Our SWC volunteers are a determined group. Despite what felt like 100% humidity, our team of eleven spent the morning pulling weeds like nutsedge, black nightshade, crabgrass, stilt grass, and vinca, then spreading fresh mulch throughout the Bass Lake shade garden. This summer’s extreme heat, drought, and a few very hungry deer have taken a … More SWC Volunteers Pull Together at Bass Lake!
Our first weeding event primarily focused on the center boxes in which students planted pollinators and vegetables. At the time, we thought that was a large amount of weeding, but that was nothing compared to what was in store for us. To avoid the forecasted 100 plus degree heat, we decided to move the event … More Southeast Elementary Roof Top Garden Invasive Removal
Was today’s Gardens and Habitats for Wildlife event an invasive removal or a pollinator gardening day?! We definitely did both! On May 30, South Wake Conservationists volunteers came together to restore the Yates Mill Pond pollinator garden. Native plants that had been buried under a dense tangle of poison ivy, blackberry brambles, and the invasive … More Volunteers Take Back the Pollinator Garden at Yates Mill
South Wake Conservationists Gardens & Wildlife Habitats Committee is looking for more volunteers for a Pollinator Garden Clean‑Up at Yates Mill County Park! Shift 1: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – For volunteers willing to work around or help pull out poison ivy and bramble. Long sleeves and long pants are recommended. Shift 2: 11:00 AM – 1:00 … More Volunteers Needed: Yates Mill Garden Workday – May 30
April 23 was our third invasive assault assisting our conservation allies, The Audubon Society. Our ultimate plan is to restore Carol H. Johnson Environmental Education Park. The weather was perfect and our crew experienced. The City of Fuquay-Varina generously aided us by providing a park employee who helped with debris removal from the site. … More Third Successful Invasive Removal With The Audubon Society
In case you missed it, SWC still has a few native plant species left from our plant fundraiser at the Simple Gifts Community Garden Open House Saturday, supporting our important conservation work. If you would like to get some beautiful native plants before the remaining ones are sold, you can contact Monty Morée to arrange … More Last Call for Native Plants
Come to our third native plant sale and invite your friends and neighbors. Numerous beautiful, native herbaceous-plant species to choose from! It’s all happening at SWC’s annual native plant sale hosted at Simple Gifts Community Garden’s open house. Expand your pollinator garden collections while helping support the conservation work of our chapter, choosing from more … More SWC Annual Native Plant Sale at Simple Gifts Community Garden April 18th!
South Wake Conservations teamed up with Wake Audubon and the city of Fuquay-Varina for a second swipe at removing invasive privette from this nature preserve. We achieved our main objective of being able to see a natural forest, down to the stream along Honeysuckle Trail, upon arrival at the parking lot. While there, we also … More Invasive Removal with Wake Audubon at Carol Howard Johnson Environmental Park in Fuquay-Varina
An important urban forestry program is coming before the Raleigh City Council on Tuesday, March 17th, and we need YOU to show up in support! The Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department will be presenting their “Leaf Out” campaign, a city-wide initiative to protect, expand, and steward Raleigh’s urban tree canopy and natural spaces. The ambitious … More Protect Raleigh’s Tree Canopy
We are one step closer to holding our first Eco Kids garden workday with 4th and 5th grade students at the Southeast Raleigh Elementary School rooftop garden! Eight SWC volunteers were on the roof Wednesday to inspect, clean up, and inventory the 34 raised beds in preparation for our first hands-on planting and education session … More Preparing for the Eco Kids Garden!