‘Growing Together’ Series Continues With Marisa Thomson
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Marisa Thomson, NMSU Extension Horticulture Specialist Speaks on Native Plants for Exciting New Mexico Gardens, 7 p.m. Thursday May 6.
Gardening in New Mexico can be tough. You can make it easier by incorporating native plant species that thrive in our conditions. Thomson will present on how to select, care for, and integrate native plants into your garden and landscape.
Thompson is responsible for active Cooperative Extension and research programs supporting sustainable horticulture. In addition to studying landscape mulches for improved perennial plant root establishment and tomato-growing practices that reduce disease pressures while increasing water conservation, her research includes abiotic plant stressors like wind, cold, heat, drought, and soil compaction.
‘Growing Together’ Series Continues With Clayton Brascoupé Of TNAFA Speaking On Seed Saving
WHEN: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 29.
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This presentation is the second in “Growing Together,” a gardening and seed saving series, running April to May, organized by Los Alamos History Museum, Los Alamos Public Library System and PEEC.
Brascoupé, Mohawk / Anishnabeg, is a life-long gardener/farmer, and began working on family subsistence garden and commercial farms at age 13. He is a founding member of and Program Director of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) a non-profit inter-tribal association of Indigenous farmers, gardeners, educators, and health professionals.
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