We can use your help

Tax deductible contributions to the Green Ribbon Initiative will be used to support education and stewardship work in the Oak Openings Region.

To donate to the Oak Openings Habitat Protection and Restoration Fund, click here.

To donate to the Oak Openings Carbon Offset Fund, click here.

To make a general donation to the Green Ribbon Initiative, click on the donate button below. These funds will go to:

Stewardship work on private lands.

Educational materials and handouts.

Outreach events, such as Blue Week

Support of the oakopenings.org web site

Native Seed Collection and Propagation

Do you want to increase the availability of pollinator habitat?

Are you recreating an Oak Openings ecosystem by planting native plants?

Do you want to reduce mowing, garden, and lawn maintenance while improving natural environment?

Are you involved in a restoration project that seeks to increase plant diversity?

A young volunteer spreads seed in a prairie by hand before the snow fall.

This workshop is intended provide the background for native seed collection and propagation by staff, volunteers, and landowners in and around the Oak Openings Region through a PowerPoint presentation followed by field demonstrations.

Native Seed Collection and Propagation– Word Document

Native Seed Collection and Propagation– PowerPoint – Can be used as a presentation setting or printed as supplemental material for this module.

Feedback Survey– For the presenter/trainer

Feedback Survey–For the attendee/employee/volunteer

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