Thursday March 25m 2010; 7 to 9 p.m. – External Offering at the RoyalBotanical Gardens in Hamilton
Learn how to release the lifecontained within tiny seeds. The workshop will look at how you can grow manyspecies of wild plants from seed, germination and stratification techniques,soils, transplanting. Each species has specific conditions or cues that need tobe met for them to know when to burst free and start growing. Learn about theseconditions and how to be a detective to figure out new species! Take away abutterfly plant!
Paul Morris MSc - Restoration Ecologist / Owner: In his youth, Paul spent a great deal of time outdoors with his father and grandfather who would take him on their landscape painting trips. These times fostered apassion for the outdoors and natural history. Later he completed his undergraduate degree at WaterlooUniversityin biology and then went on to complete his Masters at AcadiaUniversity in NovaScotia. Those two years involved intensivegreenhouse, laboratory and field research on native plants. His in-depthknowledge of native plants gives him insight into growing over 350 species ofplants for restoration projects. His extensive experience in wetland andprairie restoration ecology and conservation biology makes him a leader in thedesign and planting of restoration areas. In 1997, Environment Canada asked himto co-author a manual on prairie and meadow restoration. He continues torestore sections of his 95-acre farm and has completed numerous projects acrossOntario, including Eco-parks,wastewater and storm water ponds, and naturalization for private homeowners.
