon Society Penn State Master Gardeners Pa Native Plant Society Food Vendors:
FloBrothers Pizza Miller's Tropical Ice and Caramel Corn Live music by acoustic duo Asbury Lane
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Interested in being a vendor?
Click here for Vendor Information or contact Info@PaNativePlantSociety.org
Click here for Vendor Information or contact Info@PaNativePlantSociety.org