CDEC Promotes Native Plant Landscapes

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The Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition (CDEC) will sponsor a community wide meeting on Tuesday evening, February 2 to help promote city wide efforts to promote native plant landscapes in El Paso neighborhoods.   Anyone with an interest in helping the community landscape with water saving native plants that also help lower homeowner utility bills and provide food and shelter for local wildlife, is welcome to attend.   CDEC Chairperson, Dr. Gertrud Konings, said: “The City of El Paso has supported our efforts to promote native plant landscapes with a special exhibit at Cleveland Square and a video on the City’s YouTube channel and on Channel 15.  To reach more people with this important effort we need community wide input.”

The meeting will be held at the Garden Center in Memorial Park, 3105 Grant Avenue, from 6-7:30pm on Tuesday, February 2.  For more information see the “Habitat Certification” page on the CDEC website at chihuahuandesert.org or call 915-845-1476.

The Friday Video: Why Native Plants

Thanks and a hat tip to David Cristiani of the Quercus Group. Check out David's blog: I't a Dry Heat.

Texas Native Plant Appreciation Day

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Garden with the Native Plants You Buy at Keystone this Saturday

The moral of the video below is this: Plant native species in your garden. This Saturday is a great opportunity to buy native plants at Keystone Heritage Park. Check out the details. The video actually uses Keystone as an example of replacing invasive species with native. You will see El Paso conservation/environmental legacies Kevin von Finger and Lois Balin:




Map to Keystone Heritage Park