Local Gardener Association hosts garlic mustard pull

"WATCH OUT BALSAM - WE'RE COMING FOR YOU": Volunteers sought to destroy invasive plant and help protect wildlife along Ouse Dyke

Each year the Gedling Conservation Trust runs a campaign to eradicate Himalayan balsam from Ouse Dyke The post “WATCH OUT BALSAM – WE’RE COMING FOR YOU”: Volunteers sought to destroy invasive plant and help protect wildlife along Ouse Dyke appeared first on Gedling Eye.

Local Gardener Association hosts garlic mustard pull

The Montcalm Area Master Gardener Association hosted a garlic mustard pull along the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail from the Flat River Historical Museum west to the Myron Street trail access on May 10. Garlic mustard is an invasive plant that is taking over our woodlands. It crowds out our beautiful native wildflowers and puts our forests in danger because it can exude allelopathic chemicals that reduce seed germination and growth of some native …