Milk Jug Seed Sowing of Native Plants

at Gaithersburg Library

Get your hands dirty in this Milk Jug Native Seed Sowing Workshop!

Join Linda Barett from Chesapeake Natives Incorporated as she guides us through the process of using milk jugs to sow native seeds. Milk jugs provide the perfect little greenhouse for your seeds even during the cold winter months.

All materials will be provided.

About Linda Barrett

Linda Barrett is a volunteer and member of the board for Chesapeake Natives Incorporated. Linda wanted to learn more about native plants for pollination, so she decided to volunteer at CN native plant nursery. She has spent the last four years learning about seed collection, seed stratification, and plant propagation for various types of native plants. She has shared "Milk Jug Seed Sowing" classes with Chesapeake Natives clients and her church congregation for the past 2 years. 

Chesapeake Natives Inc. was founded in 2005 by a group of people committed to expanding knowledge, availability, and use of local ecotype native species (LENS) before many residents knew their virtue or how to find such plants or seeds. They continue to grow well over 75,000 LENS plants per year for distribution to the general public, county parks and nature centers, and stormwater restoration efforts. 

Questions about this program? Contact the Gaithersburg Library at 240-773-9490.

By joining this MCPL program, you agree to abide by our rules of conduct. Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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