Looking for beautiful, hardy, drought resistant, low maintenance plants that benefit the environment? If so, consider ordering Native Plants raised and nurtured by students in Argyle's Integrated Environmental Studies class.
Argyle students harvested seeds last fall, and planted and cared for more than fifty different varieties of native plants in their greenhouse.
The Annual Argyle Land Ethic Association (ALEA) Native Plant Sale provides funds to support Integrated Environmental Studies throughout Argyle School (4K-12th grade) with field trips, new scientific equipment, supplies for the greenhouse and educational curriculum.
Plants are available for pickup at Argyle School. Argyle students will also be selling plants at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds in Darlington on Thursday, April 21 and Saturday, April 23, from 9 to 11 a.m. in conjunction with the Lafayette County Land Conservation Department Tree Sale.
Students have carefully chosen collections for every need: Tall Grass Prairie Collection, Savanna/Woodlands Edge Collection, Wetland/Wet Mesic Collection, Butterfly Garden Collection, and Rock Garden Collection. Collection trays are available for $60/flat for 32 healthy plants in 2 inch pots. Single species trays are available for $50 per tray.
Custom orders (trays of eight species, four of each) are available for $60/tray. Each tray will cover 50-100 square feet. Single plants may be purchased for $2.50 each.
For more information, or to place your order, contact the Argyle School District (608) 543-3318 or email Instructor Brandon Bakken at brbakken@argyle.k12.wi.us or ALEA President Bob Laeser at (608) 543-9409. His email is: rlaeser@gmail.com.
What is a native plant? Native species are those that occurred naturally in an area at the time of settlement and were not brought in from other areas of the country or other continents.
Native Plants provide the benefit of growing something that gives us a sense of both our natural and cultural history. These species were important to the diverse grasslands that once covered southwestern Wisconsin. Growing native prairie plants not only helps us establish roots in the soil, but also roots with our past.
Some of the Native Plants available for sale include: Bergamot, Black Eyed Susan, Blue Indigo, Compass Plant, Cupplant, Culvers Root, Evening Primrose, False Boneset, False Sunflower, Giant St. John's Wort, Hoary Vervain, Ironweed, Leadplant, New England Aster, Ohio Horse Mint, Pale Pink Coneflower, Prairie Blazing Star, Purple Coneflower, Rattlesnake Master, Rosenweed, Showy Goldenrod, Sky Blue Aster, Smooth Penstamon, Sweet Black Eyed Susan, Tall Bellflower, Wild Quinine, Wild White Indigo, Yellow Coneflower, Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Switchgrass, Columbine, Giant Yellow Hysop, Jack-in-a-Pulpet, Jacobs Ladder, Shooting Star, Tall Bellflower, Woodland Joe Pye Weed, Yellow Coneflower, Bottlebrush Grass, Blue Flag Iris, Cardinal Flower, Dragon's Head, Mountain Mint, Nodding Wild Onion, Prairie Blazingstar, Prairie Dock, Red Stemmed Aster, Sneezeweed, Awl Fruited Sedge, Butterfly Milkweed, Foxglove, Pale Pink Coneflower, Prairie Coreopsis, Prairie Smoke, Sweet Everlasting, Heath Aster, Thimbleweed, and Wild Lupine.
Argyle students harvested seeds last fall, and planted and cared for more than fifty different varieties of native plants in their greenhouse.
The Annual Argyle Land Ethic Association (ALEA) Native Plant Sale provides funds to support Integrated Environmental Studies throughout Argyle School (4K-12th grade) with field trips, new scientific equipment, supplies for the greenhouse and educational curriculum.
Plants are available for pickup at Argyle School. Argyle students will also be selling plants at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds in Darlington on Thursday, April 21 and Saturday, April 23, from 9 to 11 a.m. in conjunction with the Lafayette County Land Conservation Department Tree Sale.
Students have carefully chosen collections for every need: Tall Grass Prairie Collection, Savanna/Woodlands Edge Collection, Wetland/Wet Mesic Collection, Butterfly Garden Collection, and Rock Garden Collection. Collection trays are available for $60/flat for 32 healthy plants in 2 inch pots. Single species trays are available for $50 per tray.
Custom orders (trays of eight species, four of each) are available for $60/tray. Each tray will cover 50-100 square feet. Single plants may be purchased for $2.50 each.
For more information, or to place your order, contact the Argyle School District (608) 543-3318 or email Instructor Brandon Bakken at brbakken@argyle.k12.wi.us or ALEA President Bob Laeser at (608) 543-9409. His email is: rlaeser@gmail.com.
What is a native plant? Native species are those that occurred naturally in an area at the time of settlement and were not brought in from other areas of the country or other continents.
Native Plants provide the benefit of growing something that gives us a sense of both our natural and cultural history. These species were important to the diverse grasslands that once covered southwestern Wisconsin. Growing native prairie plants not only helps us establish roots in the soil, but also roots with our past.
Some of the Native Plants available for sale include: Bergamot, Black Eyed Susan, Blue Indigo, Compass Plant, Cupplant, Culvers Root, Evening Primrose, False Boneset, False Sunflower, Giant St. John's Wort, Hoary Vervain, Ironweed, Leadplant, New England Aster, Ohio Horse Mint, Pale Pink Coneflower, Prairie Blazing Star, Purple Coneflower, Rattlesnake Master, Rosenweed, Showy Goldenrod, Sky Blue Aster, Smooth Penstamon, Sweet Black Eyed Susan, Tall Bellflower, Wild Quinine, Wild White Indigo, Yellow Coneflower, Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Switchgrass, Columbine, Giant Yellow Hysop, Jack-in-a-Pulpet, Jacobs Ladder, Shooting Star, Tall Bellflower, Woodland Joe Pye Weed, Yellow Coneflower, Bottlebrush Grass, Blue Flag Iris, Cardinal Flower, Dragon's Head, Mountain Mint, Nodding Wild Onion, Prairie Blazingstar, Prairie Dock, Red Stemmed Aster, Sneezeweed, Awl Fruited Sedge, Butterfly Milkweed, Foxglove, Pale Pink Coneflower, Prairie Coreopsis, Prairie Smoke, Sweet Everlasting, Heath Aster, Thimbleweed, and Wild Lupine.
