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02/05/2025

“Right now, Mar-a-Lago is a mess,” the Palestinian spokesman said.

02/05/2025

February 2 - High almost 40° and road "snowfloor" turning to mush. No groundhogs to check here

02/05/2025

02/10/2022

Just posted:
WATER-WISE GRASSES: ALTERNATIVES TO KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS TURF
By: MNPS Landscaping and Revegetation Committee

Find the link here:https://www.mtnativeplants.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Water-wise-grasses20220131.pdf

Americans are obsessed with manicured lawns, dating back to George Washington’s expansive grass landscape at Mount Vernon. What once was the landscaping design of the elite (emulating that of European royalty), is now standard practice for the average homeowner. There are an estimated 63,000 sq. miles of lawn cover in America (D’Costa 2017). In the northern Great Plains and Intermountain Region, manicured lawns require 1 to 1 ½ inches of supplemental water per week, 2-3 times the amount of natural precipitation. This paper discusses the most water efficient method for maintaining standard turf grasses and presents water-efficient (drought tolerant) alternative grasses (native and not) for turf and/or cover.

04/09/2021

Western larch "self prune" their lower branches making them more fire resistant because they lack the "ladder fuels" necessary for a fire to move into the crown.

11/29/2018

GROUNDBREAKING! Our first was quite successful, raising $1,950 including match. So to celebrate, we broke ground on Wednesday. No golden shovel with dignitaries, just two hard-working employees of PCS, Pat and Beau, excavating for twelve 12" sonotubes which we hope will be filled with concrete and sleeves for our sign mounts, by Friday - JUST beating the big freeze.

If you haven't donated yet, the Montana Native Plant Society and Caras Nursery and Landscape are still matching donations up to a total of $2,500. Just click on the Blue DONATE button up and to the right.

And stay tuned for details of our Holiday PInt Night at Lolo Creek Brewery on December 19th: should we call it "Cheer for the Arboretum"?

07/11/2018

A great evening of music with Francisco Marques, family, and friends

05/11/2018

Rattlesnake Creek just above Pineview Park.

05/06/2018

The bark of any tree is more than just a good-looking façade. Even the most graceful aspen or stately ponderosa requires bark to protect its sensitive

05/06/2018