Update on Pollinator Friendly Projects

The City of Ramsey is partnering with the City of Andover on two (2) native landscape and pollinator friendly projects this year. Andover has hosted a Native Plant Sale for a couple of years and earlier this year, Staff was asked if there was interest in participating in some fashion with their Native Plant Sale.  Rather than holding separate events, Ramsey Staff is simply promoting the Native Plant Sale that will be held at the Andover City Hall on June 2.  We will have information in the next Weekly Update and the website.  There was info included in the May/June issue of the Ramsey Resident newsletter also promoting the event.
 
Andover's Pollinator Awareness Project (APAP) group has coordinated a Native Garden Tour for several years now as well.  Staff was also asked if there was any interest in a joint effort for this event.  Staff has connected with two (2) Ramsey property owners that have agreed to participate.  The purpose of the tour is to showcase native landscapes/gardens within the area to hopefully encourage others to enhance their landscapes to be more beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife.  The event has previously been promoted through various channels including the Star Tribune, Northern Gardener magazine, and a couple smaller newspapers.  The tour date is July 21, 2018 anytime between 9am and 3pm.  Property owners have agreed to be available that day to talk to attendees about their landscapes and answer questions.  This has been fairly successful in Andover the past couple years and Staff would like to grow the number of properties participating in Ramsey. 

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