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In 2016, KCB celebrated our birthday with a workshop on
Alternatives to Lawns:

How to Get the Most from Your Yard


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Beautiful!

This garden tour property has some lawn, some paths with mulch, stone, and stepping stones -- and the room for plants to entertain the eye.
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Bountiful!

Bring Nature Home*
Food for a community is produced in the garden across from the Flyover Shop on North Washington Street.  A year earlier it was a lawn.
Native species co-evolved with our local animals and provide them with food, shelter, and habitat.
*Book title by Douglas W. Tallamy is Bringng Nature Home
All too often, homeowners and gardeners wage war in their lawns and gardens against the plants that grow incredibly well there.
Edible weed links:  
  • http://www.naturallivingideas.com/18-edible-backyard-weeds-you-should-stop-killing-start-eating/
  • 18 Edible Backyard Weeds With Extraordinary Health Benefits
  • www.naturallivingideas.com
  • Chickweed (Stellaria media) This garden weed is a great source of vitamins A, D and C, as well as iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus and zinc!
  • thehealthyeatingsite.com/the-salad-in-your-front-yard-edible-plants-you-didnt-even-know-about/
  • http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/eat-dandelions-9-edible-garden-weeds.html
  • Please eat the dandelions: 9 edible garden weeds : TreeHugger
  • www.treehugger.com
  • http://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/garden-to-table/eat-your-yard-21-weeds-and-flowers-for-your-dinner-table-pictures
  • 13 Edible Weeds and Flowers | Garden to Table ... - HGTV
  • www.hgtv.com

​AGENDA
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Vendors/Organizations will come in and set up displays by 12:30.
Registration begins at 12:30 - time to look over displays.
Workshop begins at 1:00 p.m. with Welcome

1:05-1:35 Introduction/organizing/layout of yard – how to assess your yard 
1:40-1:55 City (of Carbondale) ordinances - 
2:00-2:45  Permaculture or food forest (Wayne Weiseman)
2:45-3:15 BREAK check out the vendors; refreshments provided
3:15-3:45 Rain Gardens (Sonja Lallemand)
3:50-4:05 Trees the City (dis-)recommends and why (Mark McDaniel) 
4:10-4:40  Landscaping for Birds  (Rhonda Rothrock with Nancy Garwood) 
4:40-5 formal Q&A, What was left out?
5-5:30 informal Q&A, visit vendors
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6:00 – 8:00 GARDEN TOURS (samples of mosquito repellent or BYO)

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