Botanical Belonging has partnered with a nearby 73-acre property called Stable M for an exciting 2024 program. We hope you’ll join us as we explore this special site and catalog all the diversity this site holds. How many different species will we find?
If you missed our year-end wrap-up event, watch it on on YouTube channel!
“Stable M” is a private property 5 minutes south of Happy Apple’s Farm. It’s full of woodlands, floodplain forests, and a 10-acre lake.
Botanical field trip participants will be guided by a native plant expert to learn how to identify plants, explore different habitats, and gather species records. We’ll be learning how to use our smartphones to identify plants and log our observations using the free app iNaturalist.
We hope this program will improve your plant identification skills and foster a greater appreciation of a diversity of local habitats.
If you missed our virtual orientation, and would like to learn more about the history of Stable M and/or how to use iNaturalist to identify plants and record observations, watch it on YouTube.
Program dates
The last field trips to Stable M will be Thursday September 12 and Friday October 18, 6-8pm. We will meet on-site at Stable M.
Save the date for our virtual wrap-up event, Thursday November 14, 7-8pm, where we’ll announce how many species we found!
Registration & fees
This is a free event, but registration is required. You will need to register separately for each date you’d like to attend.
Audience
This program is catered toward adults, but interested youth are welcome to attend. No prior native plant or iNaturalist knowledge is required or expected.
About Stable M
Stable M is a 73-acre private property named for the horse stable, “M,” on site. It’s home to a diversity of habitats, including high quality woodlands, floodplain forests, and a 10-acre lake, and has mowed trails throughout. Learn more by watching the recording of our March 28 orientation.
What to bring
Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. We recommend sunscreen, bug spray, long pants, a hat, and a water bottle. Bring your smartphone, and be sure you have the iNaturalist app downloaded and have created a free account.
Location
Stable M is 5 minutes south of Happy Apple’s Farm (17524 178th St., Tonganoxie, KS). Exact location of this private property will be provided to registrants prior to the event.
Ample parking is available on site.
Support for this program
This program is brought to you at no cost through donations to Botanical Belonging. If you’d like to support more programs like this one, you can make a donation or learn more about partnership and sponsorship opportunities.
About Botanical Belonging
Botanical Belonging Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has a vision of reconnecting our communities back to the natural world and the natural systems that support life. It is a place where people can learn about native plants that are the components of our local ecosystems. It empowers people to create and maintain their own native prairie gardens, and field trips and the on-site restored prairie offers opportunities to experience native plants in their original environment.
Contact
For more information about this program, contact:
Patti Ragsdale
patti@botanicalbelonging.org
(816) 260-6417
Botanical Belonging 