PURCHASE A COMPLETE GARDEN!
Pickup will be at the Mill House, 398 Mill St., Fontana, May 10, 10 am - 4 pm, or by appointment. Please call the Conservancy (262-275-5700) with questions and to arrange an alternate pickup time.
Printable Order Form HERE
We are excited that the Village of Fontana is sponsoring a RAIN BARREL program.
Click HERE to learn about the RAIN BARREL PROGRAM and the informational class on May 4th at Big Foot High School.
Click HERE to order your RAIN BARREL!
For the past several years GLC has been selling milkweed and pollinator plants to provide habitat for the declining Monarch butterflies. This year we are joining the Conservation@Home movement to help promote and create wildlife-friendly yards and offering WILDFLOWER GARDEN KITS that includes a selection of five native wildflowers to plant in your yard. We are also offering Rain and Prairie gardens, each will have 64 native plants and cover between 75 - 125 square feet.
You don’t need a dedicated wildflower garden or large area to be successful in attracting and feeding a variety of songbirds, butterflies, bees and other beneficial wildlife. You can create spaces for environmentally-friendly plants around your house or in among your favorite annuals. These plants are seasonal, and many are tall, so they can fill in early spring bare spots, or add height and color to the back of your annual garden. Unlike your annuals, they will bloom again year after year and help contribute to the ecological health of our region. All of these native plants need full or partial sun. Each plant will be 2 - 3 inches tall and ready to plant. Instructions will be included.
There are 5 available Garden Kits, 2 Rain Gardens kits and 2 Prairie Garden kits available:
KIT 1 includes one each: Columbine, Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan), Monarda (bee balm), Pale Purple Coneflower and New England Aster. KIT 1 info here.
KIT 2 includes one each: Wild Geranium, Penstemon (Foxglove Beardtongue ) Purple Prairie Clover, Golden Alexander and Prairie Coreopsis. KIT 2 info here.
KIT 3 - for butterflies includes: 1 common milkweed, and 2 each of Swamp (rose) Milkweed and Butterfly weed. KIT 3 info here.
KIT 4 - Deer Resistant kit for sun includes one each: Nodding Pink Onion, Butterfly Weed, Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Wild Bergamot and Smooth Penstemon. KIT 4 info here.
KIT 5 - Deer Resistant kit for shade includes one each: Wild Columbine, Wild Geranium , Cardinal Flower, Tussock Sedge and Prairie Dropseed. Kit 5 info here.
KIT 6 - RAIN GARDEN for Sunny area.
KIT 7 - RAIN GARDEN for Partial Shade area.
RAIN GARDEN info here.
KIT 8- PRAIRIE GARDEN for Sunny area. Plant list HERE
KIT 9 - PRAIRIE GARDEN for Partial Shade area. Plant list HERE.
NOTE: Due to availability, substitutions may be necessary.