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Are you ready for Spring? Can’t wait to add more native plants to your garden? Then join us for our spring nursery tour of Flower Power. This women-owned native plant nursery specializes in local-ecotype plants, including flowering perennials, grasses, trees, and shrubs. We’ll get a tour of the native species and have the chance to learn more about the nursery’s mission to empower sustainable living. 

Registration is required for this free event.

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Help grow our native plant garden at Bush Terminal Piers Park. Tools provided. We will be adding cardboard and mulch for weed suppression as we convert even more turf to pollinator garden. 

The most outstanding features of this park are its limestone ledges and beautiful fern-filled dells (including the lime-loving walking fern).  The emerging spring ephemeral wildflowers common to limey habitats are spectacular.   Song birds are abundant.  We will be walking along forested trails that likely will be muddy.  If we cross any streams it will be on corduroy log bridges. 

Everyone is welcome, with no need to RSVP. To get reminders and be informed of any last-minute changes, sign up for meet-and-hike updates.

UPDATE: This event has been moved forward 1 week to Sunday, April 19th, 2026 to better align with peak ephemeral blooms during this warmer-than-average spring.

Join botanist Charlotte Way and other native plant enthusiasts for a 1-hour guided tour of the spring ephemerals of the Onondaga escarpment at Akron Falls. 

Learn ID tips and fun facts about this beautiful but short-lived group of wildflowers, including trilliums, violets, lilies, and more! We will also discuss early spring ecology, adaptations, and the role of trees. 

Please dress appropriately for the weather, including mud-proof shoes. We will meet at the parking lot above the falls at 1:00 pm (at the end, past the rock garden when coming from the Parkview Drive entrance).

Join us for a discussion about creating the landscape you want and an open question and answer session.  Bring your questions about anything related to native plants to this open group discussion. Do you have pragmatic questions about which native plants will work best for a difficult area in your yard, need suggestions for starting a new garden, removing invasive plants, or dealing with deer pressure? Are you wondering about how to plant for a changing climate or seeking resources for designing a garden? No questions? Come anyway to enjoy the discussion and perhaps answer someone else’s question.

And if you have a favorite gardening tool – a great pair of gloves, pruners, digger, or anything else that has made a gardening chore much easier – please bring that to display!

Please RSVP to [email protected] for location